The Rise of Purgatory

The cycle of life is pretty simple: birth, life, and death. However, everyone wonders what possibly happens after death. This question has brought up many answers and theories over the many years of human existence, in specifics the issue of the physical and mental state after the death of the body. In other words, the idea of a soul is brought into the picture. A famous alternative is the scientific approach who looks into the decomposition of the body itself, therefore disabling the idea of a soul or an afterlife. However, a more popular belief and one that has been incorporated in society…