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Children who claim to remember a previous life have been found
in many parts of the world, particularly in the Buddhist and Hindu
countries of South Asia, among the Shiite peoples of Lebanon and
Turkey, the tribes of West Africa, and the American northwest.
Stevenson has collected over 2,600 reported cases of past-life
memories of which 65 detailed reports have been published. Specific
information from the children's memories has been collected and
matched with the data of their claimed former identity, family,
residence, and manner of death. Birthmarks or other physiological
manifestations have been found to relate to experiences of the
remembered past life, particularly violent death. Writing as a
specialist in psychiatry and as a world-renowned scientific
investigator of reported paranormal events, Stevenson asks us to
suspend our Western tendencies to disbelieve in reincarnation and
consider the reality of the burgeoning record of cases now
available. This book summarizes Stevenson's findings which are
presented in full in the multi-volume work entitled "Reincarnation
and Biology: A Contribution to the Etiology of Birthmarks and Birth
DefectS," also published by Praeger.
Reviews of the 1987 first edition called it "an impressive
book...both scholarly and readable...thoroughly analyzed...highly
recommend[ed]"--Journal of Scientific Exploration;
"excellent...offers us a fascinating and compelling book with the
distinct potential for profoundly changing our way of understanding
the nature of human existence and death. Standard reading for any
person who wishes to be regarded as literate and educated"--Journal
of the American Society for Psychical Research. This is the revised
edition of Dr. Stevensons 1987 book, summarizing for general
readers almost forty years of experience in the study of children
who claim to remember previous lives. For many Westerners the idea
of reincarnation seems remote and bizarre; it is the authors intent
to correct some common misconceptions. New material relating to
birthmarks and birth defects, independent replication studies with
a critique of criticisms, and recent developments in genetic study
are included. The work gives an overview of the history of the
belief in and evidence for reincarnation. Representative cases of
children, research methods used, analyses of the cases and of
variations due to different cultures, and the explanatory value of
the idea of reincarnation for some unsolved problems in psychology
and medicine are reviewed.
Children who claim to remember a previous life have been found
in many parts of the world, particularly in the Buddhist and Hindu
countries of South Asia, among the Shiite peoples of Lebanon and
Turkey, the tribes of West Africa, and the American northwest.
Stevenson has collected over 2,600 reported cases of past-life
memories of which 65 detailed reports have been published. Specific
information from the children's memories has been collected and
matched with the data of their claimed former identity, family,
residence, and manner of death. Birthmarks or other physiological
manifestations have been found to relate to experiences of the
remembered past life, particularly violent death. Writing as a
specialist in psychiatry and as a world-renowned scientific
investigator of reported paranormal events, Stevenson asks us to
suspend our Western tendencies to disbelieve in reincarnation and
consider the reality of the burgeoning record of cases now
available. This book summarizes Stevenson's findings which are
presented in full in the multi-volume work entitled "Reincarnation
and Biology: A Contribution to the Etiology of Birthmarks and Birth
DefectS," also published by Praeger.
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