Books on Reincarnation

I have on my reading list, a two volume book titled “Reincarnation and Biology” by Dr. Ian Stevenson. I was wondering if anyone here has read this or heard of this. Since I haven't read this yet, I will shamelessly insert the book description from Amazon.

Here goes:
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Based on some 30 years of research on people who claim to remember past lives, this work encompasses the full spectrum of theory and case study on the subject to date. Early in his investigations, Stevenson became aware that some who remember past lives had birthmarks or birth defects that corresponded to wounds, usually fatal, on the person whose life was remembered. The work suggests surprising answers to such questions as the following: Why does someone born with a birth defect have the one he or she has, instead of another one? Why do some children show phobias in early infancy when they have had no traumatic experiences and no model for the phobia in their family? Why are some monozygotic (one-egg) twins markedly different from each other? Why do many boys who later become homosexual show effeminate behavior in infancy before their parents can have influenced them to do so? Writing as a scientist and a Western medical professional, Stevenson realizes that the idea that wounds on a deceased person can influence the embryo of a later-born baby is subversive to many assumptions of modern biology. Knowing that each individual case has some flaw or weakness, he decided to publish the entire corpus of cases of this sort. Photographs of birthmarks and illustrations of weapons form part of the evidence in this daring and explorative research. This work will be of particular interest to physicians, psychiatrists, biologists, and anthropologists. In addition, those concerned with paranormal phenomena and the mind-brain problem will find this work challenging.
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I tend to get skeptical and always like when there is some scientific research done on mystical topics and this book seems like it would fit the bill. Having science is not always necessary for me, but it can be nice to cite, particularly during  “harmless” conversation.

Anyway, I hope to get to reading this book in my current lifetime. Thoughts, anyone?

Re: Books on Reincarnation

I just love synchronicity…

I've been thinking a lot lately about the impacts of past lives on our current health and body design. Health is a big fascination of mine.

I haven't read Stevenson's books but have read his work cited in other articles and the cases he has reported really are eye-opening.

I haven't explored any particular 'leads' on my past lives but I've been thinking about whether my chronic neck and right shoulder pain has a link to a past life trauma. One of my sisters has a similar problem and I'm very sure we have been close in at least one past life. Maybe it's a coincidence, or genetics, but maybe not.

We all know how our conscious and unconscious minds influence our health, so why not hidden past life memories? I am generally a very healthy and positive person who rarely gets ill unless I am under loads of stress. But I have this recurring back trouble which doesn't appear to be linked to anything specific. Sure, a bad mattress or unusual excercise can cause trouble but it's not that clear cut. I will search for a more scientific answer but am open to alternatives if they solve the problem!

Scientists can be skeptical of anything they can't measure. But if you don't know exactly what causes something, if you can't see it and haven't felt it yourself, how can you measure it or test it? What if the best measuring device or detector is the enlightened human brain? It's all about energy so one day we'll figure it out.

Catfish