Case file · Remote viewing & psi research
Ian Stevenson
University of Virginia psychiatrist (1918–2007) who collected some 3,000 cases of children who claimed to remember past lives.
1966 CE · 38.03, -78.51 · status: disputed
The account
Stevenson chaired UVA's psychiatry department (1957–67) and founded its Division of Perceptual Studies. 'Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation' (1966) began four decades of field investigation, and he helped found the Society for Scientific Exploration in 1982. He was cautious, describing his cases as suggestive rather than proof.
The sceptical view
Critics argue that cultural expectations, leading questions and contact between families explain the cases.
Connections in the atlas
- Mishlove wins the Bigelow essay prize
- Ian Stevenson
- ? What are near-death experiences?
- Peter A. Sturrock