This is the revised edition of Dr. Stevenson's 1987 book, summarising 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 author's 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.
- ISBN10 0813911540
- ISBN13 9780813911540
- Publish Date 1 December 1987
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 January 2001
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Virginia Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 341
- Language English