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Volume 18: Number 4: Article 3
Experimental Test of Possible Psychological Benefits of Past-Life Regression
Kellye Woods, Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Imants Baruss, Department of Psychology, King's University College at The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
The purpose of this study was to determine whether past-life regression can lead to increased psychological well-being and changes in fundamental beliefs about consciousness and reality among those who are psychologically healthy. Twenty-four undergraduate students each participated in a single guided imagery session in which they were given either a past-life or open suggestion. Participants who were given the past-life suggestion had better scores on some measures of psychological well-being than those given the open suggestion, although post-hoc tests did not reveal any differences in psychological well-being or beliefs between those who actually experienced past-life imagery and those who did not. There was an overall shift for all participants toward more transcendent beliefs as a result of their involvement in the guided imagery sessions. The roles in past-life regression of depth of altered experience and belief in past lives were also examined.
Keywords: past-life regression, psychological well-being, past-life imagery, altered states of consciousness, guided imagery, psychotherapy, christos technique, beliefs about consciousness and reality, phenomenology of consciousness
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Experimental Test of Possible Psychological Benefits of Past-Life Regression
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