About
the book:
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. The founder of this work, Ian Stevenson, M.D.,
has always written for a scientific audience. Now, Jim B. Tucker, M.D., a
child psychiatrist who currently directs the research, shares these studies
with the general public in LIFE BEFORE LIFE: A Scientific Investigation of
Children’s Memories of Previous Lives.
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.
LIFE BEFORE LIFE explores the various features of this worldwide phenomenon,
describing numerous cases along the way. Though Dr. Tucker eventually
concludes that the best explanation for the cases is that memories and
emotions can sometimes carry over from one life to another, the purpose of
the book is not to convince people to believe in the reality of previous
lives. Instead, Dr. Tucker seeks to make readers aware of this material so
that they can form their own judgments.
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