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General and Introductory Articles Case Features Case Types Cultural and Historical Overviews Case Studies Past-Life Regression Researchers Psi Encyclopedia Articles on Reincarnation February 15, 2021 The Psi Encyclopedia (https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/) is an online resource sponsored by the Society for Psychical Research. Unlike Wikipedia, its articles are signed and are not open for general editing. The PE includes a good number of articles on different aspects of reincarnation research, listed below under seven headings. The first five categories pertain to research with spontaneous (involuntary) past-life memories; the sixth category lists items related to past-life regression. The seventh category is for researcher biographies. This list will be updated as new articles are added to the PE. General and Introductory Articles Case Features Case Types Cultural and Historical Overviews Case Studies Past-Life Regression Researchers General and Introductory Articles Adult Past-Life Memories Research by KM Wehrstein Children Who Remember a Previous Life by Robert McLuhan Dreams and Past-Life Memory by Jim Matlock Past-Life Memories Illustrated by KM Wehrstein Past Life Memories Research by Jim B. Tucker Patterns in Reincarnation Cases by Jim Matlock Psychological Studies of Children Claiming Past-Life Memories by Erlendur Haraldsson Reincarnation Beliefs, Research and Criticism (overview) by Jim Matlock Case Features Announcing Dreams and Related Experiences by Jim Matlock Behavioural Memories in Reincarnation Cases by Jim Matlock Birthmarks in Reincarnation Cases by Jim B. Tucker Experimental Birthmarks and Birth Defects by Jim Matlock Reincarnation Intermission Memories by Jim Matlock Physical Signs in Reincarnation Cases by Jim Matlock Reincarnation and Phobias by KM Wehrstein Xenoglossy in Reincarnation Cases by Jim Matlock Case Types Hidden Treasure in Reincarnation Cases by Jim Matlock Famous Past Life Claims by KM Wehrstein International Reincarnation Cases by KM Wehrstein Past Life Memories of the Holocaust by KM Wehrstein People Who Knew Each Other in Past Lives by KM Wehrstein Reincarnation Cases with Sex Change by KM Wehrstein Reincarnation of Tibetan Lamas in the West by KM Wehrstein Replacement Reincarnation by Jim Matlock Suicide and Reincarnation by Jim Matlock Twins Reincarnation Research by KM Wehrstein Cultural and Historical Overviews American Children Who Remember Previous Lives by Jim Matlock Brazilian Children Who Remember Previous Lives by Jim Matlock Dutch Children Who Remember a Previous Life by Titus Rivas European Children Who Remember Previous Lives by Jim Matlock Native North American Children Who Recall Previous Lives by Jim Matlock Reincarnation Accounts From Before 1900 by Jim Matlock Case Studies Bishen Chand Kapoor by KM Wehrstein Bongkuch Promsin by KM Wehrstein Dorothy Eady / Omm Sety by KM Wehrstein Dilukshi Nassanka, by Erlendur Haraldsson Duminda Ratnayake by Erlendur Haraldsson Gnanatilleka Baddewithana by KM Wehrstein Imad Elawar by KM Wehrstein İsmail Altınkılıç and Cevriye Bayrı by KM Wehrstein Jagdish Chandra by Robert McLuhan and Jim Matlock James Leininger by KM Wehrstein Jasbir Lal Jat by KM Wehrstein Jenny Cockell by Robert McLuhan Jenny Cockell / Mary Sutton by Robert McLuhan Kumkum Verma by KM Wehrstein Ma Tin Aung Myo by KM Wehrstein Marta Lorenz by KM Wehrstein Nazih Al-Danaf by Erlendur Haraldsson Pollock Twins by KM Wehrstein Pretiba Gunawardana by Erlendur Haraldsson Purnima Ekanayake by Erlendur Haraldsson Rakesh Gaur by KM Wehrstein Ramoo and Rajoo Sharma by KM Wehrstein Ratana Wongsombat by KM Wehrstein Suleyman Andary by KM Wehrstein Sumitra/Shiva by KM Wehrstein Sunil Dutt Saxena by Robert McLuhan Thusita Silva by Erlendur Haraldsson Toran (Titu) Singh by KM Wehrstein Uttara Huddar/Sharada by KM Wehrstein Wael Kiwan by Erlendur Haraldsson Past-Life Regression Past Life Regression by Melvyn Willin Antonia (Case Study Analysis) by Stephen Braude Bridey Murphy by KM Wehrstein Gretchen by KM Wehrstein Researchers Erlendur Haraldsson by Jim Matlock James G Matlock by KM Wehrstein Antonia Mills by KM Wehrstein Satwant Pasricha by KM Wehrstein Titus Rivas by Michael Duggan Ian Stevenson by Jim Matlock Jim B Tucker by Michael Duggan and KM Wehrstein .
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