Other Lives, Other Selves: A Jungian Psychotherapist Discovers Past Lives

by Roger J. Woolger

Book Overview

A firsthand look at the psychology of reincarnation--and the dramatic power of past-life regression to radically transform and heal our lives In this fascinating and provocative book, Dr. Roger J. Woolger, a graduate of Oxford University and a certified Jungian analyst, reveals an exciting psychotherapeutic technique that produces astoundingly beneficial emotional and physical results--whether you believe in reincarnation as a literal or symbolic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553345958
• ISBN13: 9780553345957
• Release Date: November 1988
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

The REAL thing!!

After reading what is poular today as well as past writers (not naming names) I find that Dr Woolgers work is the most comprehensive approach to Past Life Therapy available. While many using hypnosis place an emphasis on recovering the memory, Dr Woolger's expereince is that the memory is the least difficult part of regression process, guiding the traumatic expereince and wound to the soul to resolution and healing is the cornerstone of his work. This is the piece, personally that I see lacking in other approaches. His work is founded in sound psychological AND spiritual principles and the ability to synthesize this and make it practical and accessable is clear in this book. After reading this book I had the ability to do some training with him personally and would recommend any serious student of this kind of work to try to do the same. At the very least, refer to this book as both pioneering and a classic in the field.

Search no further

Ever since I had a Near-Death Experience, 25 years ago, I strongly believe that we are here on Earth on a regular basis, i.e., that we reincarnate. I have gone thru past-lives therapy and found its deep usefulness. All this led me to collect and study most books on reincarnation I could read. When I found Other Lives, Other Selves, I suddenly felt that I had spent too much money on too many books! This is the only book I'd buy if I had had a chance to browse thru all my 100-plus library on reincarnation. The fact that he is a Jungian psychotherapist does not hurt, because he adds to Jung's positions the rich and vast body of knowledge provided by PLT. Look no further: this IS the only book on reincarnation and past-lives therapy you'll ever need.

A very interesting book!

First because it seems that Roger Woolger is in front of you talking about this theme. Second because he presents the regression as a therapeutic model that lets the patients to heal themselves when they become conscious of determined past experiencies. The author presents the history of the origins of Therapy of Past Lives, analyses reincarnation from the point of view of occidental thinking, explains the work that has been done by some especialists and describes his own method. In most of the cases, he listen to the patient's history in order to know what he must focuse in the therapy. After, he asks the patient to lay down, to close his eyes and to repeat several times some word or phrase that the patient said about himself. Somehow, the patient relives past experiencies of this life or the other lives. Most likely it is the phrase that makes the connection with the past memories. However, Woolger emphasizes that the body can be a connection key to the past, too. Surprisingly, the patient's body behaves itself as if the remembered experience was happening just when the regression was occurring. Roger Woolger believes that only when the patient lives again the whole traumatic experience, he becomes able to heal himself. It is worth reading "Other lives, other selves" because Woolger other than explains the theoy about Therapy of Past Lives, presents a lot of truth cases that exempliflies it.

Provacative and compelling!

The author makes a fascinating case for Christian reincarnation, discusses the role of Reichian body-armor in past and current lives, reveals his own experiences as a mercenary in the Albigensian crusades and wraps it all up by reviewing the insights of the Tibetan Book of the Dead and synthesizing these with his own research. A provocative, compelling and unique treatment of a subject still widely misunderstood by most Westerners.