What happens to a cat after death: where does their soul go?

Archpriest Vladimir Puchkov answers.

The topic of domestic animals and the attitude towards them is sometimes raised by the Orthodox so often that an ignorant person can easily think that this topic has some special importance in the matter of salvation and, accordingly, is especially significant in the context of church life. This is, of course, completely wrong. Christianity does not know the division of animals into clean and unclean, like Muslims or Jews. The Church does not prohibit, contrary to popular belief, keeping animals at home, be it a dog, a miniature pig, or a tarantula. According to all moral standards, a person is responsible for a pet, is obliged to take care of it and has no right to mock or torture it. This, perhaps, is the whole Christian attitude towards animals. However, the questions that are usually asked of our brother are not always limited to general concepts. Recently, for example, I was asked about cats. For example, do cats have a soul, where do cats go after death, and are there even patrons of cats in Orthodoxy? Of course, I know that people are conventionally divided into cat lovers, dog lovers and everyone else, however, interestingly, dog lovers are usually not interested in the presence or absence of dog patrons in Orthodoxy. Apparently, with cats everything is somewhat more complicated, not only in terms of care and building contact with the pet.

Cats after death. Do cats have souls?

Of course, felines are the most mysterious creatures on Earth.
They amaze with their grace and charisma, sharpness of mind and affection for people. To answer the question: “Do cats have a soul?”, you first need to briefly define the term “soul.” In simple terms, the soul is a set of certain characteristics: preferences, affection for some people and hatred for others, individual character traits. Cats will bark at all these characteristics. Accordingly, if humans have a soul, cats also have it. It is no coincidence that these animals, which understand human speech, experience emotions, have an individual character, are deified in many religions. Thus, the ancient Egyptians buried cats with honors in a special cemetery. The bodies were mummified so that after death they could gain eternal life.

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Heaven and hell for cat souls

Many people think that if cats have souls, they, like the souls of people, must go to heaven or hell. Nevertheless, this assumption should be immediately rejected. Judge for yourself, these animals are not capable of such atrocities that people are capable of. On the other hand, cats do not know how to do good deeds.

What happens to the souls of cats after death?

Biology professor Richard Ford devoted his entire life to cats. A true atheist completely changed his point of view on the world around him after one incident.

In 1986, one of my students said that there was a ghost cat in their town. It was about the Scottish town of Dunfermline; they saw a cat on the territory of the old abbey near the cemetery. The girl said that she and her friend were walking around the territory of the abbey, where they saw a snow-white cat, he was resting on a bench with an important look. The girlfriends wanted to pet him, but as soon as they came closer, the animal simply disappeared. The girls became interested, and the next day they went there again - everything was repeated one after another.

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I was not lazy and went there. Everything happened exactly as the student told me. What's interesting is that the locals knew about that cat. The story was as follows.

The caretaker of the abbey loved this cat for many years and cared for him. And one day the cat disappeared. The woman searched for her beloved cat for a long time, but then decided that the search was useless and most likely he was already dead. One day she heard a light scratching on the door. The woman was delighted, opened the door, on the threshold she saw her favorite animal, but the cat disappeared into thin air at the same moment. This cat was seen in different places throughout the year, but most often on a bench in the old abbey. And then the ghost disappeared, the cat was forgotten.

This case could not help but interest me. Since then, I have talked to hundreds of cat people and have come to certain conclusions. My main conclusion is that cats have souls. The souls of those animals that were especially emotional during life appear in the form of ghosts. For 9-12 months, the souls of animals live near their owners, and then disappear. Where? But I cannot answer this question. However, I believe in reincarnation.

Cases of people encountering the souls of deceased pets are not uncommon. Similar messages appear with enviable regularity.

Death of a beloved cat. Dasha M. Novosibirsk

I had a cat. Once I needed to go to visit relatives in the village for a few days. During this time, I left my pet with the neighbors. In the village with relatives, during lunch, I suddenly felt a cat under the table rubbing against my legs. Only there were no cats in that house! A few hours later, a neighbor from the city called me. She told me the tragic news: my cat had somehow escaped from their apartment and had been hit by a car.

Ghost cat. Yuri M. Kyiv

In 2014, my cat Nika (all black) died at the age of 14 years. I decided not to bury her, but to give her for cremation. It is impossible to preserve the ashes of an animal after cremation, since several animals are cremated at the same time. However, I kept a small piece of her wool as a souvenir, put the wool in a postcard and hid it in the closet at home.

About six months after Nicky's death, I woke up to what felt like cat paws gently kneading the blanket on my bed. At that moment I didn't have a cat. I immediately remembered those pleasant memories, how quite recently Nika did exactly the same. I don't know if it was my imagination or not. However, the most surprising thing was that the postcard with the wool was missing. Mystic!?

Folk signs about cats

Almost every nation in the world has signs associated with cats. There are especially many signs among the Slavs, since cats have lived side by side with the Slavic peoples since ancient times. The most common of them are the following:

• the cat began to wash its hair and ears - expect guests to come into the house;
• In order for the guest to return to the house again, you need to put a piece of hair from the cat’s tail on his shoulder;
• if a stranger cat asks for affection - to prosperity and benefit;
• if a cat sleeps with its nose buried in its tail, there will be a cold snap;
• a cat sleeps with its belly up - to sudden warming;
• pour water on a cat - shorten your life;
• a cat at the altar during a wedding - to an unhappy marriage;
• a cat sleeping on the dining table means death in the family;
• taking a stray cat into your home means happiness and good luck in money matters;
• To get pregnant faster, you need to pet someone else's pregnant cat.

The most familiar sign for everyone without exception is a black cat crossing the road. There is a belief that a black cat that suddenly crosses the path of a person or car portends misfortune. There are several ways to save yourself from failure:

1. Wait until someone else crosses the road first to “take” the bad omen.
2. Spit over your shoulder to the left and boldly walk forward.
3. Grab a button on your clothing and hold on to it until you leave the meeting place with the cat.

However, the Slavs believed that the black cat should be the first to be brought into a new home. In this case, she promised only good luck and happy years in a new place.

A black cat can be a cause of good or bad luck in different signs.

Where cats go after death - versions in different religions

Different religions are ambiguous about where dead animals go. Somewhere animals are considered soulless creatures, so they simply disappear after their death. In other beliefs, pets, on the contrary, are equated with humans and are even capable of being reborn into humans in subsequent lives.

Orthodoxy

In the Book of Genesis, animals, fish and birds are called “living souls.” This is how they differ from plants, heavenly bodies, and stones.

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed that is on all the earth, and every tree that has fruit yielding seed. This will be food for you; And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to every thing that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food.

But there is also a mention in Scripture that “the life of animals is in their blood” (Old Testament, Leviticus 17:11). Most theologians consider this phrase to be proof that after death, cats and dogs do not enter the Kingdom of Heaven. That is, as soon as the blood freezes in the body of a dead animal, the soul disappears along with it. Man is tripartite - according to the second letter of the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians, in addition to the body and soul that gives life, people also have a spirit (or the Spark of God), which is transferred to heaven or hell after death.

“Since, according to Scripture, the soul of every animal is its blood, and condensed blood, together with decayed flesh, decomposes into the ground, the soul of animals becomes dust, but does not have the opportunity to go to Heaven.”

Alas, in Orthodoxy cats do not have the right to an afterlife, since, unlike people, they are not created in the image of God and do not possess the immortal Spirit

Hinduism

In Hinduism there is no Afterlife with heaven and hell, which is familiar to Christians. And the concept of soul is very specific. Man, like cats and other animals, is endowed with atman. About this sacred substance in the Rig Veda it is written: “Atman is that through which living beings see, hear, smell, pronounce speech, recognize sweet and unsweetened.” The fact that animals and people have an identical atman is supported by the idea of ​​reincarnation. Any person can be reborn as a cat, and any cat can become a man or a woman in the next life. The process of transmigration continues until the spirit achieves moksha (liberation), as a result of which it loses its individual nature and becomes part of the Absolute (Universe).

Among Hindus, a black cat represents the deity Shashtha, who is the protector of mothers and children.

Buddhism

Buddhism is divided into several directions, among which Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana, Lamaism, and Zen Buddhism stand out. Each of these directions has its own characteristics in the understanding of death. The first Buddhist movements are characterized by the concept of dharma - a combination of immaterial particles that make up the entire Universe. “In Buddhist sacred books, the soul is specific, since it is a combination of four elements: sensations, ideas, desires and cognition (or consciousness),” writes the historian of religion I. Kryvelev. And if there is no traditional concept of the soul, then there can be no question of it going somewhere after the death of a person or a cat.

The interpretation of death among Lamaists and Zen Buddhists is slightly different. According to their beliefs, earthly life, thoughts, deeds, and the degree of “enlightenment” determine the subsequent fate of the deceased. If you do a lot of evil, then with a high probability you will be incarnated in your next life as a stone or an animal, including a cat. But after the death of a cat, its soul has a chance to pass into the body of a newborn human.

There is no practice of cat worship in Buddhism, but Buddhists believe that the souls of ancestors can be reborn into cats, so they treat them with respect

Islam

In Islam, representatives of the cat family are respected. For example, there is a legend that Muhammad, during his campaign against Uhud, saw a cat lying in the middle of the road and feeding her kittens milk. So that the soldiers would not frighten the furry family, the prophet chose to change the soldiers’ route. According to another belief, Muhammad forbade the sale of cats as goods, for this a cat named Hazrati strangled a snake that was preparing to attack the prophet.

But what is the situation with the soul of cats in Islam - does this religion recognize its presence and do animals have the right to an afterlife? Animals have a spirit, which gives them life, but is not a “pass ticket” to heaven. And meanwhile, after the Last Judgment, cats and other animals will be resurrected along with all people to answer to Allah for each of their actions. “Everything that was once alive will be resurrected on Judgment Day to weigh their rights among themselves. Even a horned sheep will be rewarded for every harm caused by its malice” (Muslim, al-Birr).

Judaism

The Torah does not clearly indicate whether animals go to Heaven. But there are works by authoritative rabbis who speak on this topic. For example, Saadia Gaon in her philosophical article “Sefer Emunot Vedeyot” writes that the animal is ultimately rewarded for all the pain it experienced and for all the happiness it brought to people. The basis for this opinion was a quote from the Talmud: “The Holy One, blessed be He, does not leave anyone without the reward due to him.” Rabbi Saadia Gaon believed that this applies to any living being, not just humans.

Opponents of Saadi Gaon's opinion claim that after death all animals disappear because they do not have a soul. To prove this, they quote from Scripture: “And He breathed into his nostrils the soul of life, and man became a living soul.” There is no indication that God did the same with cats, which means they are soulless and cannot go to Heaven.

According to some Orthodox Jews, cats are soulless and dishonest, since there is not a single mention of these animals in the Torah, which means a person should not only keep a purr in the house, but even touch them

Reincarnation theory

There is an opinion that cats have 9 lives. This means that the furry creature will be incarnated into a new body until it lives all its 9 lives. Next, the cat’s soul gets the opportunity to reincarnate into a human body. Of course, this theory cannot be tested in practice; you have to take its word for it.

Proponents of the theory of reincarnation of souls believe that the human soul can move after death into the body of an animal in order to be closer to its dear people remaining on earth.

Hindus, in particular, believe this. Therefore, according to Vedic teachings, animal meat should not be eaten. It is on the theory of reincarnation that true vegetarianism is based, and not on the principles of healthy eating.

Why do they say that dead cats go to the rainbow?

At the very edge of the sky there is a place called the Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies, especially if it was very loved by someone in this life, it ends up on the Rainbow Bridge. There are endless meadows and hills where our friends can run and play together. There is an abundance of food, water and sunlight, and our pets are warm and comfortable there. In this region, all sick and old animals turn into young and full of energy; those who had injuries and mutilations become healthy again.

The legend of the rainbow bridge on which dead pets cross is based on the Bifrost from Scandinavian mythology. This is the name of the transition between Asgard (the heavenly city of the gods) and other worlds, including the underground, where the souls of dead people live. In the myths of the Scandinavians there is not a word that dead animals live on this bridge - this is nothing more than an artistic invention of poets and writers inspired by ancient legends (the very first author to talk about the Rainbow Bridge for cats is Paul Charles Dame, who published in 1981 "The Legend of the Rainbow Bridge"). But readers liked this touching and beautiful version, so it quickly spread. Many began to sincerely believe that their furry pets, after death, end up in a wonderful rainbow world.

The fact that dead cats go to the rainbow is a sad and beautiful fairy tale that has nothing to do with any religion

The Legend of Cat Paradise

An ancient legend, according to which all cats fly to a special Paradise after death, is common among pet owners. Every owner wants to believe that his beloved pet will be happy even in the afterlife. It is believed that this legend comes from the mythology of the Scandinavian peoples.

According to this myth, a cat's soul, leaving its body after death, ends up at the Rainbow Bridge. Once she crosses this bridge, he finds himself in a beautiful sunny meadow among his fellow creatures. This is an ideal place for cats - it is always warm, there is a lot of food and fun.

There is also a theory that after death, cats return to their beloved owners in the guise of another pet.

People's reviews about the afterlife for animals

Animals do not have a mind similar to man, they are not the image of God, Christ did not die for animals, therefore their souls die along with their bodies.

Read Ephraim the Syrian “On Paradise.” I like what the reverend said - God knows how much we love animals, He created them for us. And if in the afterlife there are trees that have no soul at all, then our pets should probably be there too...

I had a cat named Juliette. She was very graceful, like a ballerina. And the pussy was also an excellent mouse hunter. And my other cat named Joey is a very clumsy hunter. Alas, Juliette passed away one day. But the surprising thing is that after she left, Joey immediately began catching mice. I'm sure it was Juliet's spirit who taught Joey how to hunt well, which means that cats remain close to us even after death.

My parishioner’s daughter’s cat died. The girl cried a lot, and a few days later in a dream she saw her pet - healthy and cheerful. The most interesting thing is that a glow emanated from the animal. As this girl later told me: “I stopped crying because I realized that my Maryska is in a better world.” How to feel about this dream? As a fantasy, or as some kind of sign from God? There is no need to worry about this issue. There are dozens of different theories, but they are all invented by people. Only God knows how and what will really happen, and we can only accept his every decision with gratitude.

Different religions have different opinions about what happens to cats after death. Somewhere it is said that these animals do not have a spirit, so, alas, you will not meet your pets in heaven. Adherents of other beliefs are confident that animals have equal rights with humans. Eastern religions even believe that a cat can be reborn in a human body after death.

Do cats have immortal souls?

What is the soul? There is no clear interpretation of this term in science. Atheists characterize the soul of a living organism as a certain set of qualities inherent in the individual - character, habits, worldview. In spiritual practice, the soul is understood as a kind of thin shell that connects earthly life with another world.

Where does the spirit of a cat move and where does it live when it leaves the world of the living? All existing hypotheses are based solely on guesses and assumptions. It is impossible to say with certainty whether the soul of an animal or a person has immortality.

Since the death of their beloved pet, some owners have been asking themselves a question that worries them: is the deceased pet happy in the next world? Does he have the ability to observe the living? Does reincarnation exist - the relocation of the mental shell into another physical body? Interesting answers to these questions can be found in various religious publications. How do different peoples of the world with different religions relate to the death of animals?

What do Orthodoxy and other Christian religions say?

Christian religions treat cats with reverence and respect. These animals are innocent, pure and sinless before God. Nevertheless, after the death of a cat, its spirit ceases to exist - this is what Orthodoxy says. If the spirit of a righteous person goes to heaven (and a sinner goes to hell), such a place does not exist for the souls of animals. When they die, they simply cease to exist.

The soul of a cat in ancient philosophy

Philosophers, the greatest minds of Antiquity, became the founders of many directions in modern science. They were among the first people to take a step towards understanding the human essence and the world around it. Among the most prominent thinkers who raised the topic of the existence of the soul and its purpose in their teachings are Plato and Aristotle.

Platonism

Plato was the founder of one of the most famous ancient Greek schools - the Academy. His students made discoveries and conquered the heights of philosophy. The concept of soul appears in Plato's works several times, but is not the main one.

According to his teachings, the entire animate world consists of matter and ideas. Matter is the physical shell of everything that exists - it is something that can be touched. The idea of ​​an entity is an invisible force that animates a certain being. In his philosophy, these two concepts exist separately.

Plato writes that the idea or soul of a living being is part of the Universe. When new matter is born, this part breathes life into it. After the death of the body, the soul returns to its origins.

According to Platonic thoughts, cat souls are also immortal, and after the death of the outer shell, they return to the Universe and can revive the body of another creature.

Aristotle's teachings

Aristotle was one of Plato's most prominent students. But in his works he does not continue the thought of his mentor, but contrasts his own teaching with Platonic ideas. In the works of Aristotle, the theme of the existence of the soul, its purpose and posthumous fate is explored in more depth. He also gave the world a treatise in three volumes, “On the Soul,” where he fully revealed all his research, theories, etc.

In this treatise, the ancient Greek philosopher refuted Plato's idea that matter and its idea exist separately from each other. But Aristotle argued that matter and form (as he calls the force that his teacher defined as an idea) are two parts of a single whole, and the form of a living being, which is his soul, appears along with the birth of matter.

He also derived a peculiar hierarchy of types of souls:

• vegetable;
• animal;
• human.

According to the teachings of the philosopher, plant and animal souls perish along with the death of their matter.

There are two opinions about the posthumous fate of the cat's soul. Plato believes that she will return to the Universe in order to revive some body again in the future and become a living being. Aristotle insists that the soul is mortal, like matter.

Opinion of world religions

In some religions, cats are sacred animals, while in others there is no mention of them. But many teachings have a theory about where the soul of a cat goes after death.

The Koran says that every righteous person should treat all animals with respect, incl. to cats. In addition, these creatures were the favorites of the revered prophet Muhammad. He spent a lot of time with cats, played with them, fed them by hand, even drank with them from the same dishes.

But despite this attitude towards cats, there is no paradise for animals in Muslim culture. In Islam, people earn their pass to Paradise if they lead a life according to all the laws of the Koran, pray to Allah and do good deeds. People have a choice about what kind of life they want to lead. And cats cannot choose whether to follow divine laws or not. They behave as their animal nature dictates, which is why the cat's soul dissolves after death.

Orthodox Church

In the Bible, the image of a cat is rare and there is no definite opinion about the posthumous fate of the cat's soul. In the Orthodox religion, it is generally accepted that the souls of animals and human souls consist of different matter. The human soul has a divine origin, therefore, after the death of the physical body, it goes to either Heaven or Hell. It depends on what kind of life a person led. The souls of animals, according to the Bible, perish along with their bodies.

But there is also an opinion that cats are the only animals that can enter the gates of Heaven after their death. This is due to the fact that during the Flood, the cat saved Noah's Ark from destruction and all the living creatures that were there. According to legend, she saw a mouse trying to chew through one of the cables and stopped it. Since then, Orthodoxy has shown especially respectful attitude towards cats.

Eastern religions

One of the most widespread religious and philosophical movements in Eastern countries is Buddhism. According to him, the spiritual body accumulates karma throughout its life, undergoes certain lessons and tests, as a result of which, having reached a certain level, it enters Nirvana.

In Buddhism, the form of a cat is just one of the stages in the formation of the soul or Consciousness on the path to endless bliss. After death in this form, the soul is reborn at a higher level or returns back to learn lessons that were not learned.

Possible new incarnations of the cat soul may include:

• protozoan microorganism;
• stone;
• any plant from grass to tree;
• another animal;
• person, etc.

Find out the answer to whether a human soul can move into a cat.

Can the soul of a deceased person or family member inhabit a pet?

How can one explain the feeling of déjà vu, when people seem to have already experienced something happening here and now once in the past? One possible explanation is reincarnation, the transfer of the soul to another physical shell.

Can the soul of a deceased relative inhabit a beloved pet? According to some people, after the bereavement of a loved one, pets begin to exhibit some of the habits of the deceased, as if they have acquired the soul of the deceased.

Why is the subtle spiritual matter of a person capable of moving into a cat in the next life? There are several reasons:

• the need to work off karmic sins committed during life;
• the desire to return to a beloved family;
• the opportunity to live a happy life in the body of a domestic cat, if the person did good deeds during his lifetime;
• the need to go through a certain stage - when the soul faces a karmic test, it moves into the body of a homeless or sick pet.

Reincarnating people into cats is an unconventional concept that has more opponents than allies. A more likely alternative is when the animal, after a cycle of lives, moves to a higher level. This suggests that his spiritual shell is ready to exist in human society and comply with karmic laws. It is believed that cats who die a serious death or are killed become human.

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The opinion of clairvoyants and the experience of people

Among people with various esoteric and extrasensory abilities, there are those who are able to understand the language of animals. Such clairvoyants share the thoughts and feelings of animals with ordinary people. Some of them claim that cats are not afraid of death, but treat it as a transition of the soul to a new state. They know that the place where their soul goes is ideal. A happy and carefree life awaits them there.

Cats also sense well when the period of rapid departure to another world begins. They usually change their usual behavior a little. If you carefully observe the pet, it will give a signal to its owner. Shortly before the death of the physical body, they will show that they are ready to depart to a better world in order to have time to say goodbye to their owner or owners. Most cats leave home before they die.

Clairvoyants say that cats, like all other domestic animals, need their owner to be nearby at the moment when their soul leaves their mortal body. It is believed that at this moment, if you are ready to listen and look into the eyes of your devoted friend, you can hear what he is thinking about at the moment of transition.

Signs about why a domestic cat dies and what owners can expect.

There are many stories of people sharing their experiences of losing a cat. Many of them say that they continue to feel the presence of their pet even physically. One woman said that she felt her beloved cat, who had left this world several months ago, rub against her leg under the table. Others said that they saw in their children the habits and looks of long-gone pets.

Secrets of the mustachios and stripes

If, after all, the cat died in the apartment, then owners often wonder whether it is worth getting a new pet?

There is no clear answer. Of course, it will help you forget the loss, and besides (we already wrote about this above) it will protect you from negativity and failures.

For example, according to signs:

1. A white cat will help get rid of stress and nervous tension, and drive away illnesses.
2. Redhead is magical, this opinion was formed among the people hundreds of years ago. Cats of this color will help the owner quickly recover from illnesses and are able to reduce aggression to “no”. By the way, newlyweds are advised to have ginger cats for a strong family and a long family life.
3. But another sign indicates that the black woman finds a common language with the brownie, she becomes the mistress of the home. It is believed that the black animal protects against thieves and attacks on the home. And such a pet, however, like other colors, will protect you from misfortunes, the evil eye and damage. The main thing is that he lives comfortably, then your life will become happy.

Animal spirits

These signs include hearing songs on the radio that remind them of departed loved ones, or sensing their presence in the house.

Pet spirits can visit anyone, from the most hardened skeptic to the devout believer, so it's important to be open about it.

I'm sure many of us watched the movie "All Dogs Go to Heaven" as children, the idea of ​​which is that a pet will definitely visit someone they loved in life while in the afterlife.

If you are still an inveterate skeptic and do not believe in such things, in this article we will try to dispel your skepticism.

Below are 10 of the most common types of visits your deceased pet will receive.

It is worth emphasizing that all these cases were told by different people at different time periods. Some of these cases have been documented, others are told by mediums and psychics, and others are part of someone's family history.

So, here are 10 signs that the spirit of your deceased pet is paying you a visit:

Sudden death

Sometimes it is impossible to determine the reasons for the death of a pet. You will probably later understand what caused the cat's death, but it may also remain a mystery. Your pet died, taking away the negativity from you.

• The house could be attacked by magical forces. This was done on purpose to harm you and cause trouble.
• Your home was built in a bad place: bad energy can come from the depths of the earth, there was once a cemetery here, sacrifices or murders were committed.
• The presence of a portal in the house. Through it, otherworldly forces enter straight into the apartment without obstacles.

Animal paradise

For animals, heaven is the same as for people - it is the place where they want to be. In most cases, for pets, heaven means being with their beloved owners or other animals that are still alive that they loved in life.

For this reason, even after death, their souls want to visit those whom they loved so much and continue to love after death.

5. You feel their presence while sitting or lying on the couch.

You feel as if something is curled up next to you at the foot of the bed.

As a rule, cat owners may experience such feelings. But dogs behave in the same way in the afterlife, especially those who were very affectionate during life, loved to cuddle and hug.

A typical feline style and sign that your deceased cat has visited you is the sensation of her curling up in your lap or at your feet, or climbing on your back. Most often, when it comes to the spirit of a deceased cat, it is in the bed that the owner feels its presence. A deceased pet can visit you at the moment of rest.

Dogs, cats and other pets tend to visit their owners in the first few months after their death, then visits become less frequent as the person's wound heals. The pain of loss gradually subsides.

Metempsychosis

Some of the ancient Greek philosophers believed in a special doctrine - metempsychosis.

Metempsychosis is a philosophy about the transmigration of the soul of a deceased person into a newly born living being. That is, according to some philosophers, the soul evolves into human form after many lives lived in the form of an animal.

Followers of many Eastern religions believe in this concept. It seems that most mediums and clairvoyants share this view.

However, many doubts arise regarding self-awareness and the ability to maintain this awareness after death. Well, you must admit, it’s hard to believe that, for example, a flea has a soul.

One very famous medium explains what really happens to some animals after they die.

Not all animals survive as individual souls after their death. Some merge with what is commonly called group consciousness

. Their souls return to the collective consciousness of one particular species, from which different animal souls are then born.

And only when self-consciousness arises, such a soul continues after death and begins the long process of climbing the evolutionary ladder to human and angelic consciousness (to the highest degree of existence).

For many animals, this journey begins when they receive love from a human. In particular, pets acquire a sense of identity with a person due to prolonged exposure to that same person.

Our consciousness seems to influence them, so to speak, forces them to abandon their nature and begins to develop free will in them.

Some people love their pets so much that they treat them like their own children. This attitude helps the animal to advance spiritually.

The love that a person gives to his pet allows the animal to quickly find a sense of identity.

Thus, the owner of the animal, without knowing it, helps create a new soul. Some even believe that pets are, in the literal sense, children, because their souls are completely pure and new...

Pet died

6. With your peripheral vision you detect the presence of a dead pet.

Was there anyone in your family who had supernatural powers? Perhaps your great-grandmother was a clairvoyant or your grandmother knew how to cast magic?

If you sometimes see a dead animal, this may mean the following: either you were given a gift from one of your great-grandmothers, or the deceased pet is actually visiting you.

In what form do the spirits of their deceased pets appear to people?

Most often they can be seen in the form of a glowing hologram. This is the main difference from the human soul, which usually appears as a white ghost, similar to the ghost we usually see in movies.

7. You hear a song on the radio that reminds you of your pet or that he loved so much when he was alive.

This reminder of oneself after death is typical for both cats and dogs. Sometimes the owner of a lost pet may be faced with the fact that a song suddenly starts playing on the radio in the car.

This song sounded when, for example, your beloved dog or cat was taken to the veterinarian, or this song sounded at the moment when, many years ago, you first brought a small kitten or puppy home.

Some of us choose songs for our pet, while for others it happens that the animal itself denotes its favorite song, and if, after its death, the song suddenly begins to sound at the most unexpected moment, this, of course, is a sign that the spirit of your pet nearby.

8. You feel depressed after the death of a pet, and then suddenly feel joy.

Sometimes it seems to you that their faces are smiling... even after death. This is an amazing moment that brings great joy and a sense of relief.

This form of communication that deceased animals can have with their owners is very similar to the type of telepathic communication that many pet lovers have with their pets during their lifetime.

There is also evidence that spiritual connection continues to work in the afterlife through psychic senses, and although this rule is formulated more for humans, it works for pets as well.

9. You wake up to the feeling of their whiskers on your face.

A man who lost his beloved father said that immediately after his death he woke up with the feeling that he saw his own face. His father was combing his hair.

This can also happen after the death of a beloved pet. The owner can feel its presence during awakening or when he is in the interval between wakefulness and sleep.

At such moments, the spirits of the dead visit the living especially often. This can be explained by the fact that it is during this time period that a person is especially susceptible to such things and is open to visits from spirits.

10. Soon after the death of your pet, Fate gives you a new friend.

Shortly after the death of your beloved pet, a stray cat suddenly appears at your door. Or maybe one of your friends gives you a hamster or a kitten, or asks you to sit with his parrot while he is on vacation.

These are all signs that your deceased pet wants you to be happy again and wants you to make a new friend. This means that the spirit of your beloved dog, cat, or hamster personally approves of the new messenger given to you from above.

The truth is, our pets love us more than we can imagine, and even more than we sometimes love them.

They are the true embodiment of unconditional love and they teach many of us how to love unselfishly and from a pure heart. They allow us to be ourselves, because they love us for who we are.

Pets are some of our greatest teachers in this life.

For many, pets are their best friends, as well as emotional guides in their current life, and they continue to be so in the afterlife, continuing to visit their beloved owners even after their death.

Be sure to pay attention to the above signs. Most likely, your pet is trying to contact you.

What to do if the cat died at home

If your pet behaves unnaturally and wants to go outside, let him go. He doesn't necessarily want to run away to die; it's quite possible he'll return renewed and full of strength. It often happens that after throwing off negativity, an animal returns renewed, which is why they say that a cat has 9 lives.

If you come home and find your cat dead, be sure to bury it. Taking a new cat home for at least three months is highly discouraged.

If an animal has died of old age, you should not carry out home cleansing procedures, but if the animal’s death occurs unexpectedly, analyze the situation and if you find any problems, it is better to contact the church.

Finally, you should remember that having a kitten at home is extremely useful, it neutralizes negativity and indicates problems at home. The death of a cat indicates possible negativity and problems at home.

Do cats have souls?

The word soul is understood by people in different ways. For those who do not believe in God, this is the consciousness, emotions, character of a person, his personality, which will die along with the body. For believers, it is a link between life and expected eternity. Let us consider the question of the existence of the soul in animals from different points of view. By the way, if you can’t help the four-legged one, then it’s worth looking at the information on the site, which is needed only in the most extreme and hopeless situations.

It will not be superfluous to familiarize yourself with other articles of this project, which provide answers to numerous questions from the owners of such cute and beloved pets, and also highlight the most interesting aspects of their life, their care and treatment of diseases.

Do cats, cats, kittens and dogs have souls?

Those who have ever kept pets will say with confidence that all the signs of personality can be observed in them.

They understand human speech, experience emotions, and have an individual character. This means that animals have all the signs of having a soul.

Where does the soul of a kitten go after death?

To answer the question of where the soul of a deceased animal goes, you need to know where the human soul will be after death. It is useless to convince a person who does not believe in God that after death his beloved kitten will go to heaven.

Where does a cat's soul go after death? Psychic answer

For some reason, psychics in our age are considered people with special knowledge and gifts. But in fact, these are either charlatans or those who communicate with demons. The soul of a cat, according to psychics, can haunt its owner or help him after death. If this bothers you, the psychic will know what you need to say to be believed.

Do cats have a soul and at what time and where does it go after death?

It is possible to say that the soul of a cat goes to some place after death only if one believes in immortality and the existence of God. The Bible, the book left to people by God, does not specifically say whether animals have a soul and where it goes after death.

Of course, when you get to heaven, you want to meet your beloved cat, who got there after death.

Does a cat have a soul according to Orthodoxy (Orthodoxy) church opinion

According to the church, the connecting link between God and man is the spirit, which comes to life after repentance and baptism and is immortal. Therefore, the Orthodox Church cannot recognize the existence of a cat’s soul.

Is it possible to pray for an animal and how to pray for animals

You can pray for an animal if it gets sick. Pray for recovery. If the animal has died, you need to pray for yourself in order to calm down and humble yourself.

Soul of a cat after death 9 and 40 days

Funeral services for a deceased person are traditionally held on the 9th and 40th day after death, in order to intercede for him with prayers before God. There is no such tradition for remembering dead cats.

Soul of a cat after death ancient Egypt

The ancient Egyptians deified the cat. After her death, she was buried with honors in a special cemetery. The body of a deceased cat was mummified so that after death it could gain eternal life.

In Islam

Where cats go afterwards has its own interesting interpretation. In general, Islam is very loyal to animals in general and teaches its followers justice, tolerance and mercy towards the animal world. The world itself is highly revered, because the great prophet Muhammad himself allowed her to sit on his lap when he read his sermons, and also drank water with her from the same dish and even cut off his sleeve when the cat fell asleep on it - he did not want to disturb her.

However, according to the Koran, cats are not entitled to heaven, even though they have a soul, for this is a divine reward for thinking righteous people who choose the right path in life. Since the cat has no choice, she is not responsible for her actions and does not need Allah’s forgiveness. Their soul is mortal, and when the earthly path is completed, it turns to dust along with their bodily shell.