Edgar Cayce's Gospel
wPre-Adamic spirits became inmeshed in creation (having projected themselves into rocks, trees, etc.) and then forgot who they were (34).
nA similar scheme in Ron HubbardŐs Scientology
wSons of God set about to rescue these spirits by forming bodies of flesh & blood which become channels (thru evolution in successive reincarnations) for eventual release from material being (35).