Many Lives, Many Masters – The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives
Psychiatry and metaphysics blend together in this fascinating book based on a true case history. Dr. Weiss, who was once firmly entrenched in a clinical approach to psychiatry, finds himself reluctantly drawn into past-life therapy when a hypnotized client suddenly reveals details of her previous lives. During one hypnosis session his client introduces the spirit guides who have been her soul therapists in between lives. This is when the story really takes off for Weiss, who discovers that these guides have specific messages about his dead son as well as Weiss's mission in life. No, we cannot verify the truth of this story using the limited scientific tools we have available. However, it is hard to dispute that this well-respected graduate of Columbia University and Yale Medical School has discovered a personal truth that has led him to be an enormously popular speaker, author, and leader in the field of past-life therapy. –Gail Hudson
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4 Stars Compelling Tale of One Doctor's Experience with Reincarnation
Brian Weiss, M.D. certainly has impressive credentials. A graduate of prestigious schools with a successful and well-recommended psychiatric practice, he frequently used hypnosis to get to the bottom of his patients' issues. When he begins treatment for the twenty-seven year old Catherine, he finds her phobias and nightmares daunting. However, as he utilizes regression analysis to glimpse within the span of her childhood years for a greater understanding of her problems, he is shocked when she relates an experience that suggests another lifetime–an ancient one perhaps lived in the Egypt of the Pharaohs. In the very readable book recounting this experience in the early 80s entitled "Many Lives, Many Masters: the True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient and the Past-Life Therapy that Changed Both Their Lives," he relates his bewilderment at Catherine's strange disclosures–she reveals incidents from 12 of the 87 lives she lived on earth as a unique soul that was born over and over again with an `in-between' time and place where she conferred with "Masters" that helped her to see the lesson learned from the life just lived.
As Catherine speaks of her past lives while under the regression hypnosis, Dr. Weiss surprises himself as he increasingly enables her to understand the motivating factors that have caused her arrested development and unhappiness in her current life. Her fear of water, her unexplained choking, her anger with regard to her father and a romantic relationship that causes her pain but from which she cannot move away, all dissipate as Weiss uncovers details from her past lives.
Even more importantly, Weiss discovers that as Catherine relives portions of her lives and then moves towards the moments of death, her appearance in the `in-between' with the Masters reveals information, not intended for the soul of Catherine but for the doctor himself.
As a trained scientist, Weiss wants to collect his data and study it until he can either one hundred percent dispute or validate his findings. As an agnostic, he finds the concept of a universe of multi-dimensions and spiritual learning leading to the development of soul and self, preposterous. Nonetheless, he must believe based on the results Catherine achieves as the cause of each of her issues is identified, explored and eradicated and she is able to live a happy and healthy life.
Bottom line? Brian Weiss's recounting of his therapy with the patient he calls Catherine makes for an easy yet profound reading experience. However, as the topic of past-lives and regression analysis has been the topic of many movies and books, the impact of this information may seem a little ho-hum and/or dated. Nevertheless, it is compelling, informative and thoroughly enjoyable. Recommended for its simple honesty.
Diana Faillace Von Behren
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5 Stars Excellent! Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian Weiss MD
Many Lives, Many Masters clearly explains, for open-minded, life learners, why we are all inter-connected. Why we are placed in this plane of existence. To learn life lessons, painful or not. and to reduce, or eliminate karmic debt.
It gives clear and comprehensive reasons why our actions, or inactions, MATTER!
Dr. Brian Weiss, MD's writing style is impressive! As a prominent psychiatrist, he does not use psychiatric psycho-babble, but clear, down-to-earth, comprehensive,
lovely to read, synopsis' of hyponotic regression of a patient.
She starts therapy in distress, and when conventional therapy doesn't produce results, she is cured by discovering her connectedness to life, and others, via Past Lives. The patient enriches her own life, and produces tremendous learning capacity, insight, into the psychiatrist's life, as well.
LOVED this book! Do recommend it to ALL.
5 Stars Great Book!
This is a great book! It is very enlightening and definitely makes you think differently about your life.
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