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You Will Live Again
Older paperback. Reincarnation. Author is noted New Age author Brad Steiger.
251 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1978
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August 17, 2024
A FAMOUS AUTHOR EXPLAINS AND JUSTIFIES REINCARNATION
Brad Steiger (born 1936) is an American author of fiction and nonfiction works on the paranormal, spirituality, UFOs, true crime, and biographies, such as 'Real Aliens,' 'Space Beings, and Creatures from Other Worlds,' 'The Star People,' 'The Enigma of Reincarnation: The Incredible, But Factual, Case Histories of Those Who Have Lived Before,' etc.
He wrote in the first chapter of this 1978 book, "To those who read this book in an open-minded spirit of inquiry, I can promise a most fascinating series of adventures. Then, when all the evidence has been presented, each reader must weigh the various testimonies and serve as his own judge and jury as to their validity and their truth in his own reality." (Pg. 22)
He begins his discussion of reincarnation with the questions, "Have you ever walked down a street in a strange city and been overwhelmed with the sudden familiarity of its shop windows, sidewalks, and store fronts? Have you ever seemed to experience the arousal of some long-forgotten memory when you lay at ease with a completely tranquil mind? Or has a hidden memory ever been stimulated by witnessing a dramatic reenactment of some scene from the past?" (Pg. 25) Later, he adds, "ESP, then, in this writer's opinion, may account for many alleged cases of reincarnation, One little-understood phenomenon may not be used to explain away the existence of another, however, and extrasensory perception as a general hypothesis to account for all cases suggestive of reincarnation, admittedly, does not stand the test." (Pg. 34)
He suggests, "the Soul may have materially expressed itself in hundreds of lifetimes and will have assimilated the growth memories acquired by each of those physical manifestions, but each of those personalities has lived but once... I am only able to tune into certain storage cells of spiritual wisdom and knowledge in the common Soul in order to aid me in acquiring even more growth activity in my present Earth plane struggle." (Pg. 101)
He argues, "Our Judeo-Christian heritage is hardly devoid of the doctrine of reincarnation. In his 'Lux Orientalis,' Joseph Glanvil states that man's preexistence was a philosophy commonly held by the Jews... When Christ asked his disciples [Mt 16:13-14] who men said He was, they answered that some said John the Baptist, others Elias, others Jeremiah or one of the prophets. Glanvil reasons that such a response on the part of the disciples demonstrates their belief in metempsychosis [reincarnation] and preexistence." (Pg. 163-164)
This book, 45 years old, probably will not interest many modern readers; but for anyone wanting a "popular" exposition by a lively and engaging author, this book may still intrigue the reader.
Brad Steiger (born 1936) is an American author of fiction and nonfiction works on the paranormal, spirituality, UFOs, true crime, and biographies, such as 'Real Aliens,' 'Space Beings, and Creatures from Other Worlds,' 'The Star People,' 'The Enigma of Reincarnation: The Incredible, But Factual, Case Histories of Those Who Have Lived Before,' etc.
He wrote in the first chapter of this 1978 book, "To those who read this book in an open-minded spirit of inquiry, I can promise a most fascinating series of adventures. Then, when all the evidence has been presented, each reader must weigh the various testimonies and serve as his own judge and jury as to their validity and their truth in his own reality." (Pg. 22)
He begins his discussion of reincarnation with the questions, "Have you ever walked down a street in a strange city and been overwhelmed with the sudden familiarity of its shop windows, sidewalks, and store fronts? Have you ever seemed to experience the arousal of some long-forgotten memory when you lay at ease with a completely tranquil mind? Or has a hidden memory ever been stimulated by witnessing a dramatic reenactment of some scene from the past?" (Pg. 25) Later, he adds, "ESP, then, in this writer's opinion, may account for many alleged cases of reincarnation, One little-understood phenomenon may not be used to explain away the existence of another, however, and extrasensory perception as a general hypothesis to account for all cases suggestive of reincarnation, admittedly, does not stand the test." (Pg. 34)
He suggests, "the Soul may have materially expressed itself in hundreds of lifetimes and will have assimilated the growth memories acquired by each of those physical manifestions, but each of those personalities has lived but once... I am only able to tune into certain storage cells of spiritual wisdom and knowledge in the common Soul in order to aid me in acquiring even more growth activity in my present Earth plane struggle." (Pg. 101)
He argues, "Our Judeo-Christian heritage is hardly devoid of the doctrine of reincarnation. In his 'Lux Orientalis,' Joseph Glanvil states that man's preexistence was a philosophy commonly held by the Jews... When Christ asked his disciples [Mt 16:13-14] who men said He was, they answered that some said John the Baptist, others Elias, others Jeremiah or one of the prophets. Glanvil reasons that such a response on the part of the disciples demonstrates their belief in metempsychosis [reincarnation] and preexistence." (Pg. 163-164)
This book, 45 years old, probably will not interest many modern readers; but for anyone wanting a "popular" exposition by a lively and engaging author, this book may still intrigue the reader.
July 31, 2020
Interesting to see how New Age ideas began and evolved into today. Can't attest to how accurate or well-researched it is.
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