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This article is about the book Old Souls. For the Los Angeles band, see Old Souls (band). Old Souls: The Scientific Search for Proof of Past Lives is a non-fiction book by journalist Tom Shroder. An editor at The Washington Post, Shroder traveled Read More..

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Description	This article is about the book Old Souls. For the Los Angeles band, see Old Souls (band). Old Souls: The Scientific Search for Proof of Past Lives is a non-fiction book by journalist Tom Shroder. An editor at The Washington Post, Shroder traveled extensively with psychiatrist Ian Stevenson of the University of Virginia, who conducted past life and reincarnation research in Lebanon, India and the American South. "Searching out Old Souls", by Karen R. Long, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, August 19, 1999, page 5E. Online at Google News. Retrieved June 15, 2010. Shroder's journalistic experience makes this book a valuable review of an often disparaged subject.Stevenson's informants were 3000 Professor Ian Stevenson // The Daily Telegraph, February 12, 2007. children spontaneously remembering recent ordinary lives, as opposed to adults remembering under hypnosis romantic or heroic lives in the distant past. "Time and Again", by Claire Douglas, The Washington Post, Oct 17, 1999, page X.06. Retrieved June 15, 2010. In addition, birthmarks that occur at the sites of injury in the previous life constitute an important part of Stevenson's evidence.Stevenson's methodology involved listening to stories, comparing and contrasting variants of stories, verification or falsification of empirical claims, and constructing long, detailed narratives that attempt to "capture" the complex experience of his informants, who claim to remember incidents from past lives. In this sense Stevenson's work is similar to that of ethnographers and cultural anthropologists.While Stevenson wrote extensively on his reincarnation studies, his work earned limited circulation outside academia. At the outset, Shroder sees his role not only as observer, but also as skeptic. But as his journey with Stevenson progresses, Shroder finds it increasingly difficult to reject the possibility of past lives.
Description	This article is about the book Old Souls. For the Los Angeles band, see Old Souls (band). Old Souls: The Scientific Search for Proof of Past Lives is a non-fiction book by journalist Tom Shroder. An editor at The Washington Post, Shroder traveled extensively with psychiatrist Ian Stevenson of the University of Virginia, who conducted past life and reincarnation research in Lebanon, India and the American South. "Searching out Old Souls", by Karen R. Long, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, August 19, 1999, page 5E. Online at Google News. Retrieved June 15, 2010. Shroder's journalistic experience makes this book a valuable review of an often disparaged subject.Stevenson's informants were 3000 Professor Ian Stevenson // The Daily Telegraph, February 12, 2007. children spontaneously remembering recent ordinary lives, as opposed to adults remembering under hypnosis romantic or heroic lives in the distant past. "Time and Again", by Claire Douglas, The Washington Post, Oct 17, 1999, page X.06. Retrieved June 15, 2010. In addition, birthmarks that occur at the sites of injury in the previous life constitute an important part of Stevenson's evidence.Stevenson's methodology involved listening to stories, comparing and contrasting variants of stories, verification or falsification of empirical claims, and constructing long, detailed narratives that attempt to "capture" the complex experience of his informants, who claim to remember incidents from past lives. In this sense Stevenson's work is similar to that of ethnographers and cultural anthropologists.While Stevenson wrote extensively on his reincarnation studies, his work earned limited circulation outside academia. At the outset, Shroder sees his role not only as observer, but also as skeptic. But as his journey with Stevenson progresses, Shroder finds it increasingly difficult to reject the possibility of past lives.

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Name	Old Souls: The Scientific Search for Proof of Past Lives
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Authors	Tom Shroder
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Genre	Investigative Journalism
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Language	English
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Country	United States
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