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Is The Reincarnation Hypothesis Advanced By Stevenson For Spontaneous Past-Life Experiences Relevant For The Understanding Of The Ontology Of Past-Life Phenomena?, Sergei Slavoutski
Is The Reincarnation Hypothesis Advanced By Stevenson For Spontaneous Past-Life Experiences Relevant For The Understanding Of The Ontology Of Past-Life Phenomena?, Sergei Slavoutski
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
A significant volume of scientific evidence, uncovered by reincarnation research in the last
50 years, supports the reincarnation hypothesis advanced by Ian Stevenson for spontaneous
past-life experiences (PLEs). However, at this time this evidence cannot provide an
unquestionable proof of the existence of past-life phenomena, nor can it assert that
reincarnation is not possible. This paper suggests that the reincarnation hypothesis, being
reasonably parsimonious and relatively exhaustive, may provide a plausible explanation for
spontaneous PLEs. Also, based on the probability of the same ontology of spontaneous and
hypnotic PLEs, it may be argued that this hypothesis might also be relevant …