afterlife

af·ter·life

A0131600 (ăf′tər-līf′)n.1. A life or existence believed to follow death.2. The part of one's life that follows a particular event.

afterlife

(ˈɑːftəˌlaɪf) nlife after death or at a later time in a person's lifetime

af•ter•life

(ˈæf tərˌlaɪf, ˈɑf-)

n. 1. life after death. 2. the later part of a person's life, as following retirement. [1585–95]

Thesaurus

Noun

afterlife - life after death hereafterlifespan, lifetime, life-time, life - the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"kingdom come - the next world; "he nearly blew us to kingdom come"immortality - perpetual life after death

afterlife

noun life after death, heaven, paradise, nirvana (Buddhism, Hinduism), bliss, immortality, next world, Zion (Christianity), hereafter, Valhalla (Norse myth), Happy Valley, happy hunting ground (Native American legend), life to come, everlasting life, life everlasting, abode of God, Elysium or Elysian fields (Greek myth) The film is about proving the existence of an afterlife.

afterlife

nounEndless life after death:deathlessness, eternity, everlasting life, everlastingness, immortality.

Translations

Jenseitsμεταθανάτιοςaldilà

Afterlife

A vision of the afterlife: The Ramparts of God's House, engraving after a painting by J. M. Strudwick, 1891. Courtesy Fortean Picture Library.

Afterlife

(religion, spiritualism, and occult)

Witches believe in a life after death. Individual beliefs may vary, but most Witches think of it as being very much like the present plane of existence. It is, however, a place where the lessons of the life just completed may be reviewed and where (as with the Wiccan belief in reincarnation) the necessary lessons for the next life are planned.

There is no belief in a "Final Judgement," with its rewards and punishments. It is thought that we receive our rewards and punishments in this life, according to how we live it (see Karma).

Gerald Gardner, the "Grand Old Man of Witchcraft," responsible more than anyone for the re-awakening of interest in the Old Religion, was interested in spiritualism at an early age. In spiritualism, the afterlife is known as the "Summerland," a term coined by Andrew Jackson Davis in the mid-1800s. The afterlife is so called in Wicca as well. Whether or not the Wiccan term can be solely attributed to Gardner is unknown, although there seems to be no reference to it by that name prior to Gardner's teachings.

According to a Gallup Poll recorded in 1980, 71 percent of Americans believe in an afterlife. Many religions place that afterlife in one place, without the "heaven" and "hell" of orthodox theology.

The length of time spent in the Summerland, between lives, is indeterminate. Since there is no concept of time in the afterlife, it could be minutes or it could be centuries. Wiccans believe that it is possible for those in the physical body, on this plane, to communicate with spirits in the Summerland by various means.

afterlife

noun

Synonyms for afterlife

noun life after death

Synonyms

life after death
heaven
paradise
nirvana
bliss
immortality
next world
Zion
hereafter
Valhalla
Happy Valley
happy hunting ground
life to come
everlasting life
life everlasting
abode of God
Elysium or Elysian fields

Synonyms for afterlife

noun endless life after death

Synonyms

deathlessness
eternity
everlasting life
everlastingness
immortality

Synonyms for afterlife

noun life after death

Synonyms

hereafter

Related Words

lifespan
lifetime
life-time
life
kingdom come
immortality