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Reincarnation and Past Lives

Reincarnation and past lives - stories and theories.

Soul Survivor

The remarkable case of a young boy who "remembers" his past life as a World War II fighter pilot - one of the most compelling cases for reincarnation on record.

Civil War Past Life

Civil War Past Life - Your True Tales - August 2009

Book Review: The Afterlife Experiments

Has science finally proved, through rigorous experiments, that human consciousness survives death? If you're not convinced of life after death, this fascinating book just might change your mind.

Life Before Birth

Amazing stories from people who recall an existence in another realm just prior to birth, and from people who have had startling communications with their unborn children.

Many More Past Lives Recalled

Many readers responded to last week's article on past life recall with their own "memories" of other lives in other places, more real than dreams and as profound as their current existence.

The Mystery of Past Life Recall

Under hypnosis, numerous people recall the details of previous lives, even to the point of taking on the personalities of their former selves - and speaking in foreign languages!

Mystery of Reincarnation

A review of the book "Mystery of Reincarnation: The Evidence & Analysis of Rebirth" by J. Allan Danelek

The Past Lives of Children

As soon as they learn to speak, some children are able to tell remarkably detailed stories of people, places and events in what might be their past lives.

Reincarnation: Best Evidence

The idea that we have lived before, and after this lifetime will live again is fascinating and compelling. We want to believe that there is a continuity to our existence, our souls. But is there good evidence for reincarnation? Dedicated researchers say yes.

Reincarnation: Your True Tales

True stories from readers.

The Tragedy of Mary Gells

As a child, HRM had spontaneous recollections of a friend named Mary Gells, whose family met with tragedy decades ago. Were these memories of a past life... or something else? This is HRM's story.

All About Reincarnation: Facts and Myths

Answers several interesting questions regarding reincarnation, mostly concerning the Bible's views of it.

All This and Heaven Too: A Study in Past Lives

Researcher Carol Brierly says that many who died in WWII are now being reincarnated, including holocaust victims and Hitler Youth.

An Alternate View of Reincarnation

You may share a direct connection with one or more physical projections of your oversoul, this site says. This is the concept of "simultaneous multiple incarnations" or "parallel-selves."

Beyond Past Life Regression Into the Afterlife

Have you ever wondered what the afterlife is like? Until recently, this article says, the answers could only be discovered at the time of our death or through a near-death experience.

Can Science Uphold the Belief in Rebirth?

Is reincarnation possible? In probably the first-ever case of its kind, a forensic science expert has sought to scientifically prove the phenomenon.

Child's Nightmares and Memories Prove Reincarnation

Video: It is being called the most documented case of reincarnation ever. A little boy is able to recall over 50 memories from someone else's life. A World War II Pilot's family believes it is their reincarnated brother based on the child's memories.

Children's Past Lives

Lengthy excerpts from every chapter of Carol Bowman's book are available on this website. Included are interesting case studies of children's past lives, how to help children recall them and much more.

Cosmic Recyclables

The Division of Perceptual Studies within the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia has for over forty years been scientifically studying evidence of children's memories of previous lives, as well as other puzzling phenomena. (Podcast)

Cryptomnesia

Cryptomnesia has been cited by skeptics as an explanation for cases of past life recall. This article says the skeptics are in error, and explains why.

Fragrant Aids for Past Life Recall

Past Life recall requires a "thinning of the veils" – a piercing of our mental shields so we can glimpse memories beyond this current time. Various herbal fragrances and oils can facilitate these memories, this article claims.

Ian Stevenson: Half a Career with the Paranormal

Interesting autobiographical essay by the world's foremost reincarnation researcher, Dr. Ian Stevenson. Essay in PDF format.

In Another Life

Here you'll find a full-length documentary on reincarnation, featuring top researchers and personal accounts of people who have had reincarnation related experiences, or memories of past-lives. In streaming video.

Interview with Dr. Chet Snow

Snow is an author, lecturer and regression therapist who also performs progression therapy – looking into subjects' future lives.

Jungian Analyst and Reincarnation

Connects reflections by Carl Jung on the possible role of past lives in the dreams of his young patients and in his own sense of life purpose and tasks to be done.

Life Before Birth

Can our unborn children communicate with us - even before conception? A surprising number of parents have experiences that suggest it. Thoughtful articles and experiences can be found here.

The Mechanism of Reincarnation

With his "Big Tube" theory, Dirk Laureyssens believes he has figured out how reincarnation works by the mechanism of "pelastration." He provides diagrams and even a 3-D model to prove it.

The Mystery of Pre-Birth Communication

Long before your child is born, you may feel a connection, an inkling of the baby-to-be. It may be in a dream, so vivid that you feel you are meeting a real person who already exists, somewhere, somehow.

Past Life Memory

More and more people are giving at least some thought to the potential credibility of the notion that they may have lived before.

Past Life Memory Bank

A collection of past life recollections from Europe, the Americas, Asia and from World War II. Also, memories of multiple lives.

Past Life Regression

This site offers stories from its readers of what they suspect might be memories of past lives.

Past Lives... Scientific Evidence

The scientific community more often than not refutes the proof of past lives. However, there are many scientific examples, some of them very convincing.

The Power of Past-Life Enlightenment

Strategies that could be self-administered to retrieve relevant past-life experiences. Here are some of the findings of a psychologist's studies.

The Quantum Theory of Reincarnation

Roger Ebert -- yes, the film critic -- explains how reincarnation is possible from a scientific, rationalist point of view, thanks to quantum particles.

The Real Nature of Reincarnation

If reincarnation is true, why are there so many "old ghosts"? What part might ancestral memory play in the reincarnation experience? And what would quantum mechanics have to say about reincarnation?

Reincarnation

An article on the beliefs and ideas about reincarnation in such ancient civilizations and cultures as Egypt, the Greeks, the Celts, even Christianity.

Reincarnation and Karma - Making Sense of the Madness

Over 60% of the world's population believes in some form of reincarnation. The absurdity of the "one life only" belief, this site argues, is made obvious very quickly when one considers the situation.

Reincarnation & Relationships: A Psychic’s View

Friends and family often reincarnate together repeatedly, this article says. These "soul groups" agree to work together in specific areas to tackle new and important issues.

Reincarnation and the Self

Some of the "proof" for reincarnation, why most people don't remember past lives, and how we can find out about past lives. FAQs and answers.

Reincarnation as a Scientific Fact

This site operates under Plato's theory that "the soul returns to earth in a body similar to its last one and has similar talents and inclinations" and offers lots of interesting comparison photos as evidence.

The Reincarnation FAQ

Created to provide answers for the many common questions people have about reincarnation and also to give as wide a background to the subject as possible in terms of scientific, religious and mystical exploration.

Reincarnation: Have We Lived Before?

This is psychic Edgar Cayce's view on reincarnation, which he said provided insights on the nature of humankind.

A Reincarnation in Vietnam

Ha Thi Khuyen told her parents that she was not their daughter, that she had been a daughter of a family in Van village, and that she died in an accident.

Reincarnation: Its Meaning and Consequences

Analyzes reincarnation in world religions, past-life recall as proof for reincarnation, reincarnation and cosmic justice, and reincarnation and Christianity.

Reincarnation: Not Hogwash

An article on past life regressing therapy - the experience of going back in time and reexperiencing a previous lifetime. For the curious who want to know who and what they were before.

The Reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln

The lives of President Kennedy and President Lincoln had so many commonalities to them that, in the opinion of this article, they are strong circumstantial evidence suggesting reincarnation.

Reincarnation Stories

A number of experiencers' stories can be found here including A Child's Recall, A Past Life in China, Two Civil War Stories and more.

Reincarnation: The Past Revisited

Belief in reincarnation, the idea that an essential part of a living being can survive death and later be reborn in a new body, is an ancient doctrine that has persisted for thousands of years.

Royal Child - the Pre-Birth Experience

Near-death experiencers report a sense of "returning home" when their spirits cross to the "other side." But one cannot "return to" if one has not "come from."

Someone Else's Yesterday

An interview with Jeffrey Keene, a retired Connecticut fireman who has rather good evidence that he may be the reincarnation of John B. Gordon, a Confederate Civil War General from Virginia.

Spiritual Pre-Existence

Information regarding pre-birth experiences, pre-birth of the soul, pre-birth communication in the womb, near death experiences and reincarnation and similar phenomena.

Three Faces of Regression Therapy

Can your current problems be solved through regression therapy? This site says present life conflicts often stem from traumatic events in prior lifetimes.

Three Guidelines to Begin a Past Life Regression

This site briefly describes one technique for past life regression (PLR), stuctured around a few steps. Other areas of the site offer stories from people who have experienced PLR.

Two Boys and Two Past Lives

From Spain and Canada come two remarkable stories that underline the impact of reincarnation and the huge cultural differences that surround this fascinating subject.

Using Regression for Past Life Recall

Past life regression is the induction of a hypnotic reverie where you relive pieces of relevant past lives. Usually regression is done with a trained hypnotist.

William Butler Yeats' Theory of Reincarnation

Reincarnation does not take place within a matrix of linear time. Rather, all of your past and future lives are going on at once, in an eternal "now" moment. Subscribe to series.

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