Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Reliving Past Lives: scientific evidence

Dr. Wambach; Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Reliving Past Lives: The Hypnosis Evidence
Reliving Past Lives: Evidence
In Reliving Past Lives, psychologist Dr. Helen Wambach, PhD, shares the fascinating results of her scientific, large-scale past life group hypnotherapy regression (and progression) sessions.

In an effort to rule out false memories, fantasies, and wishful thinking often hurled by critics of past life hypnosis (regression therapy), Dr. Wambach devised a protocol:

She chose time-specific periods from 2000 BCE to the 20th century and asked respondents where they were and what they were doing during that specific period. She did not ask what they were but rather mundane details about their appearance, activities, and so on that could be researched and verified.

Who was Helen Wambach? (Part 1)

(dfirth224) Dr. Wambach (John F. Kennedy University faculty member) was a psychologist who pioneered scientific research on the phenomenon of reincarnation (rebirth) in the 1970s using hypnotic regression. She approached her study as a social science as no one had thought to do before.

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@1lyndaenglish1(@1lyndaenglish1) Helen Wambach: "The experience of hearing Seth [channeled by Jane Roberts] teach his ESP class is unforgettable. Fortunately, I have been able to hear almost all of the class sessions on tape, and they have deepened and enriched my life. The class sessions were discontinued in 1975, and the group experience in Elmira [NY] for those of us privileged to observe it has now become a part of the past. It lives on in tape recordings and transcripts."

Shoes, race, social class, occupations, types of money used, means of death, and gender were all explored. Mundane questions that would be nearly impossible for any ordinary person to know were asked such as:
  • “What types of utensils are being used?”
  • “Describe weaving techniques that are being used.”
  • “What foodstuffs are commonly in use during this time?”
  • “What color is the brickwork of the houses?”
Reliving Past Lives (Dr. Helen Wambach, Ph.D.)
As theorized, when taken to a very specific period some respondents reported their experiences, while others reported nothing. If they were "making it up," all would report something. This prompted the question, Did they report nothing because they were between lives?

Dr. Wambach reasoned that if she asked a very large number of subjects questions about a specific time and place and received a sizable percentage of similar answers from those subjects who were not in contact, aware of one another, nor aware of the information they were reporting, that was information that could be objectively (scientifically) validated.

This kind of data is worth investigating further. Together with her book Life Before Life, the data is compelling reading for anyone pondering the objective validity of rebirth/reincarnation and life beyond physical death.
  • Dr. Wambach's goal was not to validate whether one person's experience was real or not. The goal of this largescale research was to scientifically evaluate whether or not large numbers of respondents would get the details correct, thereby validating that this is a real phenomenon.
  • For example, most people think that dying by fire means burning to death. So one may ask a regressed person reliving (remembering) a past life, How did you die? If that person answers, "I died in a fire." Then ask, "What killed you?" Most of us in that circumstance would say the flames. But science shows that most people in fires do not die of the fire but rather the smoke. They die of asphyxiation.
  • These subjects reported, to their surprise, that it was the smoke, which is not something most would know. If they were making it up or confabulating, imagining what it must have been, they would say it was the fire that burned them to death. In another example, if asked, "Look down. What kind of shoes are you wearing?"
  • Almost no one could tell what kind of shoes were common in a given place in a given time period, say in Medieval Europe or Ancient Egypt. But if many respondents give the same answer, this answer can be validated or disproven by referencing modern archeological evidence. Research results are not common knowledge.
  • If respondents were not reliving actual past lives, how could they individually come up with correct answers? Not one or two people, but thousands of subjects formed the data presented in this book over many years, over many trials, covering many past life regressions and future life progressions.
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