Spook: Chapter 3

5 Comments
1] Catholics "believe" that they are eating the body of Christ when they take communion.
2] The Ordinances of Manu, is a tome of legal code based on Vedic scripture and dating back to A.D. 500.
3] In Manu's day, reincarnation was treated not as an abstract religious principle but as a concrete legal consequence.
4] For stealing silk, linen, cotton, a cow, or molasses, one is reborn, respectively, as a partridge, a frog, a curlew, an iguana, or a vagguda bird.
5] In India, the rat is the conveyance of Lord Ganesha.

4 Questions
1] Why is it that in India, if a rat falls on your head from the sky, it is a blessing?
2] Where did Aristotle get the idea of coagulation?
3] Did Aristotle believe that a proto-human can morph into what he calls a "sensitive soul"?
4] Who was William Harvey?

3 Vocabulary
1] Appalling: causing dismay or horror.
2] Ample: fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough.
3] Petulant: moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation especially over some trifling annoyance.

2 Literary Terms
1] "New relatives are a novelty and a charm." -Metaphor.
2] "I'd been swept up in the excitement of the unraveling, paying attention to the facts and dates that fit, overlooking those that didn't." -Metaphor.

1 Overview Sentence
The origins of reincarnation dated back to the times when even people like Aristotle and William Harvey studied about it.