Same Soul, Many Bodies: Discover the Healing Power of Future Lives through Progression Therapy (Paperback)

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The bestselling author of Many Lives, Many Masters breaks new ground to reveal how progression therapy into future lives can help transform us in the present.

How often have you wished you could peer into the future? In Same Soul, Many Bodies, Brian L. Weiss, M.D., shows us how. Through envisioning our lives to come, we can influence their outcome and use this process to bring more joy and healing to our present lives. Dr. Weiss pioneered regression therapy -- guiding people through their past lives. Here, he goes beyond that to demonstrate the therapeutic benefits of progression therapy -- guiding people through the future in a scientific, responsible, healing way.

Through dozens of case histories detailing both past-life and future-life experiences, Dr. Weiss shows how the choices that we make now will determine our future quality of life. From Samantha, who overcame academic failure once she learned of her future as a great physician, to Evelyn, whose fears and prejudices ended after she envisioned prior and forthcoming lives as a hate victim, Dr. Weiss gives concrete examples of lives transformed by regression and progression therapy.

A groundbreaking work, Same Soul, Many Bodies is sure to deeply affect peoples' lives as they strive toward their future.

About the Author

Brian L. Weiss, M.D., a graduate of Columbia University and Yale Medical School, is Chairman Emeritus of Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami. Dr. Weiss is the author of many books, including the bestselling Many Lives, Many Masters and Through Time into Healing. In addition, he conducts national and international seminars and experiential workshops as well as training programs for professionals. He maintains a private practice in Miami.

Brian L. Weiss, M.D., a graduate of Columbia University and Yale Medical School, is Chairman Emeritus of Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami. Dr. Weiss is the author of many books, including the bestselling Many Lives, Many Masters and Through Time into Healing. In addition, he conducts national and international seminars and experiential workshops as well as training programs for professionals. He maintains a private practice in Miami. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Free Press (August 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743264347
• ISBN-13: 978-0743264341
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,452 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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82 of 86 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes you Wonder!, April 30, 2005

By	Katie "book worm" (PA , USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Same Soul, Many Bodies: Discover the Healing Power of Future Lives through Progression Therapy (Hardcover)

I have read most of Weiss's books to date, and I believe (unlike some of the other reviewers) that his books do leave you thinking - or maybe a better word would be wondering.

The premise of this book is that what we've done in previous lives have determined, in part, the types of obstacles we face in this life (or lack thereof). It also leads you to realize, through example, that what we're doing in this life is going to have a direct impact on the types of obstacles we'll encounter in our future life times.

This theory really makes one wonder about how they're living today - and maybe help some of us to realize that we need to make some changes, lest we have to go through the same obstacles next time!

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the subject of past & future lives - although one must approach this subject with a completely open mind!

63 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an illuminating eyeopener into both healing and the future, April 19, 2006

By	kyara - See all my reviews

This review is from: Same Soul, Many Bodies: Discover the Healing Power of Future Lives through Progression Therapy (Hardcover)

I have only read a couple of books by Brian Weiss, "Many Lives Many Masters" and "Only Love is Real", and whereas I found some repetition between those two books, this one seems to stand on its own. This book is also better organized than the others I have read - being organized into chapters with headings such as "relationships" and "free will". However, rather than being purely devoted to progression as one might gather from the title, this book focuses on the complementary aspects of regression and progression in healing. Various case studies are used to illustrate the various themes of the book, which give an illuminating insight not only into how one can view one's future lives (being able to see a number of routes according to which option we take now) but also into what future life may be for all of us in 50, 100 and 1000 years. A wonderful book.

50 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Weak but interesting spin on reincarnation, January 22, 2008

By	Scott Burright (Laramie, WY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It's tempting to approach this book ironically, enjoying it as a piece of psychotherapeutic folklore and nothing more. But Dr. Weiss's credentials command some respect. He's clearly a serious person who has devoted serious thought to the therapeutic value of reincarnation memories, and so his ideas deserve consideration, even if they're presented here in a lax and breezy manner.

This is not a book of evidence for reincarnation. There are very few points of evidence, and these are anecdotal. For example, one couple gives identical accounts of past lives together, presumably without consulting one another, although this qualification is not stated outright. Also, Dr. Weiss claims that his patients as a whole have independently provided accounts of "future history" that are, he estimates, 90% consistent with one another. (He doesn't mention how he arrives at this figure or exactly what it means.) If such results could be demonstrated under controlled conditions, it would corroborate Dr. Weiss's claims. As it stands, you either suppose it's true for the sake of argument, or you abandon the book.

The same suspension of disbelief is required if we're to consider Weiss's most important claim, which is that the reincarnation experiences obtained under hypnosis, whether true or invented, result in dramatic psychiatric improvement.

All these claims are scientifically testable, and I am disappointed that Dr. Weiss neglected to suggest such tests or to survey previous findings. What we have instead is Dr. Weiss telling his stories and rendering his subjective opinion, and while I respect his experience, I can't help noticing that this book could easily have made a more substantial contribution to the field.

If there is a new wrinkle on "past life regression" here, it is the idea of "future life progression," whereby the patient is guided to envision possible futures based on different life decisions. It's an interesting idea on the face of it, but a real evaluation of the practice requires empirical research.

Dr. Weiss neglects such pragmatic concerns, instead devoting many pages to bland New Age truisms. These benign homilies supplement the case studies and succeed in padding them out to book length, but an intellect and work ethic of Dr. Weiss's caliber could have put those pages to far more constructive use.

The case studies are the real meat of the book. Sadly, they have a manufactured feel that can only cast doubt on Weiss's thesis. It's clear from the start that Weiss is taking broad artistic license in paraphrasing his clients' dialogue, even when appearing to quote directly. To be blunt about it, nobody talks the way his clients do. Furthermore, each case history follows such a similar arc that it is difficult not to see the author's hand at work. I don't mean to question Weiss's sincerity, only the credibility of his presentation. Scoffers will find no shortage of ammunition here.

Still, where some might find that the lack of empirical evidence and theoretical grounding makes for a dubious case, others might find that Weiss refreshingly avoids getting bogged down in corroborative details and academic jargon. Instead, he simply testifies to his experience and affirms that it is true. It might sound like BS to some, but to others it is cutting through the BS.

And he's right about one thing: even if recovering reincarnation memories is only an exercise in imagination, it does get a person thinking about himself and his relationships, and that can't be too bad a result.