Reincarnation Revisited Rationally

Author(s): Ashok Aklujkar
Publisher: Ashok Aklujkar

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14 ASHOK AKLUJKAR REINCARNATION REVISITED RATIONALLY memories than the children in places like Lebanon and India. They tend not to talk about place or pesonal names as much, or at all, making identification of a specific previous personality unlikely. The only American cases Stevenson has found where children have said enough to clearly identify a previous personality and included verifiable statements about their lives are 'same family cases' ..." * A list of Stevenson's publications can be obtained from the website <http://hsc.virginia.edu/personality-studies>. Below I have included only those of his publications which concentrate on issues concerning the use of the data. The data themselves are collected in volumes with titles such as Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation and Cases of the Reincarnation Type. The only* volume under the former title was first published in 1966 (New York: American Society for Psychical Research. (Reprint?) 1974. University Press of Virginia. Second edn of the 1974 volume: 1980 by the same publisher. German translation of Heinrich Wendt under the title Reinkarnation ... Braunschweig: Aurum Verlag. 1976). The dates of publication of the volumes carrying the latter title are 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983 (University Press of Virginia). BIBLIOGRAPHY Christie-Murray, David (1981). Reincarnation. Ancient Beliefs and Modern Evidence. Newton Abbot, London: David and Charles. Coward, Harold (1997). Life after Death in World Religions. Delhi, Sri Satguru Publications. Sri Garib Das Oriental Series 238. Darling, David (1996): Zen Physics, the Science of Death, the Logic of Reincarnation. New York: Harper Collins. Ebon, Martin (1969), Reincarnation in the Twentieth Century. New York: World Pub. Co. Edgerton, Franklin (1926). "The Hour of Death. Its Importance for Man's Future Fate in Hindu and Western Religions', Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute 8: 219-249. Edwards, Paul (1996). Reincarnation: A Critical Examination. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. Filliozat, Pierre-Sylvain (1993). 'Caraka's Proof of Rebirth', Journal of the European Ayurvedic Society 3: 94-111. Franco, Eli (1997). Dharma-kirti on Compassion and Rebirth. Wien. Narayana Prasad, Swami Muni (1994). Karma and Reincarnation. The Vedantic Perspective. New Delhi: D.K. Printworld. Nayak, G.C. (1973). Evil, Karma and Reincarnation. Santiniketan: Centre of Advanced Study in Philosophy, Visva-Bharati. Pasricha, Satwant (1990). Claims of Reincarnation. An Empirical Study of Cases in India. New Delhi: Harman Publishing House. Preuss, Peter (1989). Reincarnation. A Philosophical and Practical Analysis. Lewiston/Queenston/ Lampeter: The Edwin Mellen Press. Problems in Contemporary Philosophy 14. Reyna, Ruth (1973). Reincarnation and Science. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers. Shroder, Tom (1999). 'Inquiry into Dying Before Birth. The Soul Searcher', The Vancouver Sun, 28 August 1999 issue, pp. E3-E4. Shroder, Tom (1999). Old Souls: The Scientific Evidence for Reincarnation. Simon & Schuster. Steinkellner, Ernst (1986). Dharmottaras Para-loka-siddhi. Nachweis der Wiedergeburt, zugleich einer Wiederlegung materialistischer Thesen zur Natur der Geistigkeit der tibetischer Text kritisch herausgegeben und ubersetzt. Wien: Arbeitskreis fur Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien Universitat Wien. Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde; Heft 15. Stevenson, Ian (1960). "The Evidence for Survival from Claimed Memories of Former Incarnations', Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 54: 51-71, 95-117. See note 8 above. Stevenson, lan (1974). 'Some Questions Related to Cases of the Reincarnation Type, Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 68: 395-416. Stevenson, Ian (1977). "The Explanatory Value of the idea of Reincarnation', Journal of Nervous Mental Disorders 164: 305-326. Stevenson, lan (1983). "A Review and Analysis of "Unsolved" Cases of the Reincarna tion Type: 1. Introduction and Illustrative Case Reports', Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 77: 45-62. Co-authors: Emily Williams Cook et al. Stevenson, lan (1983). 'A Review and Analysis of "Unsolved" Cases of the Reincarna tion Type: II. Comparison of Features of Solved and Unsolved Cases.' Co-authors: Emily Williams Cook et al. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 77: 115-135. Stevenson, Ian (1983). "American Children Who Claim to Remember Previous Lives, Journal of Nervours Mental Disorders 171: 742-748. Stevenson, lan (1986). "Characteristics of Cases of the Reincarnation Type Among the Igbo of Nigeria', Journal of Asian and African Studies 21: 204-216. Stevenson, Ian (1987). Children Who Remember Previous Lives: A Question of Reincarnation. Charlottesville: University of Virginia. Stevenson, Ian (1987). "Indian Cases of the Reincarnation Type Two Generations Apart'. Co-author: Satwant Pasricha. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 54(809): 239-246. Stevenson, Ian (1988). 'Deception and Self-deception in Cases of the Reincarnation Type: Seven Illustrative Cases in Asia'. Co-authors: Satwant Pasricha and Godwin Samararatne. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 82: 1-31. Stevenson, lan (1988). "Three New Cases of the Reincarnation Type in Sri Lanka with Written Records Made Before Verification'. Co-author: Godwin Samararatne. Journal of Scientific Exploration 2: 217-238. Stevenson, Ian (1988). 'Two Correlates of Violent Death in Cases of the Reincarnation Type'. Co-author: N. K. Chadha. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 55(811): 71-79. Stevenson, Ian (1997). Reincarnation and Biology: A Contribution to the Eriology of Birthmarks and Birth Defects. Vols 2. Westport, Conn.: Praeger. Stevenson, Ian (1997). Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect. Westport, Conn.: Praeger. Stevenson, Ian (1998). "Does the Socio-psychological Hypothesis Explain Cases of the Reincarnation Type?' Co-author: Sybo Schouten. Journal of Nervous Mental Disorders 186: 504-506. Stevenson, Ian (1999). "Do Cases of the Reincarnation Type Show Similar Features Over Many Years? A Study of Turkish Cases a Generation Apart'. Co-author: Jurgen Keil. Journal of Scientific Exploration 13(2): 189-198. Story, Francis (= Anagarika Sugatananda) (1975). Rebirth as Doctrine and Experience. Essays and Case Studies (Collected Writings). Volume 2 Kandey. Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society. Weatherhead, Leslie D. (1957). The Case for Reincarnation. London: City Temple Literary Society. Zurrer, Ronald (1989). Reinkarnation. Die umfassende Wissenschaft der Seelenwan derung. Zurich: Sentient Press. University of British Columbia