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Life Before Life
__NOTOC__ ''Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives'' is a 2005 book written by psychiatrist Jim B. Tucker, which presents an overview of more than 40 years of reincarnation research at the University of Virginia, into children's reports of past-life memories. The book also discusses "birthmarks and birth defects that match those of a deceased person who is identified by the child". The foreword to the book is written by Ian Stevenson. This book claims that consciousness can be considered separately from the brain, which provides a basis for claims of reincarnation. Tucker discusses objections to reincarnation: the paucity of persons who actually claim to remember a past life, the fragility of memories, the population explosion, the mind—body problem, fraud, and others. Tucker states that none of the cases examined are perfect, and that "faulty memory by informants" is seen to be the "best normal explanation for many of the cases ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim B
Jim or JIM may refer to: * Jim (given name), a given name * Jim, a diminutive form of the given name James (given name), James * Jim, a short form of the given name Jimmy (given name), Jimmy * OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism * Jim (comics), ''Jim'' (comics), a series by Jim Woodring * Jim (album), ''Jim'' (album), by soul artist Jamie Lidell * Jim (Huckleberry Finn), Jim (''Huckleberry Finn''), a character in Mark Twain's novel * Jim (TV channel), in Finland * JIM (Flemish TV channel) * JIM suit, for atmospheric diving * Jim River, in North and South Dakota, United States * Jim, the nickname of Yelkanum Seclamatan (died April 1911), Native American chief * ''Journal of Internal Medicine'' * Juan Ignacio Martínez (born 1964), Spanish footballer, commonly known as JIM * Jim (horse), milk wagon horse used to produce serum containing diphtheria antitoxin * Jim (song), "Jim" (song), a 1941 song. * JIM, Jiangxi Isuzu Motors, a joint venture between Isuzu and Jiangling Motors Corpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karma
Karma (; sa, कर्म}, ; pi, kamma, italic=yes) in Sanskrit means an action, work, or deed, and its effect or consequences. In Indian religions, the term more specifically refers to a principle of cause and effect, often descriptively called the principle of karma, wherein intent and actions of an individual (cause) influence the future of that individual (effect): Good intent and good deeds contribute to good karma and happier rebirths, while bad intent and bad deeds contribute to bad karma and bad rebirths. As per some scripture, there is no link of rebirths with karma. The concept of karma is closely associated with the idea of rebirth in many schools of Indian religions (particularly Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism), as well as Taoism.Eva Wong, Taoism, Shambhala Publications, , pp. 193 In these schools, karma in the present affects one's future in the current life, as well as the nature and quality of future lives—one's '' saṃsāra''. This concept has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Non-fiction Books
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2005 Non-fiction Books
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where Reincarnation And Biology Intersect
''Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect'' is a 1997 book by psychiatrist Ian Stevenson, published by Praeger. The book is about birthmarks and birth defects ostensibly associated with reincarnation. ''Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect'' is written for the general reader and is a condensation of a two-part monograph '' Reincarnation and Biology: A Contribution to the Etiology of Birthmarks and Birth Defects'' (Praeger, 1997). Birthmarks and birth defects Ian Stevenson examined reports of people in different parts of the world who claimed to remember past lives, mostly young children. He explored the idea that "birthmarks and other skin lesions and abnormalities may provide evidence of cutaneous injuries sustained in a previous life, thus supporting the notion of reincarnation".Stewart Wolf. Book review: Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect, ''Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science'', Vol .35, No. 2, (April 2000), p. 165. ''Where Reincarnation and Biology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twenty Cases Suggestive Of Reincarnation
''Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation'' is a 1966 book written by psychiatrist Ian Stevenson on claims of spontaneous recall of information about previous lives by young children. The book focuses on twenty cases investigated by the author. It has been translated into seven foreign languages. General approach Stevenson describes his general approach as following an "almost conventional pattern": Stevenson set up a network of volunteers to find these spontaneous past life recall cases as soon as the children began to speak of them. He then would carefully question both the family of the living child and the family of the deceased to ensure that they had no contact and that no information would be passed between them. He would obtain detailed information about the deceased, including information not fully known to anyone involved, such as details of the will, that he would use to verify that the child actually did know the information required. The publication of the book was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satwant Pasricha
Satwant Pasricha is the head of Department of Clinical Psychology at NIMHANS, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences at Bangalore. She also worked for a time at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in the USA. Pasricha investigates reincarnation and near-death experiences.M D RitiTo Hell, and Back ''Rediff on the NeT'', April 6, 1999. Accessed 2009-01-27. Pasricha co-authored the 2011 book ''Making sense of near-death experiences'', which was Highly Commended in the Psychiatry category at the 2012 British Medical Association Book Awards. Work Pasricha has investigated and participated in about 500 cases of reincarnation involving children (referred to as subjects) since 1973 who claim to remember previous lives. She became interested in working in parapsychology because she was not satisfied with the conventional explanations of certain paranormal or unusual behavior. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reincarnation In Popular Western Culture
Reincarnation is regularly mentioned in feature films, books, and popular music. The similar concept of transmigration has been used frequently to the point of cliché in the sense of people " switching bodies", in which the identity of a character transfers to another's body, either unilaterally or by exchange (e.g. ''Vice Versa''), or to an animal (e.g. ''The Once and Future King'') or object (e.g. ''The Picture of Dorian Gray''). This concept has been used many times in various films, particularly in Indian cinema and television. Literature ''Metempsychosis'' is the title of a work by the metaphysical poet John Donne, written in 1601. The poem, also known as the ''Infinitati Sacrum'',full text of ''Metempsychosis'' or ''Infinitati Sacrum'' from Luminarium Editions consists of two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scientific Evidence For Past Lives
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Cases Of The Reincarnation Type
''European Cases of the Reincarnation Type'' is a 2003 book by psychiatrist Ian Stevenson, who conducted research into claims of reincarnation. The work focuses on different reincarnation research case studies in a Western setting. It was Stevenson's last book before he died in 2007. Purpose Stevenson states in the preface that the book has three purposes: *1) To show that cases of the eincarnationtype ... occur in European cultures, where fewer individuals believe in reincarnation than in Asia. *2) To show that essential features of these cases are similar to those found in Asia, Africa, and Northwest North American native tribes. *3) To show that some of the cases reported provide evidence of information transmitted by means outside of normal communication—extrasensory perception being one and reincarnation another. Stevenson also hopes that this book will stimulate the reporting and investigating of more cases of this type from Western cultures. Cases of the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Past Lives
Carol Bowman M.S. (born October 14, 1950) is an author, lecturer, counselor, and therapist, known for her work in studying alleged cases of reincarnation, especially those involving young children. Biography Her first two books, '' Children's Past Lives'' ( Bantam, 1997) and ''Return from Heaven'' (HarperCollins, 2001), about reincarnation, have been published in more than twenty three languages. Bowman has also been a practicing past life regression therapist for adults for more than twenty-five years and conducts training courses to teach practicing therapists her method of past life regression therapy. She studied with pioneers Morris Netherton and Roger Woolger in the field of past life regression, and holds an M.S. in counseling from Villanova University, after graduating from Simmons College in Boston. She has appeared on many TV and radio programs, including ''Oprah'', ''Good Morning America'', ''Unsolved Mysteries'', ''ABC Primetime'', "The Katie Couric Show", and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PsycCRITIQUES
''PsycCRITIQUES'' was a Bibliographic database, database of reviews of books, videos, and popular films published by the American Psychological Association. It replaced the print journal ''Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books'', which was published from 1956 to 2004. The official blog of ''PsycCRITIQUES'' allowed free access to the full text of some recent reviews. It was discontinued on December 31, 2017. Archives are available to the public via the Center for the History of Psychology (University of Akron) or via a paid subscription to Portico (service), Portico. See also *PsycINFO References External links * * at the Center for the History of Psychology at the University of Akron''PsycCRITIQUES'' blog Works about psychology Magazines established in 1956 Bibliographic databases and indexes Book review magazines American Psychological Association publications Weekly magazines published in the United States Magazines disestablished in 2017 Defunct literary magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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