120: The Science of Past Lives

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