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only 60 per cent in the second group and 10 per cent in the third." Dr Baker surmised that hypnosis used in past-life-regression healing helps recipients relax and also gives them suggestions and the impetus to imagine and even to fantasise.” Hold this thought for a minute and consider Dr Oz's two remaining descriptions of a witness's possible reaction to the past-life-regression healing seen on The Oprah Winfrey Show and reported on the show's website: “Another explanation could be that past-life regression is something much larger. ‘They might say that this is someone tapping into a collective unconsciousness,’ Dr only 60 per cent in the second group and 10 per cent in he mind, so far considered separate disciplines.""” As the third."* Dr Baker surmised that hypnosis used in or the belief that therapists nudge their client patients past-life-regression healing helps recipients relax and into making claims, she refutes this, saying: "Our role is also gives them suggestions and the impetus to imagine o encourage regression through hypnosis. Once the and even to fantasise.” patient is hypnotised, it is not the role of the therapist to Hold this thought for a minute and consider Dr Oz's int at what the client's past trauma may have been, just two remaining descriptions of a witness's possible he same as it is not for the therapist to question the reaction to the past-life-regression healing seen on The claims made during the regression session. It is not our Oprah Winfrey Show and reported on the show's website: job to alter memories; we restrict ourselves to change “Another explanation could be that past-life regression he client's understanding of, and the emotions that is something much larger. ‘They might say that this is | surround, the memory. That is, our aim is healing. And someone tapping into a collective unconsciousness, Dr if healing is achieved, what difference does it make Oz says. whether the claims are wholly or partially true?""* "Or it could be explained by new theories in physics The insights of Carol Bowman's daughter Sarah, who that say there could potentially be 11 dimensions challenged a sceptical psychologist on The Oprah Winfrey instead of the three—length, width and height—we — Show in 1994, are noteworthy in this regard. In her book normally perceive. ‘Imagine that existence is really a Children's Past Lives,'* Bowman recalls Sarah stating: "I say series of shower curtains, each of which is a dimension, it doesn't matter what it is. Maybe it's not and sometimes those dimensions just ever so daintily __ religious...whatever you said that was. What matters is touch and when they touch, hat | was afraid of fires and I'm weird things happen,’ Dr Oz not anymore. And Chase says. ‘Is it a black hole? Is it a . Sarah's brother] had problems spiritual vision? Is it a ... hypnosis opens a with his wrist and he had a fear reincarnation?’ and he's over that. What "Dr Oz says that he does not doorway to an altered state matters is that it helped us."” know if what Dr Weiss does is of consciousness where In a sense, Sarah's words actually helping people look . represent the essence of this backward to past lives. ‘My We gain access to aspects healing phenomenon. Isn't thing is, what does it matter of our minds normally healing about helping people what you call it?’ he says. ‘Does overcome personal issues? it matter if you call it a master locked away... or if you call it an angel?'""’ Hard Evidence There lies the crux. In Dr Newton's opinion: "The trespective of whether hypnosis availability of empirical data does no more than take a subject back to his or her — would help establish the validity of past-life regression earliest memories of his childhood or encourages the and its therapeutic value. The larger the body of subject to fantasise or actually regresses the subject toa __ evidence, the easier it is for people to accept past-life past life, psychiatrists (think of the likes of Dr Roger regression as a therapy that has been verified for its Woolger and so many more) practising past-life- efficacy and accuracy.” regression healing have observed actual personality No mention of validation of past-life regression can be changes in their clients. This is perhaps explained by the |= made without referring to the late lan Stevenson, MD, act that hypnosis opens a doorway to an altered state of ormer head of the Department of Psychiatry, University consciousness where we gain access to aspects of our of Virginia, and subsequent director of the Division o minds normally locked away because of social and Personality Studies. Dr Stevenson dedicated much o mental control—thus, we are given "permission" to is time and effort to reincarnation research. From the antasise and imagine in ways not normally allowed. Is — mid-1960s, he documented over 3,000 case studies, mos here anything wrong with that, especially when the _ of them involving children. His studies reveal convincing outcome is positive? scientific evidence, if not "proof", of reincarnation. Dr Wilja Witcombe, clinical hypnotherapist and founding Stevenson methodically documented statements made partner of the Aura Hypnotherapy Centre in Chennai, is by children, and subsequently proceeded to identify the German by origin but lives in India where she practises | deceased person that the child remembers being and ypnotherapy and past-life-regression therapy. verify the facts of the deceased person's life that match According to Witcombe: "Most individuals are torn he child's memory. He even matched birthmarks and between inductive reasoning (intuition) and deductive birth defects to wounds and scars on the deceased, reasoning (logic) in their daily lives. That is what makes verified by medical records. In cases where he was able past-life regression all the more invaluable as a healing o identify the deceased person, he found that the ool. It bridges the healing of body and the healing of | details of the deceased person's life unmistakably ... hypnosis opens a doorway to an altered state we gain access to aspects of our minds normally JUNE - JULY 2011 NEXUS ¢ 45 of consciousness where locked away... www.nexusmagazine.com