Beginnings[]
Robert Jordon wrote a series of books called "The Wheel of Time ." It integrates archetypical motifs of Buddhism, Hinduism, the Hopi, the Incas, and Jung's Mandala.
The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose in the Mountains of Mist. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings t the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was 'a' beginning.
An Age is visualized as a collection fo wheel spokes. The wheel turns and the people experience an "age." Déjà vu, past life experiences and fortune telling gifts are all evidence of this wheel of time.
Because Ages repeat, similar personalities are required. Most lives are similar to those lived in a similar past Age. Most people think they are making choices, but in reality the wheel of time is pushing them. Some realize this and make incremental changes to the Wheel of Time.
Time[]
Time is also referred to as a fabric of threads. The threads can be re-woven or broken. This concept of time is solid like that felt after understanding simultaneity in the special relativity. It has multiple dimensions. It has boundaries.
This concept of time avoids the more troubling aspects of reincarnation. The endless repetition fear does not exist for a person, only for a planet. This makes sense. We know history repeats itself. The consequences of sin and the fog of past Ages does influence us. But personal experience remains a beginning and linear. A person is personally challenged to grow and mature by the linearity of Western religions rather than the passivity and resignation of karma and personal reincarnation.