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A Soul Remembers Hiroshima
Prior to contacting Dolores for a regression session, a 22-year-old American woman inexplicably became deeply traumatized and overwhelmed by a sudden rush of memories that had no rational explanation. The memories were triggered in the following settings. On an ordinary day as she walked into her living room, a program was playing on the television where survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima were being interviewed. There were no scenes of the bombing, simply the interviewer discussing the event with the guests. As she viewed the images of the survivors describing their experiences, without explanation, she suddenly began experienced scenes flashing through her mind of the actual bombing as it occurred in real time. As well as experiencing visual images of the event, additional senses were stimulated as she could also hear the screams of people and feel the deep pain of the experience. Intuitively, she knew she had been present when the event occurred. In the days and weeks that followed after watching the program, the horrific scenes of the explosion itself and the resulting aftermath continued to persistently flood her mind. She was able to push them to the back of her mind for a brief period of time so she could function in everyday life, however, this became too exhausting a process which provided no explanation to what was happening to her or why. At this point, she contacted Dolores and she sought her help via a session. This book is the story of how Dolores carefully traced these experiences back to her life as a Japanese man named Nogorigatu living in Hiroshima during WWII. It tells the story of what the Japanese people experienced during the war and is a side of history that has neither been fully explored nor written about. At the time, it was Dolores most challenging case because she was unsure of how the young lady would react to reliving dying in an atomic explosion. It had to be handled with extreme care. The resulting story cries out to our time, "Do not let this horror happen again!"
176 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
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About the author
Dolores Cannon
80 books1,634 followersDolores Cannon (1931 - 2014) was a self described "past-life regressionist" and hypnotherapist who specialized in the "recovery and cataloging" of "Lost Knowledge". Her roots in hypnosis went back to the 1960s, and she was specializing in past-life therapy since 1979.
Dolores became, perhaps, the world's most unlikely expert on the prophecies of Nostradamus. A retired Navy wife from Huntsville, AR, USA, Dolores was nearly fifty years old when she began experimenting with hypnosis and past-life regression. The results were, to say the least, quite spectacular!
Working through several different subjects, Dolores was able to establish communication with the living Michel De Notredame, better known as the prophet Nostradamus. His revelations and their impact on our own time are both fascinating and at times frightening.
Dolores has written the three volume set "Conversations With Nostradamus", the series on the translation of Nostradamus' quatrains. This series contains the translation of almost 1000 prophecies, all interpreted for the first time and have been in print since 1989. It is considered the most accurate interpretation of the prophecies ever printed.
Dolores has been a UFO investigator for twenty years, using her skills as a regressionist to help people that had been involved in abduction cases. She has written several books on the UFO information volunteers have revealed while under hypnosis.
Her unique technique of hypnosis is being taught all over the world via the Quantum Healing Hypnosis Academy.
Dolores has written 17 books about her research in hypnosis and UFO cases. Her books are translated into over 20 languages. She founded her own publishing company, Ozark Mountain Publishing, in 1992.
Dolores has toured in the USA, England, Europe, the former Soviet bloc countries, Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Asia to promote her works, and to discuss her particular brand of psychic research. She has spoken to radio and television audiences worldwide. She has given lectures at such locations as: Whole Life Expos in Los Angeles, New York and San Diego; Global Science Congress; various A.R.E. Edgar Cayce Foundations; Conscious Living Expo and MBS Expo in Australia; The College of Psychic Studies in London, England; The Theosophical Society in London, England; as well as many other organizations. Dolores was the first American and the first foreigner to receive the "Orpheus Award" in Bulgaria, for the highest advancement in the research of psychic phenomena.
Articles by/about Dolores have appeared in several magazines including: "Body, Mind and Spirit"; "Magical Blend"; "Connecting Link"; "Kindred Spirit" (an England magazine); "People Magazine" (an Australian magazine); "Conscious Living Magazine" (an Australian magazine); "After Dark" (the Art Bell magazine); "The Unknown Magazine"; "The Washington Post"; and "New York Times". Also magazines and newspapers in Russia, Spain, South America, Bulgaria, Japan and Arab countries.
Dolores appeared on various TV specials including "A Current Affair" (in Australia); BBC Documentary Series "Divine Magic"; "Ancient Mysteries of the World" (a two hour special on CBS); "Ancient Prophecies I and Ancient Prophecies II" (two hour specials on NBC); "Encounters" ( a one hour special on FOX network); "Good Day LA" (in California); "Mysteries, Magic and Miracles" (the Sci-Fi Channel); "Marilu Talk Show" (ABC); "Biography" (series on A&E Channel); "America After Hours" (CNBC); "CNN International Entertainment News".
She has spoken on over 1000 radio shows including Art Bell’s Dreamland, George Noory’s Coast to Coast, and Shirley MacLaine, plus speaking at innumerable conferences worldwide. In addition she had her own weekly radio show, the Metaphysical Hour, on BBS Radio for nine years.
Dolores became, perhaps, the world's most unlikely expert on the prophecies of Nostradamus. A retired Navy wife from Huntsville, AR, USA, Dolores was nearly fifty years old when she began experimenting with hypnosis and past-life regression. The results were, to say the least, quite spectacular!
Working through several different subjects, Dolores was able to establish communication with the living Michel De Notredame, better known as the prophet Nostradamus. His revelations and their impact on our own time are both fascinating and at times frightening.
Dolores has written the three volume set "Conversations With Nostradamus", the series on the translation of Nostradamus' quatrains. This series contains the translation of almost 1000 prophecies, all interpreted for the first time and have been in print since 1989. It is considered the most accurate interpretation of the prophecies ever printed.
Dolores has been a UFO investigator for twenty years, using her skills as a regressionist to help people that had been involved in abduction cases. She has written several books on the UFO information volunteers have revealed while under hypnosis.
Her unique technique of hypnosis is being taught all over the world via the Quantum Healing Hypnosis Academy.
Dolores has written 17 books about her research in hypnosis and UFO cases. Her books are translated into over 20 languages. She founded her own publishing company, Ozark Mountain Publishing, in 1992.
Dolores has toured in the USA, England, Europe, the former Soviet bloc countries, Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Asia to promote her works, and to discuss her particular brand of psychic research. She has spoken to radio and television audiences worldwide. She has given lectures at such locations as: Whole Life Expos in Los Angeles, New York and San Diego; Global Science Congress; various A.R.E. Edgar Cayce Foundations; Conscious Living Expo and MBS Expo in Australia; The College of Psychic Studies in London, England; The Theosophical Society in London, England; as well as many other organizations. Dolores was the first American and the first foreigner to receive the "Orpheus Award" in Bulgaria, for the highest advancement in the research of psychic phenomena.
Articles by/about Dolores have appeared in several magazines including: "Body, Mind and Spirit"; "Magical Blend"; "Connecting Link"; "Kindred Spirit" (an England magazine); "People Magazine" (an Australian magazine); "Conscious Living Magazine" (an Australian magazine); "After Dark" (the Art Bell magazine); "The Unknown Magazine"; "The Washington Post"; and "New York Times". Also magazines and newspapers in Russia, Spain, South America, Bulgaria, Japan and Arab countries.
Dolores appeared on various TV specials including "A Current Affair" (in Australia); BBC Documentary Series "Divine Magic"; "Ancient Mysteries of the World" (a two hour special on CBS); "Ancient Prophecies I and Ancient Prophecies II" (two hour specials on NBC); "Encounters" ( a one hour special on FOX network); "Good Day LA" (in California); "Mysteries, Magic and Miracles" (the Sci-Fi Channel); "Marilu Talk Show" (ABC); "Biography" (series on A&E Channel); "America After Hours" (CNBC); "CNN International Entertainment News".
She has spoken on over 1000 radio shows including Art Bell’s Dreamland, George Noory’s Coast to Coast, and Shirley MacLaine, plus speaking at innumerable conferences worldwide. In addition she had her own weekly radio show, the Metaphysical Hour, on BBS Radio for nine years.
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August 7, 2011
This book differs from the other Cannon books I've read, as it doesn't mention extra-terrestrials! Therefore, the beginning of the book where the subject, a young girl called Katie, is regressed to common, banal lives seemed somewhat tame to me. But things soon changed.
Katie was sure that she had lived a previous life in Japan during the second World War and experienced the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima. Cannon accessed the life in question and got the man, Nogorigatu, to describe his life, wedding, family and Japanese life and customs in general. She wanted to gradually approach the fateful day, August 6, 1945, since Katie had been extremely apprehensive about having to face and live through this memory.
Nogorigatu proved to be a sensible, peace-loving man who made and decorated pots and sold them at the market. Eventually, the war begins and N starts to feel its effects on the town. The troops mistreat the people and steal their food. The population is on the brink of starvation. People, including N's daughters, are forced to work in factories. His sons are sent off to war, his wife dies.
We get to know and care for this gentle Japanese man. The book becomes deeply moving. When the bomb is dropped, we experience this shocking event through N's consciousness as though we were there. A great flash, and rolling winds like fire. Screams. A giant cloud.Suddenly all the buildings simply vanish. The city disappears in a moment. There is nowhere to run for safety or shelter. People's skins and hair are burnt off. They become black like Negroes. Their lungs are burnt.
This was a totally shocking experience, also for the reader. N takes about a week to die.
Afterwards, Cannon conducts research to confirm what she has learnt through the regression. There had been no need to drop this horrific bomb - the Japanese government was in fact attempting to initiate surrender, since the people were dying of starvation and the country was falling apart. It had apparently been a sort of experiment on the part of the American government.
No flyers were dropped warning the people to get out of town on the day in question, though some had been dropped on other towns to be bombed in the normal way. Truman who was President at the time thought it was acceptable to refrain from issuing any warning by way of revenge subsequent to the "sneak" attack on Pearl Harbour. (But it should be noted that it was the political leaders that made the decision to bomb Pearl Harbour, and it was thousands of ordinary men, women and children that got the atomic bomb thrown on top of them.)
Like Cannon, I had never really thought about the suffering of the Japanese subsequent on the dropping of these atomic bombs. Now I have thought about this.
The book is important precisely because it makes us realize what a gruesome decison it was to drop these bombs. How could we carry out these inhumane deeds?
Everyone should read this book.
Katie was sure that she had lived a previous life in Japan during the second World War and experienced the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima. Cannon accessed the life in question and got the man, Nogorigatu, to describe his life, wedding, family and Japanese life and customs in general. She wanted to gradually approach the fateful day, August 6, 1945, since Katie had been extremely apprehensive about having to face and live through this memory.
Nogorigatu proved to be a sensible, peace-loving man who made and decorated pots and sold them at the market. Eventually, the war begins and N starts to feel its effects on the town. The troops mistreat the people and steal their food. The population is on the brink of starvation. People, including N's daughters, are forced to work in factories. His sons are sent off to war, his wife dies.
We get to know and care for this gentle Japanese man. The book becomes deeply moving. When the bomb is dropped, we experience this shocking event through N's consciousness as though we were there. A great flash, and rolling winds like fire. Screams. A giant cloud.Suddenly all the buildings simply vanish. The city disappears in a moment. There is nowhere to run for safety or shelter. People's skins and hair are burnt off. They become black like Negroes. Their lungs are burnt.
This was a totally shocking experience, also for the reader. N takes about a week to die.
Afterwards, Cannon conducts research to confirm what she has learnt through the regression. There had been no need to drop this horrific bomb - the Japanese government was in fact attempting to initiate surrender, since the people were dying of starvation and the country was falling apart. It had apparently been a sort of experiment on the part of the American government.
No flyers were dropped warning the people to get out of town on the day in question, though some had been dropped on other towns to be bombed in the normal way. Truman who was President at the time thought it was acceptable to refrain from issuing any warning by way of revenge subsequent to the "sneak" attack on Pearl Harbour. (But it should be noted that it was the political leaders that made the decision to bomb Pearl Harbour, and it was thousands of ordinary men, women and children that got the atomic bomb thrown on top of them.)
Like Cannon, I had never really thought about the suffering of the Japanese subsequent on the dropping of these atomic bombs. Now I have thought about this.
The book is important precisely because it makes us realize what a gruesome decison it was to drop these bombs. How could we carry out these inhumane deeds?
Everyone should read this book.
February 21, 2023
Not just another book that talks about past life (which I love anyways), but a narrative of an ordinary Japanese man whose firsthand experience of what happened in Hiroshima during WWII and after the atomic bomb was dropped. Something that not much research has covered.
What I love about this book is that Cannon conducted research to testify to the truthfulness of what she has been told in the regression, which turned out to be accurate.
This book is for everybody, it contains lessons about history and humanity. Last but not least, “no one wins in a war”.
What I love about this book is that Cannon conducted research to testify to the truthfulness of what she has been told in the regression, which turned out to be accurate.
This book is for everybody, it contains lessons about history and humanity. Last but not least, “no one wins in a war”.
May 6, 2020
Amazing journey. Another winner in her life.
I am on a delores cannon journey. Amazing journey. Has changed my life and outlook on life. This book is a good edition to that journey. I am travelling in the proper timeline. Her life story is seventeen books long. I thank her wherever she is for her life, and her legacy.
I am on a delores cannon journey. Amazing journey. Has changed my life and outlook on life. This book is a good edition to that journey. I am travelling in the proper timeline. Her life story is seventeen books long. I thank her wherever she is for her life, and her legacy.
July 29, 2023
4.5 couldve been shorter but amazing book.
November 7, 2022
The extent of complete human failure and megalomania becomes evident in this book. Not only through the heartbreaking eyewitness report it delivers, but also the research that Dolores Cannon did. Personally, I found it even harder to hear about the decisions of the politicians and military leaders involved, their shortsightedness, hardheartedness, greed and ignornace. This book is a devastating report that every human being should read. It is esepcially important in the light of the barbaric war against the Ukraine raging right now. Lest we forget: there are no beast (as Truman called the Japanese years later to recitfy his decision of dropping the bomb) living in each and every country of the world, just ordinary human beings trying to make a living, hoping for peace and happiness for their families.
February 23, 2021
This book is an exploration into the horror of experiencing the total devastation of atomic warfare from the perspective of a man who died as a result. The recanting of this man’s experience is heartbreaking and sobering. As hard as it is to stomach, we should all make an effort to be aware of our capacity for destruction.
December 31, 2015
Fascinating, and intriguing.
The story is one that touched me to the core. I was very shaken by it. It felt like I was right there with them.
The story is one that touched me to the core. I was very shaken by it. It felt like I was right there with them.
August 6, 2018
Regression
Interestingly sad & horrific.I was shocked & amazed by this documentary of sorts!It made me stop & ponder life in general.
Interestingly sad & horrific.I was shocked & amazed by this documentary of sorts!It made me stop & ponder life in general.
December 29, 2019
As someone who performs past life regression’s I thought this book was wonderful! Very detailed in the questions asked to the subject. A must-read if you’re interested in past life regression.
June 27, 2024
Great book! Every Dolores Cannon book I've read is absolutely astonishing. It makes you see things from another perspective and I definitely believe that every one of us should be capable to allow himself such capacity. Especially those who like reading, should possess this "fitness of the mind", the ability to be open to have a larger understanding of everything surrounding us.
"A soul remebers Hiroshima" is about history and humanity. Is about life, innocence, decisions, science, curiosity, misunderstanding and revenge. After reading this book, I personally believe the A bomb would have been dropped anyway, sooner or later. The curiosity killed the cat. And everything surrounding it. Did the US have any regrets afterwards? Did Japan change its vision over power and humbleness? Did both of them learn what is the real shape of Russia? Which one is a good cat, a bad cat or actually a fox?
This book is a simple and fast reading, but it opens up so much understanding to an ordinary civilian. Having the opportunity to actually find out about what a nuclear bomb can directly do to us, from a soul that experienced this horrible situation, is smth we should be grateful for. But, as the author concluded, what will we do with this information...or better, what can we do with it?
"A soul remebers Hiroshima" is about history and humanity. Is about life, innocence, decisions, science, curiosity, misunderstanding and revenge. After reading this book, I personally believe the A bomb would have been dropped anyway, sooner or later. The curiosity killed the cat. And everything surrounding it. Did the US have any regrets afterwards? Did Japan change its vision over power and humbleness? Did both of them learn what is the real shape of Russia? Which one is a good cat, a bad cat or actually a fox?
This book is a simple and fast reading, but it opens up so much understanding to an ordinary civilian. Having the opportunity to actually find out about what a nuclear bomb can directly do to us, from a soul that experienced this horrible situation, is smth we should be grateful for. But, as the author concluded, what will we do with this information...or better, what can we do with it?
September 23, 2021
Ended up only needing a day to finish this so for any one else who's ever read any of Dolores work you'll understand that this is by far one of her shortest books. I'm a big fan of Dolores and have read many of her other titles; so was quite disappointed with this edition as it completely missed out the bigger perspective on why the atom bomb was allowed to be created and how we even got the technology. I've heard that nuclear technology was gifted to humanity to advance us but we used our free will to use it for killing so I expected this to come up, however the book mainly focused on the impact of the event and so felt more like a anti-war story book than a spiritual one
January 19, 2026
The book is simply about the life of a Japanese man. It's like reading a person's autobiography. There is no spirituality in it. The whole story is about the lead-up to the atomic bomb explosion, but since it was a very traumatic event for the person who experienced it, it is not explored in depth. I would classify the book as historical rather than metaphysical. It would be suitable for those interested in Japanese culture.
January 4, 2026
I appreciated the fact that one of the main reasons Dolores says that she wanted to write this book/tell the story of Katie’s past life regression to Nagori Gatu, a Japanese man living in Hiroshima, was because it (the dropping of an atomic bomb) can never happen again. If people know how awful it is, maybe they will know to never do this again.
June 12, 2025
Powerful
A most powerful and timeless lesson in human kinds ability to create and destroy. A lesson for all who question with mind and spirit our collective paths in all existence. Words are just not enough to sum up this amazing book.
A most powerful and timeless lesson in human kinds ability to create and destroy. A lesson for all who question with mind and spirit our collective paths in all existence. Words are just not enough to sum up this amazing book.
May 26, 2021
Whether you believe in her hypnosis results or not, whether you believe in past lives or not, this book presents an in depth view of life in Japan before Hiroshima. Very good and worth reading.
September 3, 2022
An amazing book that changes your perspective on a horrific event in the worlds history!
August 8, 2023
i loved it but it made me super sad, hopefully this won’t happen again.
September 15, 2023
Lots of food for thought. High emotional impact.
February 13, 2024
An amazing book. Would highly recommend.
July 2, 2024
Heartbreaking.
July 22, 2024
¡Es super fascinante!
November 2, 2024
Fascinante historia aún si quieres verlo como ficción o como realidad. Se quedó grabado "los gobiernos y políticos hacen la guerra, la gente no"
March 10, 2025
Whether you believe in Mrs. Cannon's work or not, I think this book gives us some things to consider on a completely different level... War... Nuclear War... You have to decide where you stand.
March 10, 2025
I don't think I have the right words to describe what I felt reading this book... simply heartbreaking.
April 16, 2013
Accessed through past life regression, a poignant story told from the viewpoint of an elderly and peaceful Japanese man, who had no understanding of the politics of war. He tells the heartwrenching account of how he lost everything he had; his whole family, his house and agricultural fields, his city Hiroshima as it was effectively devastated in an instant, by the A-bomb in 1945 and ultimately, how he lost his own life nine agonizing days later. What truly pulled my heartstrings was when he interrupted the hypnotist with "WHY?" with so much emotion and so much pain. He could not comprehend how a human being could even think of inflicting so much horror upon another human being, much less carry it out. Seeing this tragedy play out from this simple man's perspective, it is so obvious that the few people in power are the ones that are capable of causing so much damage, not the masses of humaninity who just want to live a peaceful existence with their families. This book truly moved me.
December 18, 2012
Dolores Cannon is great; however, I thought this was a little less intriguing than her typical works. She used a good chunk of the book to explain the subject's relatively normal and uneventful past lives before their incarnation at Hiroshima. This provided nothing constructive to the title of the book except to increase the page count. The event of the atomic bomb going off is harrowing, however, the actual death experience is explained in a very brief section at the very end. This may have been a distinctive moment for a hypnotherapist, however, on paper, it doesn't seem to translate as strongly as it should.
May 1, 2014
I loved it. I found it so enthralling, one of those books that you can't put down. Having lived in Japan, studied Japanology and been to Hiroshima & the Peace Museum - I could relate to what the person was describing under hypnosis. She was very accurate describing their customs, tradition and culture. What these poor people suffered during the atomic bomb, they were the innocent victims. I hope that history never repeats itself.
August 25, 2016
This book may be good for someone who has less exposure to Dolores' work. It focuses on one client and their findings of a man's life in Hiroshima. The actual bombing makes up very little of the book, and doesn't go as in depth as I would have liked.
November 9, 2014
I've read Dolores Cannon's books before and this one is no disappointment. Quite an interesting topic if you're open minded.
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