Signs of reincarnation : exploring beliefs, cases, and theory /: exploring beliefs, cases, and theory. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James G. Matlock ; foreword by Jeffrey Mishlove.
• Authors: Matlock, James G, 1954-
• Contents: Foreword: A Tale of Two Theories, by <span style="font-style:italic;">Jeffrey Mishlove ; ; Preface; ; Chapter 1: Introduction to the Study of Reincarnation Signs; What is Reincarnation?; Challenge to Materialism; ; Chapter 2: The Belief in Reincarnation; Signs, Beliefs, and Customs in Animistic Cultures; A Brief History of the Belief in Rebirth, West and East; Karma, God, and the Individual in Rebirth Theory; ; Chapter 3: Research Methods and Interpretative Frames; Accounts of Past-Life Memory Recorded Before 1960; Ian Stevenson’s Field Research and Its Critics; Interpretive Frames for Reincarnation Cases; ; Chapter 4: Child Studies: The Principal Signs of Reincarnation; Involuntary Memory of Previous Lives; Behavioral Identification with the Previous Person; Birthmarks and Other Physical Signs; ; Chapter 5: Child Studies: Secondary Signs of Reincarnation; Signs of Discarnate Agency; Universal, Near-Universal, and Culture-Linked Patterns; The Psychological Impacts of Past-Life Memory; ; Chapter 6: Past-Life Recall in Adulthood and Third-Party Reports; Developmental Factors in Past-Life Memory Retrieval; Fantasy and Fact in Past Life Regression under Hypnosis; The Contributions of Shamans, Psychics, and Mediums; ; Chapter 7: The Process of Reincarnation; Beyond Materialism; Personal Identity and Postmortem Survival; Reincarnation and Life; ; Afterword: Implications of Reincarnation Cases for Biology, by <span style="font-style:italic;">Michael Nahm ; ; References; ; Glossary of Specialized and Technical Terms; ; Index
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (408 pages), (5 illustrations)
• Subjects: 133.901/35; Reincarnation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538124802; 1538124807
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