…therapeutic potential of mediumship. A 2019 paper discusses the research regarding the effects on grief of all four types of After-death Communication (ADC): spontaneous, facilitated, assisted, and requested.13Beischel (2019).In a 2023 paper, Beischel describes experiences ofADCs and their effect on the grieving process. She focuses on the psychological benefits of…
The reincarnation literature includes clearly spurious cases. The ethereal nature of past-life memories affords great scope for fantasy-based and even fraudulent claims, made in search of attention, greater self-esteem, prestige, opportunity or financial gain. Such cases often involve claims of having lived past lives as famous deceased people. Ian Stevenson…
It is rare for more than one previous life to be identified in reincarnation cases. In the case of Will, remembered identities were linked with a World War II SS officer and a World War I soldier, raising difficult questions about memory, behaviour, bodily signs, moral burden and the standards…
…faith healers for a year. She returned to the US where she completed books on intuitive development. In 2005 she founded The International School of Clairvoyance which was one of the first schools to offer intuitive development via tele-seminar and webinar. In 2019, she joined the board of directors of…
In this unusual case, an educated Indian woman, Uttara Huddar, at age 32 began to experience dissociated phases in which she claimed to be a nineteenth-century Bengali villager named Sharada. As Sharada, she spoke an archaic Bengali dialect and displayed a distinct personality, dress, habits and manner of life different…
Do children with apparent memories of past lives differ psychologically from children without such experiences? Studies in Sri Lanka, Lebanon, India and the United States have found differences, both positive and negative. Follow-up studies in adulthood have found that the long-term impact is overwhelmingly felt to be beneficial. Most children…
…persons in these cases been identified. Ian Stevenson reported two Holocaust-related cases in European Cases of the Reincarnation Type. Some experiencers reported gas, barracks, chimneys and corpse-filled pits before they had encountered such imagery in detail. Later writers framed these memories not only as evidence questions but also as part…
…recognized Euphorbus’s shield when he saw it in the temple of Juno at Argos.3Ovid, Metamorphoses, book 15, line 161. Another Greek with past-life memories was the Neopythagorean philosopher Apollonius of Tyana (first century CE), who believed he had had an encounter with pirates as an Egyptian ship’s pilot.4Philostratus, Apollonius of…
…accompanying anomalous encounters. Towards a Critical Parapsychology In a 2021 article, Glazier explores the historical, linguistic, and epistemological roots in the idea of ‘the paranormal’. The term itself derives from Greek and refers to phenomena that challenge conventional scientific explanations, but has become increasingly nebulous over time. He highlights the…
