Reincarnation A new horizon in science, religion, and society
Compiled by Sylvia Cranston and Carey William
- New York, NY Julian Press 1984
- 385 P.
Contents: I. The Horizon today The Cry for meaning Current western belief in many lives Lecture at Harvard University II. Scientists investigate reincarnation The Research of Ian Stevenson, M.D Cases of reincarnation type from around the world Did they speak a past-life language? Hypnotic regression experiments Near-death and beyond-death encounters Heredity: problems and puzzles in genetics Unexplained cases of genius III. Religious teachers: their modern message Early instructors of the human race Judaic teachers and prophets Jesus and the Christian vision Krishna and the Bhagavad-Gita The Life and teachings of Buddha II. Transformation of life and society War and its transcendence My Race, my religion, my country, my status Our plundered planet and disregard for its creatures Reincarnation and the population explosion Healing body and mind The Liberation of women and men The Aching problem of suicide, and a remedy that works Columbia University lectures on reincarnation Plight of the elderly Careers of famous people influenced by reincarnation Horizons far and horizons near
A summary of historical Eastern and Western attitudes toward reincarnation and of the ideal of famous writers and thinkers accompany detailed accounts of cases of reincarnation and a series of lectures presented at Columbia and Harvard