Past Life Regression

Past-life regression has become one of the most publicly familiar yet most controversial approaches to reincarnation. This subcategory gathers articles on hypnotic and other regression practices, the memories they elicit, and the debates surrounding their interpretation, therapeutic use and evidential value in relation to survival or rebirth.

The Ermine Lady, Sofonisba Anguissola, c. 1580

Antonia (regression case analysis)

Highly evidential story of a 16th century Spanish woman, recovered through hypnosis.

photo of Virginia Tighe

Bridey Murphy (regression case)

Controversial 1950s regression case, in which a Chicago resident recalled accurate details of 19th-century Ireland.

photographic postcard of Eberswalde in the nineteenth century

Gretchen Gottlieb (regression case)

Case of an American woman who recalled a German life under hypnosis and seemingly spoke German.

Virginia Tighe, who under hypnosis recalled a nineteenth century life as Bridey Murph

Past Life Regression

Detailed and historically accurate 'memories of previous lives' are routinely elicited during past life regression therapy.

image of therapist with patient

Regression Therapy

In hypnotherapy, apparent past-life memories are treated less as descriptions of true events than as metaphors that aid in healing.

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