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 Riti]
To 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
The British Medical Association (BMA) is a registered trade union for doctors in the United Kingdom. The association does not regulate or certify doctors, a responsibility which lies with the General Medical Council. The association's headquar ...
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.
[Satwant Pasricha]
''The Biographical Dictionary of Parapsychology''. Accessed 2009-01-27.
Pasricha studies not just the characteristics of reincarnation prevalent in India, but also suggests ways they are similar or different from those of people in other countries.
[ She collaborated with ]Ian Stevenson
Ian Pretyman Stevenson (October 31, 1918 – February 8, 2007) was a Canadian-born American psychiatrist, the founder and director of the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
He was a professor at th ...
in reincarnation research beginning in the 1970s.
She joined NIMHANS ( Deemed University) as a faculty in December 1980 as a lecturer in Clinical Parapsychology; and then was promoted to Assistant professor, Associate professor and Additional Professor of Clinical Psychology. She is also involved in clinical work such as patient care and teaching and research in the areas of her interest at NIMHANS.[
Prof. Satwant Pasricha of the Maulana Azad Medical College appreciates her work on the subject, but he also places not verifiable truth like "rebirth" and “reincarnation” out of the domain of the scientific knowledge. Many other scientists label them as a hallucinatory experience and as "a physiological state occurring within an oxygen starved brain."]
Selected publications
* Satwant Pasricha, ''Can the Mind Survive Beyond Death? In Pursuit of Scientific Evidence (2 Vol.)'', New Delhi: Harman Publishing House, 2008. .
* Satwant Pasricha, ''Claims of Reincarnation: An Empirical Study of Cases in India'', New Delhi: Harman Publishing House, 1990. .
* Satwant Pasricha, Near-Death Experiences in South India: A Systematic Survey. '' Journal of Scientific Exploration'', 9(1), 1995.
* Ian Stevenson, Satwant Pasricha and Nicholas McClean-Rice, A Case of the Possession Type in India With Evidence of Paranormal Knowledge. ''Journal of Scientific Exploration'', 3(1):81-101, 1989.
See also
* Bruce Greyson
* International Association for Near-Death Studies
* Near-death studies
*''Life After Life Life After Life may refer to:
Film
*''Life After Life'' (再生人), a 1981 film Hong Kong film; see 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards
* ''Chances Are'' (film), a 1989 film that was known while under production as ''Life After Life''
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* Pam Reynolds case
*Ian Stevenson
Ian Pretyman Stevenson (October 31, 1918 – February 8, 2007) was a Canadian-born American psychiatrist, the founder and director of the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
He was a professor at th ...
References
External links
To Hell, And Back
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Psychology educators
Reincarnation researchers
Living people
University of Virginia faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
Indian medical academics
Indian Sikhs
Punjabi people
Near-death experience researchers
Clinical psychologists