Children's Past Lives

Children's Past Lives
Author(s)	Carol Bowman
Language	English
Subject(s)	Reincarnation, Paranormal
Genre(s)	Non-fiction
Publisher	Bantam
Publication date	1997
Pages	368 pp
ISBN	ISBN 9780553574852, ISBN 0-553-57485-X
OCLC Number	39668467
Followed by	Return From Heaven

Children's Past Lives: How Past Life Memories Affect Your Child is a 1997 book by Carol Bowman. It is the first non-academic book to explore the putative phenomenon of children’s spontaneous past life memories.^[1]

In the book, Bowman suggests that many children will speak spontaneously (without hypnosis) of their past lives, but not all unusual statements or stories from children are past life memories. Most of the time, children are imitating storybooks, TV or movies. But sometimes a child may talk about a genuine past life.^[2] Bowman says there are four ways to tell when a child may be talking about a previous life: look for a matter-of-fact tone, consistency over time, knowledge beyond experience, as well as corresponding behavior and traits.^[3]

A review concluded: "Bowman’s arguments and evidence are, if nothing else, fascinating. The book is worth the read if for no other reason than to understand a belief system that is rapidly spreading."^[4]

Carol Bowman's second book, Return from Heaven, published in 2001, focuses specifically on children who appear to have reincarnated in their own previous family or extended family.^[5]

See also

• Reincarnation
• Reincarnation research

References

1. ^ Who is Carol Bowman?
2. ^ Book review: Children's Past Lives^{[dead link]} (Archive copy at the Wayback Machine)
3. ^ Bowman's book explores children's past lives
4. ^ Book Reviews Psychiatric Services, October 1998 Vol. 49 No. 10
5. ^ In Another Life – Review: Children's Past Lives

External links

• Book review in Psychiatric Services