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Life Before Life

Disciplines:
psychology
parapsychology

Summary

Jim Tucker's account of his research into children who report memories of past lives — continuing Ian Stevenson's work at the University of Virginia.

Core Contribution

Children's past-life accounts: systematic documentation of cases where young children (typically 2-5) spontaneously report detailed memories of a previous life — names, relationships, cause of death — that are subsequently verified. Tucker's methodology for rating the strength of cases. The argument that the best cases cannot be explained by fraud, fantasy, or normal explanation.

Historical Influences

Ian Stevenson

Intellectual Lineage

Parapsychology Consciousness Research

Allied Works

Return to Life Children Who Remember Previous Lives Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation

Contemporaries & Peers

Return to Life Children Who Remember Previous Lives

Minds Influenced

Near-Death and Reincarnation Research

Intellectual Posterity

Reincarnation Research

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