From Bryant's - An Analysis of Ancient Mythology.

"The ancient symbol of the Orphic Mysteries was the Serpent-Entwined Egg, which signified the Cosmos as encircled by the Fiery Creative Spirit. The Egg also reprsents the Soul of the Philosopher. the Serpent Represents the Mysteries. At the time of initiation, the shell is broken and man emerges from the embryonic state of physical existence wherein he had remained through the fetal period of regeneration."

  1. Death is thus a "breaking of the egg" - our physical bodies - which house the soul - and thus the birth of the soul into life.

  2. When we were born into this life, it thus stands to reason that we were emerging from another embryonic stage. A previous life.

Could it be that your soul is being developed in an "egg."

When the egg hatches, your body dies.

And your soul is born into life.

Fascinating. A wild but credible theory