Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient and the Past-life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives
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Piatkus Books Number of pages: 224 Language: English (Original Language) Language: English (Unknown) |
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Thought provoking, an excellent read.
Review date: 2009-01-05 Rating: 10 out of 10
Wow...I was given this book for Christmas, and couldn't put it down - I always sat on the fence with regards to reincarnation and past lives, while I wanted to believe, my logical mind wanted proof. The fact that he was a scientific sceptic made it more appealing, as you felt you were getting a decent, honest view from somebody who didn't believe in any of it, but who was proven SO wrong. I truly hope that his findings are all correct, as it offers hope and a sense of calm, if nothing else it will make you re-evaluate your current life and hopefully change things for the better. Give it a read, what have you got to lose?
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A huge disappointment
Review date: 2008-09-23 Rating: 2 out of 10
This books tells the story of the author's therapy sessions with a woman he calls "Catherine". She is a young woman suffering from anxiety, fear of water, swallowing pills, et cetera. After having tried treating her with conventional therapy for 18 months, he tries hypnosis. Lo and behold, they discover a couple of repressed traumatic events in her past! But it doesn't help. Not until he takes her even further back into a past life. And so it goes...
When it comes to regression, there are numerous theories as to what really happens, and I started reading this book with an open mind and a keen interest in finding out what theory would best fit this story. Some believe there is an akashic field or a collective subconscious which contains the memories of other people's lives and that such memories are experienced in regression. Others believe that we have lived multiple lives. Since I am interested in the paranormal, Out of Body Experiences, Near-Death experiences et cetera, I was looking forward to an engaging read.
Unfortunately, I do not believe the author, a fact that renders all kinds of theorizing superfluous. In my opinion, he is quite simply lying. Catherine, and the spiritual masters speaking through her, are inventions of the authors mind. She is a paper thin non-person, the narrative is incredibly one-dimensional, lacking in about every detail. The author constantly refers to his own scientific background and critical mindedness, and yet even a child can see through some of his "she could not possibly have known" - arguments.
There exists a great body of anecdotal evidence that these kinds of past life experiences do happen. I am not disputing that. I am not saying that near-death experiences are hallucinations either. I am convinced that we are more than our physical bodies.
All I am saying is that this book is a waste of time. It is a novel, not a true story, and a poorly written one at that. It could have been more entertaining if the author had bothered doing some research before he wrote it. Details and character development is foreign to this writer. As it stands, this rubbish could have been written by a teenager as a school writing assignment.
Thought provoking!
Review date: 2008-03-20 Rating: 8 out of 10
As I am neither a full believer in that which we can not see, nor am i a full blown skeptic, I felt i was facing this book with an open mind. It is very well written and if you are to believe in what it says, it is a beautiful thing to feel is both ahead of us and behind us!
Dr. Weiss fails in only one place for me - He does not clearly show how he came to so strongly believe this lady was not 'pulling the wool over his eyes'. Apart from the comment about his son, noothing else really makes me feel this could be a definite truth. He mentions that he checked up dates and etc. she was speaking of, but never elaborates on this which left me feeling slightly frustrated.
I must state here that I am being slightly over-negative towards the book here and am really nit-picking.
On a more open point, it really is thought provoking and is thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish. It paints a lovely picture of the possibilities which may face us in the afterlife.
superb book for health victims, you are in control, look at your past, a fascinating read
Review date: 2006-11-20 Rating: 10 out of 10
If you have phobias or physical health problems or psychological problems, some of them are likely to come from your past, but not jsut this 'body' past, but all your other 'bodily' pasts, all your eternal pasts. We are eternal, so consider all the baggage you bring with you into each new 'body' life and here is a book that really digs deep into this business. By accident Dr Weiss began healing a patient with numerous psychological problems, none of which could be explained by her current life, or childhood. By open mindedness anda joint journey, his patient and he discover an incredible insight into the past and learn to release these problems through remembering where they were born from. Not only that but to add to the proof, the patient became very psychic in the process and had the most accurate information. Start taking note of your dreams, they are all psychic, they are all messages to you and for you and from you. Read this and eternal life starts to make sense.
good read, but ....?
Review date: 2006-11-20 Rating: 6 out of 10
Found it an interesting read about the possibility of reincarnation but also found i was asking questions throughout, such as if all humans have souls that go to the spiritual planes then reincarnate to learn and become higher beings - no mention was made of animals (referred to as beasts in the book) which i presume would also have to have a soul or spirit as they are living beings and as anyone who has owned a pet would know are individually unique too. Reading from others who can claim to contact "spirits" usually always mention pets that have passed over. so i am a bit skeptical about this book. The bits about being spoken to by the "masters" also made me very doubtful and eventually take it all with a large dose of salt!
Product Details/Specifications
Authors:
Brian L. Weiss
Recording label: Piatkus Books
Manufacturer: Piatkus Books
EAN: 9780749913786
Binding: Paperback
Dewey decimal number: 133
ISBN: 0749913789
Number of pages: 224
Publication date: 1994-06-23
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: English (Unknown)
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