"A Matter of Death & Life:  Ian Stevenson's scientific
search for evidence of reincarnation" by Tom Shroder
(Washington Post Magazine on August 8, 1999)

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Questions for discussion: What do you think of
evidence of the sort cited by Stevenson? Is it enough to
persuade a rational person to believe in reincarnation?
Does the theory of reincarnation have any advantages
over "one lifetime" life after death theories? Are there
any philosophical or conceptual problems with the
concept of reincarnation?

You are of course not limited to the above questions in
your reponses.

Has anyone every been hypnotically regressed in order
to recall past lives? If so, what did you experience?
Here might also be a good place to give a gentle
reminder to show courtesy and respect to people who
share their experiences, even if you doubt them or find
them to be implausible. Posting diagreements is
encouraged. Being disagreeable (rude, insulting, and
so on) is not. So far people have been pretty good
about this, but as we delve into the more touchy
subjects of the Afterlife and God, it will become all the
more important.

Prof. Borrowdale
borrowdalej@lanecc.edu