Reviews for Past Lives and Present Problems: How to Prepare for a Fortunate Rebirth

The average rating for Past Lives and Present Problems: How to Prepare for a Fortunate Rebirth based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-09-04 00:00:00 Brent Singer This book is a bit of a surprise, if you've read any of Dr. Stevenson's other books on reincarnation. He is usually so strict as to what cases he puts in his books. In this book, he is anything but strict; he has cases I would not have included; he has cases he says he really didn't want to include. It's like because there is so little scientific research on reincarnation cases in Europe, he used whatever stories told to him and even dreams. Seeing possible past life dreams in a Stevenson book was a real shocker. Everything I had read by him, or about him, in the past rated dreams right up there with past life regression--past life fantasies, nothing more! And not only does he include dreams, he even states past life hypnotism is all right, as long as the person has come up with that specific past life before in some other manner. He sees it as a useful tool to possibly acquire more details of that life. My favorite story in the book was the one the front cover painting comes from . . . the possible reincarnation of the daughter of artist Goya's mistress. Very fascinating story. It's good it was put in the back of the book, too, because it made all the other stories in the book seems quite dull in comparison.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-09-03 00:00:00 Terry Sickler I was surprised to find out that a school such as UVA would have an ongoing research project on reincarnation. Even after reading this book, I'm still now sure why they would, and why would they consider this scientific in any way - the author is a psychiatrist, but this same book could have been written by any journalist, there is nothing particularly scientific about it. Having said that, stories told in the book are nothing short of fascinating, I couldn't put it down. I enjoyed it the way I would enjoy a work of fiction.