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Why it has been said that the sea is the stopping place of soul before birth and after death?

My source is the etymology of the word (soul) in encyclopedias & dictionaries

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    some folks believe we lived in the sea before legs were formed. Some religions say you're 1 drop in the river that flows to the ocean of souls. Maybe it's a "cleansing" place before we go...wherever.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Perhaps because in our collective subconscious we are aware that we humans are walking sea water vessels. Most of our body is made of saline water at a subtropical temperature. We carry within ourselves the very original ocean that saw the birth of the first cell.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Never heard,saw or read this,maybe to cleanse the spirit.

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