hmmm, as far as my way of thinking goes, much has changed.
Only the dead know for sure what happens when the body dies. But there have been some who have been revived and shared experiences which would indicate it doesnt end on the death bed. So I suppose it is possible there may be a transition from the physical to the metaphysical and why not? Already science has firm clues that has changed and continues to challange our old ideas of what reality is.
It boggles my mind to think how an ethereal massless energy eventually condensed to form matter, became alive, learned to love, feel joy, compose great symphonies and reach for the stars. That thing that makes you you, your soul conscience whatever you want to call it, is energy and its got to go somewhere.