--- title: "Past life gist: past lives, karma, regression, research" url: "https://reincarnatiopedia.com/gpe/past-life-gist/" date_published: "2026-09-24T22:29:39+03:00" date_modified: "2026-09-24T22:29:39+03:00" author: "Maris Dreshmanis" language: "gpe" site: "Reincarnatiopedia (https://reincarnatiopedia.com/gpe/)" license: "© 2026 Reincarnatiopedia / Maris Dreshmanis. All rights reserved. Cite with a link to the source URL." --- # Past life gist: past lives, karma, regression, research Past life gist na wetin you dey read now. Reincarnatiopedia don gather all the main gist about past lives for one place: wetin reincarnation be, wetin different different people believe, wetin scientists don find, how past-life regression dey happen and where you go see specialist wey dey speak your language. People dey often forget the name of the project. But dem dey remember say “some book about past life dey”. So this page na the main door. From here, you go fit enter any section: articles, dictionary of terms, books and catalog of specialists. ## Quick one: wetin dey inside this book - Simple answers to the main questions about reincarnation and past lives. - The history of how people come back to life: India, Old Greece, Buddhism, Kabbalah, Spiritism. - Research: pikin dem wey remember past lives, past-life regression, “life between lives”. - The main researchers and their books. - Dictionary of terms: karma, soul, past life, past-life regression, Pastlifeology. - How to choose a specialist and a [catalog of specialists](https://reincarnatiopedia.com/directory/?lang=gpe) for your language. ## Wetin be reincarnation? Reincarnation na the idea say after the body die, person ein soul or mind go born again, inside new body. Other names for the same thing na: coming back to life, born again, soul moving to another body. For science and philosophy books, you go see the word “metempsychosis”. Past life na life wey dem believe say the soul live before this current one. When you remember past life, e mean say you get images, feelings and knowledge wey you no fit explain with wetin you experience for this life. For more info — check the article wetin reincarnation be and wetin science know about am and for the wiki article “Reincarnation”. ## Where people believe in coming back to life: the history of the idea The idea of coming back to life na one of the oldest. E show for different different people dem, dem no copy each other. - India. For Hinduism, the soul dey pass through cycle of born and die — dem call am samsara. Wetin person do, na that one go come back to am — that one na karma. The goal na to free from the cycle, dem call am moksha. For Bhagavad Gita, e talk say: just like person dey remove old cloth and wear new one, na so soul dey leave old body and enter new one. - Buddhism. Buddha teach about born again, but without soul wey no dey change: from one life to another, na the flow of mind and karma dey pass. For Tibet, dem still dey search and accept teachers wey born again, like the Dalai Lama. - Jainism and Sikhism. Dem too dey teach about the cycle of born and karma. - Old Greece. Pythagoras teach about soul moving to another body. Plato talk for ein book “The Republic” about the myth of Er — one soldier wey see how souls dey choose new lives. - Kabbalah. For Jewish mysticism, dem get teaching about “gilgul” — the cycle of souls. - Druze people for Middle East believe say the soul go born inside new person immediately after death. - Spiritism. For France, Allan Kardec for 1857 publish “Spirit Dem Book”. Today, Spiritism dey widespread for Brazil especially. - Plenty people for West Africa and the original people for North America too believe say people wey don die dey born again inside their family line. For the main Christian and Islamic beliefs, dem no accept the teaching of coming back to life. But plenty religious people still dey interested in this topic and dey ask questions. How karma and born again dey connected, read am for the article karma and reincarnation. ## Wetin research dey talk? Direct science proof for reincarnation no dey. But research dey wey seriously study memories of past lives. Here are the three main areas. ### Pikin dem wey remember past lives The most popular research na psychiatrist Ian Stevenson from University of Virginia (USA) do am. From the 1960s, he travel round the world dey write down stories of pikin dem about past lives: for India, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Turkey, Thailand, and with the Tlingit people for Alaska. He check the names, places and events wey the pikin dem talk. For ein archive, e get over 2500 cases. The first book na — “Twenty Cases Wey Show Say Reincarnation Dey” (1966). For the book “Reincarnation And Biology” (1997), he compare pikin dem birthmarks with the wounds of dead people wey the pikin dem talk about. Jim Tucker, a pikin psychiatrist, dey continue Stevenson ein work. Ein books na — “Life Before This Life” and “Come Back To Life”. Usually, pikin dem dey start to talk about past life when dem be 2–4 years, and by 6–7 years, these stories dey fade away. For more info: pikin dem wey remember past lives. ### Past-life regression Past-life regression na method wey person for relaxed state, often with the help of hypnosis, dey remember events from the past, including past lives. For the 1970s, psychologist Helen Wambach do group sessions with more than one thousand volunteers. Most of dem describe no be famous people dem lives, but simple lives of farmers and artisans. Plenty people come know about past-life regression after psychiatrist Brian Weiss publish ein book “Plenty Lives, Plenty Masters” (1988). For more info: wetin past-life regression be, how session dey go and the wiki article “Past-Life Regression”. ### Life between lives Hypnotherapist Michael Newton (1931–2016) describe no be past lives, but wetin person dey remember about the time between dem. Ein books na — “Soul Dem Journey” (1994) and “Soul Dem Destiny” (2000). Inside dem, concepts wey plenty people know today come out: spirit world, soul group, spirit guides. Newton Institute dey train ein students. Dolores Cannon (1931–2014) create her own hypnosis technique, QHHT. For more info: Michael Newton and life between lives, wiki article about Michael Newton, Dolores Cannon ein method. ### Truth about doubts Scientists wey dey doubt dey talk say: memory fit mix imagination, books wey dem read, films and suggestions. Under hypnosis, person fit “remember” something wey no happen. I believe say everybody suppose know this one. Good encyclopedia no dey promise miracles. E dey show facts, research and different different opinions, and you go make your own conclusions. ## Main researchers and books - Ian Stevenson (1918–2007) — psychiatrist, University of Virginia. Cases of pikin dem wey remember past lives. “Twenty Cases Wey Show Say Reincarnation Dey”. - Jim Tucker — pikin psychiatrist, Stevenson ein successor. “Life Before This Life”. - Helen Wambach (1925–1985) — psychologist. Group past-life regressions with more than one thousand volunteers. - Brian Weiss — psychiatrist. “Plenty Lives, Plenty Masters”. - Michael Newton (1931–2016) — hypnotherapist. “Soul Dem Journey”, “Soul Dem Destiny”. - Dolores Cannon (1931–2014) — hypnotherapist, creator of QHHT technique. “Between Death And Life”. - Hans TenDam — Dutch researcher and teacher of regression therapy. For more info — check wiki: Hans TenDam. - Maris Dreshmanis — Pastlifeologist, founder of Pastlifeology and Reincarnatiopedia. Books. ## Dictionary: main terms - Reincarnation — when soul born inside new body after the old one die. - Karma — the law of cause and effect: person ein actions and feelings dey affect ein future events and lives. - Soul — that thing inside person wey, according to this teaching, dey pass from one life to another. For more info: wetin be soul. - Past life — life wey the soul live before this current one. - Past-life regression — method wey person dey use remember the past, including past lives. - Life between lives — the time wey the soul, according to Newton ein descriptions, dey spend for the spirit world between incarnations. - Pastlifeology — the field of work with memories of past lives. I, Maris Dreshmanis, na me found am. - Pastlifeologist — specialist wey dey help person remember past lives and understand how dem dey connected to the current one. For more info: Pastlifeologist. ## How to remember past life and how to choose specialist? You fit remember past life with the help of past-life regression. E dey more easy and calm to do am with a specialist. Here na wetin to do, step by step. 1. Read how session dey go, so you go know wetin to expect. 2. Open the [catalog of specialists](https://reincarnatiopedia.com/directory/?lang=gpe) and choose those wey dey speak your language. 3. Go for session with 3–4 specialists. After that, choose the one wey you like pass for more deep work with your questions. 4. Ask the specialist straight: where dem learn, how many years dem don dey work, how session dey go, how much e cost. How our catalog dey different from school websites? Schools dey show only their own students wey don graduate. Why dem go show their competitors? But we, we dey gather all specialists: all Ghanaian Pidgin English-speaking, all English-speaking, all Chinese-speaking, from any school. Now, for the catalog, 5,602 specialists dey. You fit choose any one, no be only our graduate. For more info: how to choose regression therapist and past-life regression dey dangerous: truth and myths. ## Wetin be Reincarnatiopedia? Reincarnatiopedia na multilingual encyclopedia about reincarnation and past lives. I, Maris Dreshmanis, na me found the project. The encyclopedia get 311 language websites. Inside am, articles dey, wiki encyclopedia of terms, knowledge graph and catalog of specialists. For more info about the project — check the article “Wetin be Reincarnatiopedia?”. The project still dey build now. Like house wey dem never put all the windows. Register so we go fit invite you when we open new sections. Only those wey register, na dem we go fit write to. [Register](https://reincarnatiopedia.com/login). ## Common questions ### Reincarnation dey exist? Nobody don fit prove am scientifically yet. But thousands of documented cases dey, especially stories of small pikin dem, wey researchers no fit explain with normal reasons. To decide wetin to believe, na your choice. ### You fit remember past life by yourself? Some people dey remember by themselves: for dream, for meditation, for place wey dem feel say dem know am from first sight. But e dey more calm and clear when you do am with experienced specialist. Check signs of past life memories and the article who I be for past life — how to know. ### Past-life regression dey dangerous? Past-life regression na work with memory and feelings. Sometimes strong emotions dey come up. So e important to choose experienced specialist and tell am about your condition before time. For more info: wetin make past-life regression dangerous. ### How reincarnation dey different from soul moving to another body? For normal talk, dem be the same thing. For philosophy, “soul moving to another body” and “metempsychosis” sometimes dey mean say soul dey move no be only to human, but to animal too. ### Where I go start to read about reincarnation? Start with Ian Stevenson ein books about pikin dem and with Michael Newton ein “Soul Dem Journey”. And for this website — start with articles about pikin dem memories and about past-life regression. ### How I go find this encyclopedia again? Type “past life gist” or the name “Reincarnatiopedia” for search engine. Or better still, add this page to your bookmarks or register. ## Read also - [Catalog of specialists](https://reincarnatiopedia.com/directory/?lang=gpe) *Author: Maris Dreshmanis, Pastlifeologist, founder of Reincarnatiopedia. Checked: September 2026.* --- Source: [Past life gist: past lives, karma, regression, research](https://reincarnatiopedia.com/gpe/past-life-gist/) — Reincarnatiopedia, Maris Dreshmanis. License: © 2026 Reincarnatiopedia / Maris Dreshmanis. All rights reserved. Cite with a link to the source URL.