Reddit reviews Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation: Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged

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This is just some of my collection, any one of which would get you started, but I'd start with Dr Stevenson's stuff first:

Dr Ian Stevenson

https://www.near-death.com/reincarnation/research/ian-stevenson.html

https://www.amazon.com/Twenty-Cases-Suggestive-Reincarnation-Enlarged/dp/0813908728/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Twenty+Cases+Suggestive+of+Reincarnation&qid=1563082984&s=books&sr=1-1

https://www.amazon.com/Where-Reincarnation-Biology-Intersect-Stevenson/dp/0275951898/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Where+Reincarnation+and+Biology+Intersect&qid=1563083023&s=books&sr=1-1

Dr Loell Whitton

https://www.amazon.com/Life-Between-Joel-Whitten/dp/0446347620

Neville Randall

https://www.amazon.com/Life-After-Death-Neville-Randall/dp/0552114871/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=life+after+death+Neville+randall&qid=1563083067&s=books&sr=1-1

Dr Raymond Moody

https://www.amazon.com/Life-After-Bestselling-Investigation-Experiences/dp/006242890X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=raymond+A+Moody&qid=1563083118&s=books&sr=1-1

Helen Wambach

https://www.amazon.com/Life-Before-Helen-Wambach/dp/0553254944/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=life+before+life+helen+wambach&qid=1563083173&s=books&sr=1-1

Dr Edith Fiore

https://www.amazon.com/You-have-been-here-before/dp/0698108833/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=Dr+edith+fiore&qid=1563083204&s=books&sr=1-7

Oh, I'd also check out the 4 part documentary: Life, Death and Reincarnation

Thanks to u/malibunyc for finding a low res 640x360 version of the show on YouTube, here are the links:

ep 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9bcNeLJTv8

ep 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycwZTYHqqoM

ep 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkcljsaaFXs

ep 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5URv5xxSFpo

Hope these help. Others will chime in with theirs too I'm sure.

There are non-Buddhist books on the matter, if you're interested.

Ian Stevenson is often mentioned in this conversation, and I think Other Lives, Other Selves is an interesting one by Roger Woolger.

There are a considerable amount of other ones out there too, I believe.

In general, Proving rebirth/reincarnation with a capital P is very difficult when someone is adamantly opposed to the idea. We tend to believe our ideas sometimes quite a bit, I think.

In general, if you're unsure of rebirth, you can put it to the side. It may be that if you cultivate goodness, avoid harm, and purify your mind, it starts to make more sense. And if it doesn't, it doesn't.

About the two lives with the shared personality traits, yes. There were some written notes somewhere about the two women. Call it a "family history", if you will.

About the third life, with the physical resemblance: no. I recalled only a small fragment of that life, and didn't have enough info to go looking for an evidence.

If you want to learn about cases with compelling evidence, do check out this book:

Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation - The author is Dr. Stevenson, a professor in the University of Virginia School of Medicine. As you would expect, he is trained in the scientific method. Apparently, he performed a very methodical research on the subject, and compiled a list of 20 cases which, to him, strongly suggest reincarnation as the best explanation for what he observed.

If you are interested in exploring your own past lives, find out a reputed past-life regression professional, preferably one who was trained as a psychologist / psychiatrist (and therefore has a rational, scientific background).

Edit: Changed "our own past lives" to "your own past lives".

Anyone interested in the subject should check out Ian Stevenson's Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation His scientific method isn't always 100% kosher, but the stories are very interesting

I haven't read it but Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation is supposed to be a go-to resource.

The first definitive book on the matter: Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation

Another book I love is The Witch in the Waiting Room: A Physician Investigates Paranormal Phenomena in Medicine

They are both written by doctors with a skeptical but open-minded view of the unexplained. The first I haven't read (just summaries and through reputation) but it is referenced by the second. The second has a bibliography which is great. The second is great and covers a whole bunch of things. Also if anyone can recommend similar books (or books the scientifically refute these experiences) to me I would appreciate it.

There isn't incontrovertible proof and probably never will be, but there is some good evidence presented by Ian Stevenson (a professor from the university of Virginia) and his team of researchers. They found a lot of cases of children who seem to remember details of a previous life. Details they couldn't have known from experiences involving their five senses.

If the Hannah Monsour/Suzanne Ghanem case is to be believed, that's as close as we'll get to proof, but there are lots more cases. One case allegedly led to a murderer being exposed ad confessing his crime.

Ian Stevenson wrote a few books (UK Amazon link - US link here) you might be interested in if you want more info. He has videos on YouTube as well.

If you're getting into reincarnation you need to check out Ian Stevenson from the University of Virginia. Started studying it in 1967.

Here's his book
Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation: Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged https://www.amazon.com/dp/0813908728/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_tOJNzb72SRGD6

Top15s could do the best 15 cases. Mind blowing stuff.