Life Before Life: An Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives

[Guest guest]

Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories

of Previous Lives

 

 

A Special Presentation by Jim Tucker, MD

 

 

Saturday, April 18, 4 - 6 pm

 

Cost: $35

 

The Caritas Spiritist Center

 

3775 Iris Ave., Suite 3B, Boulder, CO 80301 * 303-449-3066

 

 

 

What would cause young children to think they remembered living

before—and dying before? For the past forty years, doctors at the

University of Virginia Medical Center have tried to answer that

question. Researchers have investigated more than 2,500 cases of young

children who reported memories of previous lives. Now, Jim B. Tucker,

M.D., a child psychiatrist who currently directs the research, shares

these studies with the general public

 

 

 

Children who report past-life memories typically begin talking about a

previous life when they are two to three years old. The children tend to

show a strong emotional involvement with the apparent memories and often

cry to be taken to the previous family. In many cases, parents have

taken their children to the places they named, where they found that an

individual had died whose life matched the details given by the child.

During the visits, some children have recognized family members or

friends from that individual's life. Many children have also had

birthmarks that matched wounds on the body of the deceased individual.

 

 

 

" powerful grounds for credulous speculation "

 

—Booklist

 

 

 

" the most convincing scientific evidence for the fact that our

consciousness survives physical death "

 

—Deepak Chopra, author of Life After Death: The Burden of Proof

 

 

 

" extraordinarily important "

 

—Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Reinventing Medicine and Healing

Words

 

 

 

" clear, concise, and eminently rational "

 

—Tom Shroder, author of Old Souls

 

 

 

" adds new insight to this amazing research "

 

—Carol Bowman, author of Children's Past Lives and Return from

Heaven

 

 

 

Jim B. Tucker, M.D., a board-certified child psychiatrist, directs

research into children's reports of past-life memories at the

University of Virginia Division of Personality Studies. He worked with

Dr. Ian Stevenson, the founder of this research, for several years

before taking it over upon Dr. Stevenson's retirement in 2002. His

book, Life Before Life, explores the various features of this worldwide

phenomenon, describing numerous cases along the way.

 

 

 

Dr. Tucker is Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Medicine at the

University of Virginia Health System, and in addition to conducting

research, he serves as medical director of the Child & Family Psychiatry

Clinic. He lives in Charlottesville with his wife and daughter.