Reincarnation

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REINCARNATION

One of the Hindu beliefs is that after death, the soul is reborn.

A lot of research is taking place on this issue. The research is

producing startling evidence in favor of reincarnation. One of those

engaged in this research, Prof. Ian Stevenson of the Department of

Parapsychology, University of Virginia, has recorded many cases he

and his colleagues have come across in which there is proof of

reincarnation. Please visit the web site:

http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/personalitystudies/

and also read:

Children's Past Lives Research Center

 

Dr. Ian Stevenson

 

" Either Dr. Stevenson is making a colossal mistake, or he will be

known

as the Galileo of the 20th century. "

 

(Dr Harold Lief in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease)

 

 

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By collecting thousands of cases of children who spontaneously

(without

hypnosis) remember a past life, Dr. Ian Stevenson offers convincing

scientific evidence, if not proof, for reincarnation.

 

In each case of children's past life memory, Dr. Stevenson

methodically

documents the child's statements. Then he identifies the deceased

person the child remembers being, and verifies the facts of the

deceased

person's life that match the child's memory. He even matches

birthmarks

and birth defects to wounds and scars on the deceased, verified by

medical records. His strict methods systematically rule out all

possible

" normal " explanations for the child's memories.

 

Dr. Stevenson has devoted the last forty years to the scientific

documentation of past life memories of children from all over the

world.

He has over 3000 cases in his files. Many people, including skeptics

and scholars, agree that these cases offer the best evidence yet for

reincarnation.

 

Dr. Stevenson's credentials are impeccable. He is a medical doctor

and

had many scholarly papers to his credit before he began paranormal

research. He is the former head of the Department of Psychiatry at

the

University of Virginia, and now is Director of the Division of

Personality Studies at the University of Virginia.

 

Why Isn't Dr. Ian Stevenson Better Known?

 

So why haven't we heard more about this amazing man and his

revolutionary research? One answer is that Ian Stevenson publishes

only

for the academic and scientific community, and his writing—densely

packed with research details and academic argument—is difficult for

the

average reader to follow. And he intentionally shuns the popular

media

to prevent reporters from sensationalizing his research. He refuses

to

appear on TV or radio, and magazine interviews are rarely granted.

 

But that doesn't stop us from calling attention Stevenson's amazing

and

vitally important work. We believe his cases are the key to

widespread

acceptance of reincarnation in the West. And if more people knew

about

these scientifically documented cases of children's past lives, they

might be more likely to listen when their own young children begin to

speak of " when I died before. "

 

Getting the Word Out

 

We're doing what we can to get the word out about this scientific

evidence for reincarnation. Carol Bowman's first book, Children's

Past

Lives, introduces Dr. Stevenson's work with a whole chapter, and

Return

from Heaven has a chapter that highlights cases from Stevenson's

recent

2200 page book about reincarnational birthmarks, Reincarnation and

Biology.

 

This website devotes a whole section to articles by and about

Stevenson, gives guidance and links to anyone interested in going to

the source and reading his books. The Reincarnation Forum has a

special Dr. Ian Stevenson Forum for sharing thoughts on what this all

means.

 

We are building here what we believe to be best—possibly the

only—repository of Ian Stevenson resources on the Internet. (If you

see another website that features his work, we're eager to know about

it so we can link together and join forces.)

 

 

Dr. Stevenson is not as active as he once was and is sometimes

difficult

to reach, but he will respond to cases that interest him. The best

way to reach him is by letter or email to the The Division of

Personality Studies (DOPS) at the University of Virginia. The website

and contact information are here.