Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives by Brian Weiss Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives
Book Review: A very powerful and enlightening book
Summary: 5 Stars
Since reading this book I have encouraged about 5 other people to read it all of whom have said it has had an impact on their lives. I only hope that more people who suffer from phobias etc can be helped by using these methods. It makes me wonder who I have been before, and more importantly the type of person I want to be again. I hope that I may live in my current physical state striving to become a better person, so that next time around I start with qualities I dont currently possessBook Review: I May Have Finally Seen The Light But Then Again.....
Summary: 4 Stars
Believe it or not I was given ''guidance'' about finding this title on Amazon's website and as another reviewer points out the author neatly sidesteps the Christian/religious issues and concentrates solely on his well substantiated theories of regressive therapy. For me it was gem of a read which was similtaneously enthralling and evocative.There were just so many statements that closely matched my own experiences that frankly I felt as though I could even BE Catherine but I was perturbed about the declaration from the Master Spirit about ''only God can punish.'' I have no religious leanings but seem to recall that it is well documented in Christian teachings that God does not punish and further on Weiss also makes a reference to one patient's encounter with hell stating that sometimes you get what you expect but it may not be real and these are two main reasons why, for me, in spite of my personal experiences doubts inevitably crept in.
How indeed can any of us prove that we have had the Masters' guidance unless we actually die, float into our next physical body, surf the net and review the book again!
The human brain can play the most dreadful tricks - in hospital and fed drugs against my will I endured an hallucinatory experience which was about as close to ''hell'' that I would ever want to get! Physiologically, human beings all have the same make up so it stands to reason that thousands of us would ''remember'' similar lives under hypnosis. The book enabled me to interpret my own experiences with greater clarity but the logical me still embraces doubts, not about the authenticity of Dr Weiss' studies - far from it - but about our entire comprehension of birth, death and ''life'' beyond the realms of our earthly existence.
Book Review: There is nothing too radical in his suggestions
Summary: 4 Stars
I had better explain first that I am highly scientific and extremely analytical and so just the notion of a what he is trying to say goes against my judgement. But having said that I read the whole book in a single 2 hour sitting (its only a couple of hundred pages) as I couldn't put it down.I spent a good proportion of the time and a few hours after trying to assimilate the information into my own world view. I am not religious and the idea of reincarnation does not sit well with me. But having said that I must say I liked the notion that we are only to learn and acquire skills that we keep after death as it fits nicely into my 'rational' temperament that strives to learn new skills and knowledge.
On the whole the book gives you a nice warm feeling because it sort of tells you that there is nothing to be afraid of, what will be will be and there will be more after. But there is nothing too radical in his suggestions - love, harmony, forgiveness, understanding, faith as all these concepts are pretty well accepted in whatever you believe in. I did like the idea of debts being carried over into future lives until you had paid them off.
One final thing, he unfortunately kept taking about remaining rational and needing to retain a scientific method to his work, but I could see no evidence of that. He provided no control experiment and the only collaboration was via a medium that is unverifiable.
Book Review: an amazing and thought-provoking book
Summary: 5 Stars
A friend recommended this book to me as I was interested in past lives. It is written by a doctor who was working with a patient using hypnosis and found she went back to a time before her life her. It sounds weird but it was very convincing. the book reads like a novel and it makes you think differently about alot of things that you might previously have not been able to bear thinking about or have taken for granted. This book has been a bestseller in lots of different countries and it has stood the test of time. Definitely worth a look. Now Iwant to read his other books.
Book Review: A must for believers and non-believers alike!
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book in under two hours, in one sitting - I could not put it down! How refreshing to know that even previously 'indoctrinated' scientists among us can be opened to the hope and inspiration that is the afterlife and re-incarnation