Spiritual fiction – A secular view of things spiritual

 

Spiritual fiction – A secular view of things spiritual – by P.K. Odendaal - May 2026

Science fiction is a genre, so why can’t spiritual fiction not be a genre as well? And ... if it is not an accepted genre, I am accepting it now as an accepted genre ... at least for me it is.

For me it is also clear that there is a spiritual domain, as there is a physical domain, and we are really spiritual beings, whilst our physical body is only a temporary container.

Spiritual beings exist forever, albeit in different forms, bodies and places.

In fact, what we see in the physical domain may not be physical things at all and after all. It may be only images made by certain types of electromagnetic waves.

Those of us who see visions in broad daylight, as I do, will know that things that we touch can in an instant change or alter its looks into something else.

Planet earth is a spiritual hospital, established only on one planet in the universe, for the birth, healing and mentoring of new and existing spirits.

I strongly and sincerely believe in Heaven and Hell and that “holy” people go to Heaven when they die, and that “evil” people go to Hell when they die.

Let us say a person on earth has lead an evil life and goes to Hell. Only his spirit with an accompanying evil body goes to Hell – not his or her earthly body. Similarly, a holy person goes to Heaven with a holy body.

What then happens to the evil spirit with evil body?

Let me as an amateur scientist explain.

When I study the Universe, I conclude that the whole physical Universe consists, in its physical form, only of energy in various forms and phases and that everything is in recycling mode, without exception.

Gaseous nebulae give birth to stars, as our sun, which in turn may or may not gather moons from the accretion of debris circling the star. Stars burn out and explode in super novae forming a gaseous nebula – and the process start all over again in what is known as an adiabatic process.

We, not only as humans, but all animate and inanimate things are stardust.

What are we, as humans, better or different from stardust? Only in one aspect. We have everlasting souls or spirits.

As we loose our earthly bodies, we are incarnating into heavenly or hellishly bodies, and from hellishly bodies, we will need to incarnate again into earthly bodies to be reborn physically and healed spiritually. This process may happen over and over again until we grow to become heavenly bodies.

There should then be millions of people walking on the surface of earth who are not here for a first visit, as some of us experience this phenomenon often with certain people. Call it Deja Vu if you will.

This is also known as re-incarnation.

Please do not take any of my assertions or beliefs as gospel, as it is not. These are my secular thoughts and beliefs, though they are not unsubstantiated.