Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives
by Brian L. Weiss
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Dr. Brian Weiss is a highly respected psychiatrist from the mainstream of the medical establishment. Catherine is one of his most difficult cases, a twenty-seven year old woman racked by phobias and anxieties. In the course of Catherine's treatment, Dr. Weiss makes a startling discovery. Under hypnosis, she recollects, in vivid detail, events from past lives ranging from the prehistoric times and ancient Egypt to the 20th Century and the fires of World War II. Encouraging Catherine to relive show more her most painful experience even her moments of death. Dr. Weiss steers her toward recovery, while his own life is dramatically changed forever. In Many Lives, Many Masters, Dr. Weiss tells the true story of Catherine her many existences, her remarkable therapy sessions, and the vision she revealed of the human mind and soul. show lessTags
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I found this book to be fascinating. If you are very religious and stick to your beliefs and have no room for interpretation or understanding of something you may not be familiar with, then move past this book. I have always believed in the advancement of souls and that our purpose in this life is to learn. This book took it even a step further suggesting we are paying karmic debts and and learning lessons that we need to in order to educate our soul. The story is about Brian L. Weiss, a top man in the field of psychiatry, who encounters a patient name Catherine. She is anxious and filled with various deep rooted fears. After trying tradition talk therapy, she has not improved. They begin the journey of hypnotherapy where she reveals show more one past life after another and another and so on. By address the issues in these past lives, Catherine is healing in her current life. She has let go of those fears, her anxiety is improved, and she is glowing with confidence and happiness. As they journey through her lives, they also reach a state after she dies to where he meets "the masters". The masters are what most people would call spiritual guides who help the person along their journey and after. He learns many interesting and personal things from the masters that makes this devote Catholic question things about his faith. The book continues to follow their journey as time goes along. Brian L Weiss, MD has written additional books and I can't wait to read them and learn more about what he has heard and experienced. show less
I remember reading this book shortly after it came out and I still will occasionally go back and read it. It's a fascinating story of a psychiatrist who attempts to help a young patient and inadvertently discovers that the patient has had past lives. The therapy sessions presented here will really challenge any notion you may have that reincarnation doesn’t exist. As with anything in life, there are so many things that we have question after question about, and as the questions pile up with no clear answers we can really dispute anything. But this book will make you think about the possibility that we have been here before. I was raised in a very conservative and religious home and never gave any thought to this concept until I read show more this book. The more I read and the more I thought about it, it started to make sense that we may have lived here before and done it many times. It also brought to question my ideas on purgatory and what it really is. Perhaps this is a place we go to if our soul doesn’t learn all it needs to when we die and before we incarnate again??
I highly recommend reading this book. It’s a fast read that will capture your attention and have you thinking about some concepts you may not have thought about before. show less
I highly recommend reading this book. It’s a fast read that will capture your attention and have you thinking about some concepts you may not have thought about before. show less
If you have had doubts that reincarnation is real, read this book. I am a spirit filled Christian and nothing in this book made me feel that it was wrong. It made me wonder if pergatory in the Catholic faith is where all the reincarnation happens. This is an astounding book to read and if nothing else it makes you ask yourself some very pointed questions about what you do or don't believe about reincarnation. I can whole recommend this book without reservation.
Dr Weiss (psychiatrist) records in detail his experiences with a young woman who seeks his expertise in overcoming severe fears and anxieties in her life. True story. After 18 months of unsucessful treatment, Weiss decides to try hypnosis to search her early childhood for traumas that may be causing her distress. Much to his surprise she goes back even further - to previous lives. Being well trained at Columbia and Yale in the scientific method of observation and discovery, he has a difficult time with this very personal experience. He finally gets to a point he can no longer NOT believe. Bottom line: the patient and doctor find the problems and cure the fears. But the experience is so much more than that for both of them.
Whether you show more believe in reincarnation or not, this book is fascinating. And frankly, I don't find it offensive in any way. The views in this book are consistent with many faiths around the world. The excesses, rites, and man-made structures of all religions are stripped away to expose the "secrets" of life and death.
This is a book to lessen anxiety and the fear of death. It aims to promote spiritualism and instill hope. It briefly outlines a path for evolving spirits and living in harmony... starting with do not kill and emphasizing balance. If you dare, read it and see what you think. Because you will think something!
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Whether you show more believe in reincarnation or not, this book is fascinating. And frankly, I don't find it offensive in any way. The views in this book are consistent with many faiths around the world. The excesses, rites, and man-made structures of all religions are stripped away to expose the "secrets" of life and death.
This is a book to lessen anxiety and the fear of death. It aims to promote spiritualism and instill hope. It briefly outlines a path for evolving spirits and living in harmony... starting with do not kill and emphasizing balance. If you dare, read it and see what you think. Because you will think something!
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A must-read for people in the healing world who have worked with individuals with seemingly insurmountable problems. Dr. Weiss, a traditional psychologist, counseled Catherine for 18 months with no improvement in symptoms until he decided to try hypnotherapy. While hypnotized, Catherine regressed into another lifetime. Almost immediately her anxieties and fears started to diminish. Over the next months, Dr. Weiss regressed Catherine many times and in so doing became a better doctor and family man as his own fear of death diminished.
I found it fascinating that the therapist-patient relationship could transcend their traditional roles. While reincarnation may not be easy for most people brought up in certain religions to accept (including me), the basic messages that underline the points that Catherine, through her many lives, brings to light are universal and left me feeling more emotionally aware and at peace. I also thought it was cool that a therapist with these credentials would go on a limb and talk about these experiences. For me, a quick and consciousness-raising read.
Not sure what to make of this book. Certainly it was interesting and a quick read. But the content leaves me perplexed and certainly bears further research to determine the credibility of the author. Is this really a true case study of a patient? Or is the author writing a very convincing story and calling it true, as that would definitely help with book sales? If it is a true case story, I would like to hear some other psychologist's thoughts as to what might have been going on here. Certainly, if the veracity of the case study could be verified, it would/does raise some difficult questions about religions, reincarnation, and just who/what were the "Masters" talking to the author?
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Brian L. Weiss, M.D., is America's leading authority on past-life regression therapy. A graduate of Columbia University and Yale School of Medicine, he is the author of multiple books, including the New York Times bestseller Many Lives, Many Masters. Dr. Weiss conducts national and international seminars and experiential workshops as well as show more training programs for professionals. Website: www.brianweiss.com show less
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- Original publication date
- 1988
- Dedication
- To Carole, my wife,
Whose love has nourished and sustained me
for longer than I can remember.
We are together, to the end of time.
My thanks and love to to my children, Jordan and Amy, who forgave me for stealing so much from them to write this book.
I also thank Nicole Paskow for transcribing the audiotapes of the therapy sessions.
Julie Rubin's e... (show all)ditorial suggestions after reading the first draft of this book were most valuable.
My heartfelt thanks go to Barbara Gess, my editor at Simon & Schuster, for her expertise and her courage.
My deep appreciation goes to all of the others, here and there, who have made this book possible. - First words
- I know there is a reason for everything.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I hope that you will be helped by what you have read here, that your own fear of death has diminished, and that the message offered to you about the true meaning of life will free you to go about living yours to the fullest, seeking harmony and inner peace and reaching out in love to your fellow humans.
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- Fiore, Edith; Prosen, Harry; Sutphen, Richard; Rubinstein, Joel; Slaby, Andrew E.; Avery, Jeanne
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- BL520 .C37 .W45 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Eschatology
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