Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #66707 in Books
• Published on: 2001-03-29
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 344 pages

Synopsis
The age-old belief in reincarnation is enjoying a revival. More and more people are asking, "Is this all there is?" and opening themselves up to the possibility of returning to earth in new bodies to pursue their spiritual growth. When Joe Fisher first began his research in 1982, the wave of interest in past and future lives was just beginning to gather momentum. Fisher came to the subject with an open mind but the more deeply he delved, the more he was swayed by the large body of evidence supporting the case for reincarnation. His book - then entitled The Case for Reincarnation - was published in 1984 and became an international bestseller. Newly revised and updated, this expanded edition - graced by a preface by the Dalai Lama - explores the progress made in reincarnation research since the work's original publication.

Customer Reviews

Reincarnation Is Not Linear!
This book, originally published in Canada, and with a foreword by the Dalai Lama, is an excellent review of the published literature on reincarnation, with special emphasis on recent books recounting the experiences of individuals.

The book is written in a calm and detached manner. The author notes that belief in rebirth is not exclusively a Buddhist or Hindu idea, that the idea has been present in most religions.

Fisher also points out that reincarnation is not linear, that time “being the product of our mundane consciousness, is no more than a convenient illusion – time doesn’t really exist”. He says that the oversoul - being in a timeless state – can see all the various lives happening at once, but the separate souls can see only their individual existences.

He says, “The future is here and has always existed. That is why gifted clairvoyants can foretell what will come to pass; by psychically tuning into a higher frequency they are able to perceive the everlasting present.”

Alan Vaughan is quoted as saying that the “By learning more about the unconscious blueprint of life, we bring to the surface more of our reasons for choosing to be born. We can never, I suspect, know all of our blueprint, for that would rob us of our zest for life.”

Fisher also quotes Rudolf Steiner as saying that before the spiritual seed of the physical body descends to the parents who have been chose to receive it, the soul is granted a vision of the life to come. Sometimes, said Steiner, this preview is so shocking that the self draws back in horror.”

The book gives a number of examples of groups of souls reincarnating together and of the idea that individual choose and plan the outlines of their next rebirth beforehand, in order to develop themselves.

The author says, ..”in one fundamental aspect the privileged few who have visited the interlife receive the same unrelenting message: We are thoroughly responsible for who we are and the circumstances in which we find ourselves. We are the ones who do the choosing.”

In short this is a well-written and interesting introduction to the whole are of reincarnation and I strongly recommend it.

One the Best books on Reincarnation
The late Joe Fisher was an excellent writer and this book is just another example of what the world and certainly readers of this genre are missing, his style is clear and concise and very readable.

The book is well researched, although the author is a believer he does not come across as preaching a dogma.

I recommend this book to anyone seeking more knowledge on this subject