Old Souls: Compelling Evidence from Children Who Remember Past Lives
Thomas Shroder
May 2011 · Simon and Schuster
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A riveting firsthand account of one man’s mission to investigate and document some of the most astonishing phenomena of our time—children who speak of past life memory and reincarnation.
All across the globe, small children spontaneously speak of previous lives, beg to be taken “home,” pine for mothers and husbands and mistresses from another life, and know things that there seems to be no normal way for them to know. From the moment these children can talk, they speak of people and events from the past—not vague stories of centuries ago, but details of specific, identifiable individuals who may have died just months, weeks, or even hours before the birth of the child in question.
For thirty-seven years, Dr. Ian Stevenson has traveled the world from Lebanon to suburban Virginia investigating and documenting more than two thousand of these past life memory cases. Now, his essentially unknown work is being brought to the mainstream by Tom Shroder, the first journalist to have the privilege of accompanying Dr. Stevenson in his fieldwork. Shroder follows Stevenson into the lives of children and families touched by this phenomenon, changing from skeptic to believer as he comes face-to-face with concrete evidence he cannot discount in this spellbinding and true story.
All across the globe, small children spontaneously speak of previous lives, beg to be taken “home,” pine for mothers and husbands and mistresses from another life, and know things that there seems to be no normal way for them to know. From the moment these children can talk, they speak of people and events from the past—not vague stories of centuries ago, but details of specific, identifiable individuals who may have died just months, weeks, or even hours before the birth of the child in question.
For thirty-seven years, Dr. Ian Stevenson has traveled the world from Lebanon to suburban Virginia investigating and documenting more than two thousand of these past life memory cases. Now, his essentially unknown work is being brought to the mainstream by Tom Shroder, the first journalist to have the privilege of accompanying Dr. Stevenson in his fieldwork. Shroder follows Stevenson into the lives of children and families touched by this phenomenon, changing from skeptic to believer as he comes face-to-face with concrete evidence he cannot discount in this spellbinding and true story.
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Rachel J
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April 12, 2015
I thought it would be an anthology of interesting stories about children who can recall previous lives. In fact, there is very little reference to the children. It's a boring description of a journalist travelling through Lebanon and not much else. So far (I've been reading for several hours) no children at all have spoken, only adults who had memories as children.
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Kyle Byrne
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April 24, 2017
I'm on page 165 and I'm really regretting purchasing this book. It's very slow and flat out boring. So far the author has been traveling around Lebanon and elaborating on every mundane aspect of the trip ad nauseum. Hasn't even spoken to an actual person with a past life yet.
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lila b
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April 6, 2013
Of thousands of books my eyes only saw this one, i had to buy it! Knowing a dear friend of mine has these "past lives" at first glance i thought "he's crazy" yet the more i listen to , read, and believe there are miracles. It seems these may just be the beginnig of an amazing journy
About the author
Tom Shroder has been an award-winning journalist, writer, and editor for more than twenty years. He is a coauthor (with John Barry) of the critically acclaimed Seeing the Light. He lives in northern Virginia.
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