Brian Weiss (1944, Brian Weiss) is a psychotherapist.
Graduated with honors from Columbia University in New York in 1966. In 1970, I received my M.D. from Yale University School of Medicine. He continued his internship at Balview Hospital, NYU Medical Center, and returned to Yale to complete his specialization in psychiatry.
Upon graduation, he began teaching at the University of Pittsburgh, and two years later he headed the psychopharmacology department at the University of Miami. In this position, he achieved recognition in the field of biological psychiatry and the study of drug and alcohol dependence. Four years later, he was promoted to the position of professor of psychiatry at medical school, and he was also appointed chief psychiatrist of a large university hospital in Miami. By that time, he had published thirty-seven scientific articles and chapters in books on the specialty.
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Many lives, many teachers
People at all times are trying to solve the greatest riddle of life and death. All of us, without exception, sooner or later think about what awaits us after this life.
Dr. Brian Weiss's research is mind-boggling. He is one of the very few authors who, through scientific research, shed light on this innermost secret of life and death. Life never ends, and we are born more than once. Each life teaches us its own special lessons. Every life has its own special teachers.
One soul, many incarnations
How often have you had a desire to look into the future?
Brian Weiss talks about how to do this for the first time in his book One Soul - Many Incarnations. It turns out that we can travel into our future lives and influence their outcome, while gaining joy and healing in our present life. As one of the pioneers of regression therapy that immerses people in their past lives, Dr. Weiss has taken it a step further by demonstrating and scientifically substantiating the therapeutic effect of travel, not only in past lives, but also in future ones.
With dozens of stories detailing past and future journeys, Dr. Weiss shows how the choices we make today will shape our future quality of life. Through the examples of his patients, Dr. Weiss demonstrates how the therapeutic methods of regression and progression can transform human life.
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Brian L. Weiss
We do not die, but are born again! Proof of Reincarnation by a Renowned Psychiatrist and Documented
Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives
© Brian L. Weiss, M. D., 1988
© M. Pechenezhskaya, translation into Russian, 2015
© AST Publishing House LLC, 2015
An exciting fusion of mysticism and psychiatry
This book connects psychiatry with mysticism, the search for truth with the existence of eternal life. It reads like an exciting novel, and is so exciting that I just could not tear myself away.
Harry Prosen, M.D., Professor, Dean of the Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine of Wisconsin
Innovative and highly effective treatment
This somewhat provocative and beautifully written book goes beyond the usual books on psychotherapy and is an innovative and highly effective treatment. This book is a must-read for those involved in psychiatry.
Edith Fiore, Ph.D., clinical psychologist
Does our life depend on past incarnations?
An interesting, well-written book that makes you wonder how much our current life can depend on past incarnations. You cannot put this book down without feeling solidarity with Dr. Weiss's findings.
Andrew I. Slaby, MD, Chief Physician, Fair Oaks Hospital
Reading - Required!
A touching story about a person who is experiencing an unexpected spiritual awakening. This courageous book opened up an opportunity for a union between science and metaphysics. You must read to find your soul.
Jeanne Avery, writer
Read to all doubters
A fascinating medical history proving the effectiveness of psychotherapy in past incarnations. The book will be a real discovery for many who doubt the possibility of reincarnation.
Richard Sutphen, writer
For all who find it hard
Read this book! It is absolutely certain that five stars are not enough to evaluate this book fairly. This book completely changed my views on the most important thing in this life - with all my desire, I simply cannot do it justice. This is one of those books that I keep in several copies in case I give it to someone who is in a very difficult time now, especially those who have survived the death of a loved one or are next to someone who is dying. There is nothing more effective in counseling and dealing with grief; all the fiction on this topic simply did not come close. Read it, even if everything is fine in your life, believe me, everything will get even better! Throw out all self-help books and buy several copies of this book.
Amisha Mehta
Still not believing in reincarnation?
This is just an amazing book! All my life I have been an atheist, despite the fact (or because of that?) That I studied first in a Jewish school, and then in a Christian one. In my last year of college, I decided to attend lectures on Buddhism, and I was instantly drawn into this philosophy. But while studying Buddhism, I ran into a blank wall: I could not bring myself to believe and accept one of the basic concepts in Buddhism - the idea of reincarnation. I was a supporter of the theory "you die - that's all." For years no one and nothing could move me from this point of view, even for a while - until last week, when I began to read this book. In less than 24 hours, my point of view - complete disbelief in reincarnation - has changed to exactly the opposite: now I am fully convinced that reincarnation is true.
Janice Taylor
The book that changes the outlook on life
Dr. Weiss integrates the concepts of traditional psychotherapy into the exploration of the spiritual unconscious of his patient. My outlook on life and myself will never be the same.
Joel Rubinstein, MD, MD, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, practicing psychiatrist
Acknowledgments
Dedicated to Carol, my wife, whose love has nourished and supported me for as long as I can remember. We are together for the rest of our lives.
My thanks to the kids, Jordan and Amy, who forgave me for neglecting my attention so much while writing this book.
I also thank Nikolay Pashkov for the transcription of audio recordings of therapy sessions.
The advice of my editor, Julie Rubin, became very valuable to me after she read the first part of my work.
My heartfelt thanks go to Barbara Hess, my publisher at Simon & Schuster, for her experience and courage.
I am also grateful to all those who helped this book come into being.
Foreword
I am completely confident that nothing happens without a reason. Perhaps the very moment something happens, we have no idea why. However, over time and with due patience, the reasons become completely clear to us.
So it was with Catherine. We first met in 1980 when she was twenty-seven years old. She came to my office complaining of panic attacks, phobias and anxiety. Despite the fact that she had all these symptoms since childhood, lately she has gotten worse. She felt as if her emotions were paralyzed. Every day she became worse and worse, and did not have the strength to do anything. She was terrified and understandably depressed.
My life at that time, unlike hers, flowed measuredly and calmly. My marriage was strong, we had two little kids, and my career went uphill. From the very beginning, it seemed that my life was going on a smooth, knurled path. I grew up in a loving family. Success in scientific affairs came easily to me, and in my second year I made the decision to become a psychiatrist. In 1966, I graduated from Columbia University in New York and received my Pi Beta Kappa diploma with honors. I then went to Yale School of Medicine and received my M.D. in 1970. After an internship at New York University's Bellevue Medical Center, I returned to Yale to complete my education in psychiatry. After that, I got a teaching position at the University of Pittsburgh. And two years later, he began to work in Miami and headed the Department of Psychopharmacology. There I gained universal recognition in the fields of biological psychiatry and drug addiction. After four years at the university, I was promoted to the position of associate professor of psychiatry at medical school, and also appointed to the position of head of the psychiatric department of a large hospital owned by the University of Miami. By that time, I had over thirty-seven publications on psychiatry.
Years of diligent study taught me to think like a scientist and physiologist, thus forcing me to follow the narrow path of conservatism in my profession. I did not believe what could not be proven by traditional scientific methods. I knew about some of the research in parapsychology that was being done in the best universities in the country, but it did not get my attention. All this seemed to me from the realm of the unattainable.
And then I met Catherine. For eighteen months, I used basic psychotherapy to help her cope with her illness. When I realized that everything was useless, I decided to resort to hypnosis. In a state of trance for several sessions, she remembered some of the events from her “past lives”, which turned out to be the key to her recovery. She became something of a conductor of information from the "higher spheres" and with their help she discovered some of the secrets of life and death. In just a few months, her symptoms disappeared, and the girl began to live life to the fullest, much happier than before. I was not ready for this and was shocked by everything that happened.
I have no scientific explanation for everything that happened. Apparently, too many factors of human consciousness remain beyond our understanding. Perhaps during hypnosis, Catherine was able to concentrate on that part of the subconscious that stored real memories from a past life, or perhaps she penetrated what Carl Jung called the "collective unconscious" - a source of energy that surrounds us and contains the memories of the entire human race.
Scientists are just beginning to look for answers to these questions. But it is already clear today that society will gain a lot from the study of the phenomena of consciousness, soul, life after death and the influence of experience from past lives on our behavior in the present. Obviously, deviations from the norm are allowed within very narrow boundaries, especially in the fields of medicine, psychiatry, theology and philosophy. Scientifically sound research in this area is in its infancy. And despite the fact that certain steps are being taken to obtain the necessary information, everything is happening very slowly and, in addition, it meets the resistance of scientists and a number of people of a conservative persuasion.
Throughout human history, people have always resisted new ideas. There are many examples of this. When Galileo discovered the existence of Jupiter's satellites, astronomers of that era refused to believe it and did not even want to look at these satellites, because the recognition of the latter was contrary to what was believed to be correct. The same is now happening with psychiatrists and other medical professionals who refuse to take into account the evidence of life after death and reject the possibility of studying memories from past lives. They just turn a blind eye to it.
This book is my small contribution to the research that is currently being carried out in the field of parapsychology, especially those related to the experience we received before birth and after death. Every word you read is true. I didn't add anything, just cut out the repeating parts. I also changed Catherine's name to maintain confidentiality.
It took me four years to write this book, which means it took me four years to muster the courage to reveal this unconventional information to the scientific community at the risk of my professional reputation.
Chapter 1
When I first saw Catherine, she was wearing a bright scarlet dress, she was sitting in my waiting room and nervously leafing through a magazine. It was noticeable that she hardly breathed. For the preceding twenty minutes, she had walked up and down the corridor in front of the psychiatry ward offices, trying her best to convince herself not to run away.
I went into the waiting room to greet her with a handshake. The woman's hand was cold and damp, which confirmed a great nervous tension. Despite the fact that two doctors at our clinic had long advised her to turn to me for help, she actually spent two months gaining the courage to come to me for a session. And finally, she was here.
Katherine is an exceptionally attractive woman with medium length blonde hair and hazelnut eyes. At the time, she was working as a laboratory assistant in a hospital where I was head of the psychiatry department, and also moonlighted as a swimsuit designer. I led her into the office, sat her in a large leather chair. We sat opposite each other, we were separated only by my semicircular table. Catherine leaned back in her chair and was silent, not knowing where to start. I waited, preferring for her to decide on this herself, but nevertheless, after a few minutes, I began to ask about her past myself. The first meeting we were to devote to clarifying the nature of her personality and what brought her to me.
Answering my questions, Katherine told her life story. She was the middle child of a conservative Catholic family in a small town in Massachusetts. Her brother, three years her senior, was very athletic and enjoyed complete freedom in life. Her younger sister was the favorite of both parents.
When Catherine began to talk about her symptoms, she was noticeably tense and nervous. Her speech quickened, the woman leaned forward and rested her elbows on the table. It turns out that the life of the unfortunate woman was always filled with fears: she was afraid of water, she was afraid to choke on pills that were difficult for her to swallow, she was afraid of airplanes and the dark. And she was terrified of death. And more recently, her fears have intensified. To feel safe, Katherine often went to bed in her dressing room. Before falling asleep, she suffered from insomnia for two or three hours, and the sleep that followed was very superficial and intermittent. The nightmares and sleepwalking that poisoned her childhood have returned again. Day by day, Catherine grew more depressed.
As Catherine spoke, I sensed how intense her suffering was. Over the years, I have helped patients like her cope with their fears, and I was fully confident that I could help her too. I decided that first we would delve into her childhood and try to find the origins of the problem there. Usually, awareness of certain moments in the distant past helps to reduce the level of anxiety. If necessary, I could prescribe a mild anxiety medication for her to make her feel better. This is the standard treatment for symptoms like hers, and I usually do not hesitate to recommend tranquilizers and even antidepressants for the relief of chronic and acute attacks of fear and anxiety. Now I try to prescribe these drugs very selectively and only from time to time, if at all, - no drug can fix the root of the problem. I was convinced of this by my experience with Catherine and patients like her. Now I know exactly how to treat these symptoms, and not just reduce or suppress them.
So, in the first session with Catherine, I subtly tried to nudge her into memories of childhood. She did not remember a single episode, even the slightest bit traumatic for herself, that would help explain where such an avalanche of fears came from in her life. Due to the fact that she had surprisingly few of them, I thought that hypnosis could be tried to extract suppressed memories.
As she tried to force herself to remember at least something, fragments came to her mind. So, when she was about five years old, she got very scared when someone pushed her from the tower of the pool directly into the water. However, she said that even before that incident, she did not like to be in the water. When Catherine was eleven years old, her mother fell into severe depression, from which she was forced to undergo psychiatric treatment with subsequent use of electric shock, as a result of which her memory suffered. What happened to her mother greatly frightened Katherine, but as her mother got better and she, in the words of Katherine herself, became "herself" again, the fears disappeared.
Catherine's father was a longtime alcoholic, and his older brother had to periodically bring him home from a local bar. His binges became more frequent, which provoked frequent fights with his mother, after which she became withdrawn and depressed. But Catherine saw that the family considered it acceptable.
Things went better outside the house. In high school, she dated her classmates and easily interacted with friends, most of whom she had known for many years. However, she found it difficult to trust people, especially those who were not part of her narrow circle of friends. Her religion was simple and undeniable: she was brought up in strict Catholic traditions and never questioned the credibility and validity of religious beliefs. She believed that if you are a good Catholic, live righteously and observe all the rituals, then a person after death will go to heaven, and if not, then to hell. The decision of who goes where is made by God the Father and his Son. Later I learned that Catherine does not believe in reincarnation. However, apparently, she simply did not have enough knowledge about this, although she had read some Hindu literature. The concept of reincarnation simply contradicted what she had been taught in her family all these years. She never read metaphysical or occult books, simply because she was not interested in it. Within the framework of her faith, she felt safe.
After graduating from high school, Katherine attended college for two years and graduated with a specialty technical laboratory assistant. Armed with the profession and inspired by the example of her brother who moved to Tampa, Katherine got a job in Miami at a hospital owned by the University School of Medicine. She moved to Miami in the spring of 1974. Then she was 21 years old.
Katherine's life in a small town was easier than the life that opened up to her in Miami, but she was happy because she managed to escape from family problems. During the first year of her life here, she met Stuart. He was Jewish, married, with two children, and was very different from the men Catherine had met before. He was a successful physician with a strong and aggressive character. A strong chemical attraction arose between them, their romance was stormy and complex. Something in this man awakened passion in her, as if he had bewitched her. By the time Katherine began therapy with me, their romance with Stewart had lasted for six years and was very turbulent. Catherine could not resist Stewart, although he treated her badly, and his constant lies, broken promises and manipulations infuriated the woman.
Several months before we met, Catherine needed surgery to remove a node on her vocal cords. She was very nervous before the operation, but after she woke up from anesthesia in the recovery room, she was completely horrified. It took the medical staff several hours to calm her down. After she was discharged from the hospital, she began looking for Dr. Edward Poole, a pediatrician and a very kind person. Catherine met him while working at the hospital. They understood each other well and became close friends during that time. Catherine was free to talk to Ed about everything. She told him about her fears, her relationship with Stuart, how she felt like she was losing control of her life. It was he who insisted that Catherine turn to me, only to me and not to any of my colleagues. When Ed called me and told me that he had sent his friend to me, he added that only I could fully understand Catherine. However, Catherine did not call me.
Eight weeks have passed. As the head of the psychiatry department, I was so caught up in business that I completely forgot about Ed's call. During this time, Catherine's fears intensified. Dr. Frank Ecker, the head of the surgical department, was superficially familiar with Catherine - when Frank entered the laboratory, they often good-naturedly teased each other. So, Ecker noticed that she looked unhappy lately, and felt that she was tense. He wanted to talk to her several times, but hesitated. Frank drove to a small hospital one afternoon to give a lecture there. On the way, he noticed Catherine's car heading home, and, obeying an unconscious impulse, caught up with her and honked. “You must meet with Dr. Weiss! He shouted through the window. - Immediately!" Although surgeons often act impulsively, Frank himself was surprised at how subtly he felt everything - Catherine's panic attacks and anxiety became more frequent, becoming more intense and prolonged. The woman was haunted by two recurring nightmares. In one, she saw how she was driving a car across a bridge that collapsed under her wheels; the car falls into the water, Katherine cannot get out of it and drowns. In the second nightmare, she found herself in a room where pitch darkness reigned. Bumping into various objects, she stumbled, fell, but could not find a way out ...
And finally she came to me. During our first meeting with Catherine, I did not even suspect that my life would turn upside down, and the frightened, lost woman sitting opposite me would become a catalyst for these changes, and ... that I would never be the same again.
Brian L. Weiss
We do not die, but are born again! Proof of Reincarnation by a Renowned Psychiatrist and Documented
Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives
© Brian L. Weiss, M. D., 1988
© M. Pechenezhskaya, translation into Russian, 2015
© AST Publishing House LLC, 2015
An exciting fusion of mysticism and psychiatry
This book connects psychiatry with mysticism, the search for truth with the existence of eternal life. It reads like an exciting novel, and is so exciting that I just could not tear myself away.
Harry Prosen, M.D., Professor, Dean of the Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine of Wisconsin
Innovative and highly effective treatment
This somewhat provocative and beautifully written book goes beyond the usual books on psychotherapy and is an innovative and highly effective treatment. This book is a must-read for those involved in psychiatry.
Edith Fiore, Ph.D., clinical psychologist
Does our life depend on past incarnations?
An interesting, well-written book that makes you wonder how much our current life can depend on past incarnations. You cannot put this book down without feeling solidarity with Dr. Weiss's findings.
Andrew I. Slaby, MD, Chief Physician, Fair Oaks Hospital
Reading - Required!
A touching story about a person who is experiencing an unexpected spiritual awakening. This courageous book opened up an opportunity for a union between science and metaphysics. You must read to find your soul.
Jeanne Avery, writer
A fascinating medical history proving the effectiveness of psychotherapy in past incarnations. The book will be a real discovery for many who doubt the possibility of reincarnation.
Richard Sutphen, writer
For all who find it hard
Read this book! It is absolutely certain that five stars are not enough to evaluate this book fairly. This book completely changed my views on the most important thing in this life - with all my desire, I simply cannot do it justice. This is one of those books that I keep in several copies in case I give it to someone who is in a very difficult time now, especially those who have survived the death of a loved one or are next to someone who is dying. There is nothing more effective in counseling and dealing with grief; all the fiction on this topic simply did not come close. Read it, even if everything is fine in your life, believe me, everything will get even better! Throw out all self-help books and buy several copies of this book.
Amisha Mehta
Still not believing in reincarnation?
This is just an amazing book! All my life I have been an atheist, despite the fact (or because of that?) That I studied first in a Jewish school, and then in a Christian one. In my last year of college, I decided to attend lectures on Buddhism, and I was instantly drawn into this philosophy. But while studying Buddhism, I ran into a blank wall: I could not bring myself to believe and accept one of the basic concepts in Buddhism - the idea of reincarnation. I was a supporter of the theory "you die - that's all." For years no one and nothing could move me from this point of view, even for a while - until last week, when I began to read this book. In less than 24 hours, my point of view - complete disbelief in reincarnation - has changed to exactly the opposite: now I am fully convinced that reincarnation is true.
Janice Taylor
The book that changes the outlook on life
Dr. Weiss integrates the concepts of traditional psychotherapy into the exploration of the spiritual unconscious of his patient. My outlook on life and myself will never be the same.
Joel Rubinstein, MD, MD, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, practicing psychiatrist
Acknowledgments
Dedicated to Carol, my wife, whose love has nourished and supported me for as long as I can remember. We are together for the rest of our lives.
My thanks to the kids, Jordan and Amy, who forgave me for neglecting my attention so much while writing this book.
I also thank Nikolay Pashkov for the transcription of audio recordings of therapy sessions.
The advice of my editor, Julie Rubin, became very valuable to me after she read the first part of my work.
We do not die, but are born again! Proof of Reincarnation by a Renowned Psychiatrist and Documented Brian Weiss
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Title: We do not die, but are born again! Proof of Reincarnation by a Renowned Psychiatrist and Documented
By Brian Weiss
Year: 1988
Genre: Esotericism, Foreign esoteric and religious literature, Foreign psychology
About the book “We do not die, but are born again! Proof of reincarnation by a renowned psychiatrist and documented "Brian Weiss
There is still a lot of controversy about what awaits us after death. Some believe that beyond the line there will be eternal happy life, others - emptiness and darkness, and still others - new life on Earth. Scientists cannot give an exact answer to this question and cannot even conduct experiments that can reveal this eternal mystery. However, the practicing psychotherapist managed to get closer to the solution.
Brian Weiss works at the Miami Medical Center in the Department of Psychiatry. He conducts treatment with the help of hypnosis. As a result of one session, the woman began to tell amazing things, which became the basis for starting new experiments and writing a book entitled “We do not die, but are born again! Proof of reincarnation by a renowned psychiatrist and documented. "
Patient Brian Weiss suffered from panic attacks and the usual methods of treatment did not help her. Then the therapist decided to resort to hypnosis. As a result, the girl remembered the amazing things that happened to her in past lives. It was this information that helped her get rid of problems in real life.
Author of the book “We do not die, but are born again! Proof of reincarnation by a renowned psychiatrist and documented "believes that the problems and difficulties we face in our daily life are directly related to what happened in past lives. Moreover, all this information is stored in our subconscious and there is an opportunity to "get it" from there.
Brian Weiss also explains why many scientists and doctors do not accept the idea that there is life after death. Earlier, when scientists believed that our planet was flat, but Galileo declared that it was round and spinning, he was almost burned at the stake. That is, if the information contradicted already established knowledge, then it was considered a lie and was not accepted. The same thing is happening today. After all, there is no evidence of what awaits us after death, which means that it is also not worth considering the fact that we will return to Earth and live a new life as a lie.
Brian Weiss's book contains many stories from the practice of a psychotherapist, proving that this world is not so simple as we used to think. Mysticism and science - this is how you can describe what the author was able to get to.
Mysticism has always attracted people and will attract with its mysteriousness and hopeless secrecy. It is not known when scientists will be able to confidently answer questions about what awaits us after death. However, if you are interested in this topic, then you should read this book. In addition, she has already managed to force many people to change their attitude towards many opinions and assumptions.
The book “We do not die, but are born again! The proof of reincarnation, made by a famous psychiatrist and documented "will appeal to everyone who is interested in mysticism and questions about what will happen to us after we leave this world. This is an amazing work by Brian Weiss, similar to a fairy tale, which is very difficult to believe, if you do not take into account the fact that it was written by a psychotherapist with extensive experience, knowledge and a reputation as a serious and successful doctor.
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Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives
© Brian L. Weiss, M. D., 1988
© M. Pechenezhskaya, translation into Russian, 2015
© AST Publishing House LLC, 2015
An exciting fusion of mysticism and psychiatry
This book connects psychiatry with mysticism, the search for truth with the existence of eternal life. It reads like an exciting novel, and is so exciting that I just could not tear myself away.
Harry Prosen, M.D., Professor, Dean of the Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine of Wisconsin
Innovative and highly effective treatment
This somewhat provocative and beautifully written book goes beyond the usual books on psychotherapy and is an innovative and highly effective treatment. This book is a must-read for those involved in psychiatry.
Edith Fiore, Ph.D., clinical psychologist
Does our life depend on past incarnations?
An interesting, well-written book that makes you wonder how much our current life can depend on past incarnations. You cannot put this book down without feeling solidarity with Dr. Weiss's findings.
Andrew I. Slaby, MD, Chief Physician, Fair Oaks Hospital
Reading - Required!
A touching story about a person who is experiencing an unexpected spiritual awakening. This courageous book opened up an opportunity for a union between science and metaphysics. You must read to find your soul.
Jeanne Avery, writer
A fascinating medical history proving the effectiveness of psychotherapy in past incarnations. The book will be a real discovery for many who doubt the possibility of reincarnation.
Richard Sutphen, writer
For all who find it hard
Read this book! It is absolutely certain that five stars are not enough to evaluate this book fairly. This book completely changed my views on the most important thing in this life - with all my desire, I simply cannot do it justice. This is one of those books that I keep in several copies in case I give it to someone who is in a very difficult time now, especially those who have survived the death of a loved one or are next to someone who is dying. There is nothing more effective in counseling and dealing with grief; all the fiction on this topic simply did not come close. Read it, even if everything is fine in your life, believe me, everything will get even better! Throw out all self-help books and buy several copies of this book.
Amisha Mehta
Still not believing in reincarnation?
This is just an amazing book! All my life I have been an atheist, despite the fact (or because of that?) That I studied first in a Jewish school, and then in a Christian one. In my last year of college, I decided to attend lectures on Buddhism, and I was instantly drawn into this philosophy. But while studying Buddhism, I ran into a blank wall: I could not bring myself to believe and accept one of the basic concepts in Buddhism - the idea of reincarnation. I was a supporter of the theory "you die - that's all." For years no one and nothing could move me from this point of view, even for a while - until last week, when I began to read this book. In less than 24 hours, my point of view - complete disbelief in reincarnation - has changed to exactly the opposite: now I am fully convinced that reincarnation is true.
Janice Taylor
The book that changes the outlook on life
Dr. Weiss integrates the concepts of traditional psychotherapy into the exploration of the spiritual unconscious of his patient. My outlook on life and myself will never be the same.
Joel Rubinstein, MD, MD, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, practicing psychiatrist
Acknowledgments
Dedicated to Carol, my wife, whose love has nourished and supported me for as long as I can remember. We are together for the rest of our lives.
My thanks to the kids, Jordan and Amy, who forgave me for neglecting my attention so much while writing this book.
I also thank Nikolay Pashkov for the transcription of audio recordings of therapy sessions.
The advice of my editor, Julie Rubin, became very valuable to me after she read the first part of my work.
My heartfelt thanks go to Barbara Hess, my publisher at Simon & Schuster, for her experience and courage.
I am also grateful to all those who helped this book come into being.
Foreword
I am completely confident that nothing happens without a reason. Perhaps the very moment something happens, we have no idea why. However, over time and with due patience, the reasons become completely clear to us.
So it was with Catherine. We first met in 1980 when she was twenty-seven years old. She came to my office complaining of panic attacks, phobias and anxiety. Despite the fact that she had all these symptoms since childhood, lately she has gotten worse. She felt as if her emotions were paralyzed. Every day she became worse and worse, and did not have the strength to do anything. She was terrified and understandably depressed.
My life at that time, unlike hers, flowed measuredly and calmly. My marriage was strong, we had two little kids, and my career went uphill. From the very beginning, it seemed that my life was going on a smooth, knurled path. I grew up in a loving family. Success in scientific affairs came easily to me, and in my second year I made the decision to become a psychiatrist. In 1966, I graduated from Columbia University in New York and received my Pi Beta Kappa diploma with honors. I then went to Yale School of Medicine and received my M.D. in 1970. After an internship at New York University's Bellevue Medical Center, I returned to Yale to complete my education in psychiatry. After that, I got a teaching position at the University of Pittsburgh. And two years later, he began to work in Miami and headed the Department of Psychopharmacology. There I gained universal recognition in the fields of biological psychiatry and drug addiction. After four years at the university, I was promoted to the position of associate professor of psychiatry at medical school, and also appointed to the position of head of the psychiatric department of a large hospital owned by the University of Miami. By that time, I had over thirty-seven publications on psychiatry.
Years of diligent study taught me to think like a scientist and physiologist, thus forcing me to follow the narrow path of conservatism in my profession. I did not believe what could not be proven by traditional scientific methods. I knew about some of the research in parapsychology that was being done in the best universities in the country, but it did not get my attention. All this seemed to me from the realm of the unattainable.
And then I met Catherine. For eighteen months, I used basic psychotherapy to help her cope with her illness. When I realized that everything was useless, I decided to resort to hypnosis. In a state of trance for several sessions, she remembered some of the events from her “past lives”, which turned out to be the key to her recovery. She became something of a conductor of information from the "higher spheres" and with their help she discovered some of the secrets of life and death. In just a few months, her symptoms disappeared, and the girl began to live life to the fullest, much happier than before. I was not ready for this and was shocked by everything that happened.
