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New Findings in Reincarnation Research
As a follow up to my recent article, Reincarnation and the Afterlife, I came across new research from the University of Virginia this week that I wanted to share. Published in Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice in October 2026, the study looks at an interesting pattern in reports of children who remember previous lives.
Studying Memories of Previous Lives
The University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies has spent decades investigating children who describe memories of a previous life. The children in their recent study have talked about people, places, occupations and events that are difficult to explain through their present circumstances, and in many of the cases the researchers have identified a deceased person whose life corresponds with details the child provided, the children have also described fears, preferences and behaviors that are connected to the previous life they remember. Rather than looking only at individual cases, researchers have also been examining whether patterns emerge across the larger collection of reports, this is where the new study gets interesting.
Does the Way We Die Influence When We Are Reborn?
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