The Science of Past Lives

Episode 120,   Aug 02, 2021, 04:00 AM

Some children tell stories about lives they used to live… Are they just playing pretend or is this proof of reincarnation? Maybe science has some answers… 

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References & Further Reading

Past Lives, Jim Tucker & UVA’s Division of Perceptual Studies
  1. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550830708000943
  2. https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/our-research/children-who-report-memories-of-previous-lives/
  3. https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/resources/advice-to-parents-of-children-who-are-spontaneously-recalling-past-life-memories/
  4. https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgqygg/hard-science-of-reincarnation-past-lives
  5. https://www.npr.org/2014/01/05/259886077/searching-for-science-behind-reincarnation?t=1626790336553
  6. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550830721000951
False Memories, Source Errors & Other Explanations
  1. https://www.livescience.com/7272-belief-reincarnation-tied-memory-errors.html
  2. https://www.livescience.com/7737-reality-reincarnation.html
  3. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1363461503040001005
  4. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2466/pms.1996.83.3f.1107
Past Life Regression Therapy
  1. https://www.thehypnotherapypracticeedinburgh.co.uk/why-past-life-regression-is-a-waste-of-money/
  2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5797677/
  3. https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/members/sigs/spirituality-spsig/james-pandarakalam-a-search-for-the-truth-of-past-life-regression.pdf?sfvrsn=f5442f17_2
  4. tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00029157.1982.10404067?needAccess=true
The Egg
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6fcK_fRYaI&vl=en-GB
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