Many Lives, Many Masters
Weiss recounts a patient’s hypnosis sessions and his interpretation of apparent past-life narratives. The account is not independent verification of reincarnation.
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Brian Weiss
Psychiatrist & Hypnotherapist · Mount Sinai Medical Center (formerly)
Documented a patient's apparent recall of 86 past lives under hypnosis, sparking widespread interest in past-life regression therapy.
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Area of work
Documented a patient's apparent recall of 86 past lives under hypnosis, sparking widespread interest in past-life regression therapy.
Methods
Hypnotic regression · Single-subject case study · Spontaneous verification attempts
Limits and debate
Hypnotic regression is not considered reliable evidence; subjects are highly suggestible, and verification of specific historical claims has largely been inconclusive. The field considers regression methodology distinct from spontaneous case research.
This summarizes the researcher's work. It is not a finding that any theory of consciousness or survival has been proven.
Overview
Weiss was a traditional psychiatrist until a patient he calls "Catherine" began describing past lives under hypnosis, including details about his deceased son he had never shared. He held these findings confidential for four years before publishing Many Lives, Many Masters. He now teaches regression therapy internationally.
Books by this researcher
Through Time Into Healing
Weiss describes his regression-therapy approach and claimed therapeutic effects through case narratives.
Only Love Is Real
Weiss presents two clients’ regression narratives as a story about purported soulmates across lives.
Miracles Happen
The coauthors collect regression-session stories and describe their interpretations of healing and past-life memories.
Selected sources and publications
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Many Lives, Many Masters
Miracles Happen: The Transformational Healing Power of Past-Life Memories
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