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

Book Overview

From author and psychotherapist Dr. Brian Weiss comes the classic New York Times bestseller on the true case of the past-life therapy that changed the lives of both the prominent psychiatrist and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671657860
• Release Date: July 1988
• Publisher: Fireside
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.4" x 0.7" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Great read

This book reassured me that the way that I think isn’t crazy. It keeps you interested and wanting to know more. This is the first book in a LONG time where I finished it with a week. Good book.

I recommend it 100%!!

This book is awesome, it changed completely my thoughts about life and I’m sure it would do it the same way for everyone who believes in this subject.

If you are curious about reincarnation, this is a must read!

A life changing book! A recommended book by my mom-in-law that made me open up my mind on knowing my true self. If you are in your path on questioning who you are or wants to learn about the Creator, universe and yourself, this is a must read!

This is my favorite book now

I was reluctant to buy this book at first, but it ended up being my favorite book ever. It has opened my mind to the possibilities of reincarnation, and how much we truly know about ourselves.

UN LIBRO LLENO DE MENSAJES MARAVILLOSOS

Este libro y todos los del Doctor Weiss nos muestran de que venimos a esta vida a aprender, que no todo se termina con la muerte,si no que es un ciclo mas, he estado aprendiendo mucho con estos libros, te recomiendo todos los libros del Doctor Weiss, si estas en busca de ti mismo, y le tienes miedo ala muerte o no entiendes cual es la finalidad de tu existencia estos libros te ayudarn enormemente como lo hicieron conmigo, quiza todos tenemos diferentes maneras de asimilar la verdad, pero el Doctor Weiss nos muestra como el, siendo un Psiquiatra con bases ceintificas descubrio la verdad de muchas cosas y situaciones que los cientificos jamas podran explicar con sus teorias, definitivamente una serie de libros muy interesantes y llenos de mensajes que te llenaran de paz y esperanza.....

We are together, to the end of time.

This is the third time that I've read this book over the years, and no doubt it will not be the last. Just because this is a book on reincarnation, and past life regression, many people dismiss it a simple-minded, new age, drivel. I know that I almost did. That would have been an arrogant mistake, and a stupid loss, on my part. Take a look at the author's credentials: a Phi Beta Kappa, Magna cum Laude graduate of Columbia; a M.D. from the Yale University School of Medicine; Chief of Psychiatry at a major hospital; over 37 papers and book chapters published in his field, a recognized expert on brain chemistry. In short, this man wasn't jeopardizing his career to make a quick buck. It pretty well shook his world to the foundations when he discovered that reincarnation and the evolution of the soul were reality. As he points out, until they personally experience the reality of the existence and survival of the soul then most people simply will not, cannot, accept it. Then, once they do accept it, then they find that there are literally libraries full of legitimate research that confirms it all.The main text of the book reads more like a novel than a scientific or spiritual work. The main case that shattered the doctor's previous beliefs is unfolded in exactly the way that it happened to him. The past life hypnotic regression of the subject is recounted practically word for word - including the words of the Masters.What struck me was the agreement of everything that came from the Masters (sages at the highest plane spiritual evolution) with the perennial wisdom teachings that stretch back through all human history and all traditional cultures. It is all there: the fact that we are here primarily to learn and grow; that we are to learn to see the that spark of God in both others and ourselves; that only God may take a life; the importance of harmony, balance, and simplicity; to do good for the sake of good alone- with no expectation of reward; and of course the survival of the soul and the cycle of rebirth and spiritual evolution. Indeed without the latter, human existence would hardly make sense.It all sounds simple, but you only really gain such wisdom by slowly applying and living it- by turning the theoretical into the internalized. This is what you take with you, and what you bring back with you on your next cycle of birth and death- the eternal wisdom that you have welded eternally to your soul by actually living it.

Open you mind. Read this book!

I guess the best way I can put this is that I respectfully disagree with the respected Pathologist and the other fellow who claims this was a good "story".The truth is that in my experience as a hypnotherapist past lives are real. This book offers compelling evidence for the phenomenon but there are many other books that do so as well. I simply like Dr. Weiss's presentation.Those who left negative reviews seem to not realize a simple principle regarding subjective experience. That principle is that all subjective experience is translated through the subconscious before it can be percieved or vocalized by the subject therefore there can be some confusing or disjointed perceptions. Subjective experience is just that, subjective experience. Sometimes it can be proven with evidence found in the objective world; such as historical observations that can be confirmed.In other cases, these experiences cannot be verified because there are no references available. In these cases the reality of the experience will be its effect upon the subject. If the experience was transformative then it is fundamentally "real" for the person involved. These types of cases aren't able to be proven. That doesn't mean it didn't happen.I have no doubt that those who gave negative reviews have beliefs that are less than 100% grounded in reason and proof such as God/Jesus/Buddha/Allah/Krishna or any Higher Power by whatever name or an afterlife. There is at least as much "proof" for the existance of past lives as there proof of God(s) or an afterlife. So before you scoff consider that we all hold beliefs (well 99% of us at least) that are gounded in a reality beyond that which we can perceive with the senses. I'm not talking about resurrections and parting red seas I am talking about that which we can experience, not in simple faith which can be likened to continuing to believe in Santa well into adulthood. You may believe but that belief is largely baseless. Plus, the soul/mind/spirit has its own wisdom beyond the physical brain. It is that perception that allows us to perceive that which cannot be empirically proven. I love science, but my religion isn't materialism and sometimes we can become blinded by "reason" to truths beyond the scientific method.Chris

This Book Has Changed My Life

This book is amazing! I have been an atheist all my life despite (or is it as a result of?) attending Hebrew school as a child and Christian school from 4th through 12th grade. In my final year in college, I took an Intro to Buddhism course and was immediately intrigued by Buddhist teachings and philosophies. But my exploration of Buddhism hit a wall, because I could not convince myself to subscribe to one of the fundamental tennets of Buddhism: the belief in reincarnation. I just didn't believe in reincarnation at all. I was always of the "You Die and That's It" school. Nothing even remotely changed this view for years--until last week when I read this book. In the span of less than 24 hours, I went from not believing in reincarnation at all to being almost completely convinced of its existence. I read this book with a very skeptical eye. But I also read it with objectivity, and, above all else, an intense desire to find truth. And I believe the account in this book to be factual. For the sake of argument, if it's a fake, it's an absolutely brilliant fake. But if it's completely authentic, then it's a phenomenal account that could change your life for the better. Either way, it's worth a read.

ESTIMULANTE,INTERESANTE. ABRE LAS PUERTAS AL CONOCIMIENTO.

SIEMPRE HE DISFRUTADO LOS TEMAS METAFISICOS. POR CONVICCIONES FAMILIARES Y EXPERIENCIAS PROPIAS SE QUE NUESTRO CAMINAR NUNCA TERMINA. NUESTRO DESTINO ES CRECER Y APRENDER DE LAS DIFERENTES ETAPAS QUE NOS CORRESPONDA "VIVIR". POR LO TANTO, ES MUY ESTIMULANTE VER DESCRITAS POR OTRAS PERSONAS VIVENCIAS SEMEJANTES A LAS NUESTRAS. NO ES FACIL MANTENER LA CREDIBILIDAD Y RESPETO DE LOS EXCEPTICOS, CUANDO MANIFESTAMOS LO QUE SABEMOS ES CIERTO. LOS RELIGIOSOS SE HAN ENCARGADO DE ESTIGMATIZAR TODO LO QUE PUEDA CONSIDERARSE UN ATENTADO A SUS DOGMAS, YA QUE ESE CONOCIMENTO LES HARIA PERDER EL CONTROL ESTABLECIDO POR TANTOS SIGLOS MEDIANTE EL MIEDO. "LA VERDAD NOS HACE LIBRES". NOS DA LA LIBERTAD DE ELEGIR LO CORRECTO MEDIANTE NUESTRAS PROPIAS EXPERIENCIAS, SIN IMPOSICIONES NI COACCION EXTERNA. LA SERIE DE LIBROS DEL DR. BRIAN WEISS ES MAGNIFICA. ABRE EL CAMINO DEL CONOCIMIENTO DE ESA OTRA "VIDA" DESPUES DE LA VIDA ENCARNADA Y NOS DA LA ESPERANZA DE QUE SIEMPRE PODREMOS ENMENDAR LO VIVIDO. TAMBIEN NOS PREVIENE DE HACER LO INCORRECCTO ANTE LA PERSPECTIVA DE QUE SIEMPRE DEBEREMOS PAGAR LAS "DEUDAS ADQUIRIDAS".