Contents
1. The search begins
2. Inspiration-or reincarnation
3. We begin the beguine
4. Enter Mary Ann Evans
5. The mysterious presence
6. The spirits speak
7. Of Cabbages and novelists
8. Fra Savonarola
9. Her Last Life
10. The Doctor calls
11. The class continues
12. Enter Mary Magdalen
13. The reader of past lives
14. The new Taylor Caldwell
Epilogue by Taylor Caldwell

"One of Jess Stearn's most dramatic and provocative explorations of the hidden dimensions of man's mind, this book delves into the psychic lives of best-selling novelist Taylor Caldwell. A skeptic about reincarnation, Miss Caldwell agreed to undergo hypnosis 'in the interests of settling the theory of reincarnation to rest.' Yet once in a trance, she lapsed into memories of other lives and other places--lives which make fascinating narratives in their own right, places that provide the background for many of her novels, memories that suggest a wealth of experience of which she has no conscious memory or knowledge. Drawing on his years of research in parapsychology and the writing skill that has made him a best-selling author, Jess Stearn tells an absorbing story, one that challenges our most comfortable assumptions about memory and immortality and casts new light on the work of an internationally admired novelist."--Front flap

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