“Many Lives, Many Masters” by Brian L. Weiss – Science and Reincarnation

It is no secret that on this planet, the majority of people follow some kind of religion out of faith rather than proof. The many spiritual realities people have come to believe do not seem to require any kind of concrete evidence or proof, at least in the traditional sense.

The whole thing relies on faith, and there are many people out there, more logically-oriented ones, who discard any beliefs which cannot be demonstrated in the physical world.

Brian L. Weiss is a rather renowned American psychiatrist who decided to invest himself in the question of the afterlife and reincarnation and explore that world from a scientific perspective. In Many Lives, Many Masters, Weiss details the events which led him to take such a direction in his personal and professional lives, describing in particular his therapy session with a patient whose past life recollections shattered any doubt Weiss had about the issue.

Right off the bat, I’d like to tell you that if you are searching for concrete and undisputable proof that reincarnation is either true or false, you are not going to find it here. All of the evidence provided by Weiss stems from his personal experiences, not research and data.

With that being said, the information itself shouldn't be discarded hastily based solely on its origins; if one chooses to allow the possibility that Weiss is telling the truth, he or she will learn quite a bit about the concept of reincarnation.

The teachings here are meant for those who are new to the topic and looking for a comprehensible and familiar way of approaching it; if you have given yourself to the study of reincarnation, then chances are the book will contain very little that you do not know.

In any case, I really enjoyed the way in which Weiss analysed the events which took place between him and his patient, always trying to stay as rational as possible, taking into account every little detail in an attempt to determine if he was really experiencing what he thought he was. This approach may feel a bit cumbersome to those of you who have no problem with taking spiritual teachings on basis of faith alone, but I believe it is necessary for everyone else.

The case studied throughout the book is certainly an interesting one, and the many events which take place (such as the patient knowing information about Weiss and his dead son she couldn't possibly have known) do indeed point to the idea that, at the very least, there are some forces at work in this world which we cannot perceive through our normal senses.

As an introduction to reincarnation and a scientific analysis of the subject, I believe that this book is really one of the best ones out there, at least in comparison to all the other ones.

If your aim is to get acquainted with the subject as best as possible, Many Lives, Many Masters will certainly prove to be an enthralling read. However, if you are already knowledgeable on the subject, then perhaps it would be better to keep on searching for deeper and more complex works of literature.

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Brian Leslie Weiss Personal site Brian Leslie Weiss is a renowned American psychiatrist and author who spent most of his career researching the spiritual domain, touching on topics such as past life regression, reincarnation and the survival of the human soul or consciousness after death. In Many Lives, Many Masters, he details how his career took such an unexpected turn.