So, in the theological state of the spiritual incantation of self, the identity is formed from a physical matter regardless of any change, and when the form is of energy only, a change in identity renders any past action-consequence bond as moot. Hence spiritual characters share little with death and rather hold far more with a new energy complex. When an entity is given a new name, it is a new energy. As opposed to the human form to which the soul inhabits, the soul stays same as a signature, should the body change in name or stature.
Meditate.