Life before Life

228 Pages·1981·17.717 MB·English

by  WAMBACH, HELEN

THERE
IS
BEFORE
LIFE
BIRTH?
Actual case
histories of
astonishing journeys
into
BEFORE
g-.
;
HELEN WAMBACH
The startling book by a leading
psychologist that explores in vivid
detail the true experiences of 750
people who were hypnotized so
they could relive the extraordinary
moments, days and months before
they actually emerged into the world
through' birth.
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in 2016 with funding from
Kahle/Austin Foundation
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WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?
“The first breath was wonderful.”
“I got feelings of great happiness and relief from
others in the delivery room.”
“I was aware that my mother had great fear just
at the birth experience.”
“The feeling I had was of being all alone. I saw
no one.”
BEFORE
LIFE LIFE
.
LIFE
BEFORE
LIFE
WAMBACH,
HELEN
PH. D.
LIFE BEFORE LIFE
A Bantam Book March 1979
/
2nd printing July 1979
3rd printing March 1981
All rights reserved.
Copyright © 1979 by Helen Wambach.
This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, by
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ISBN 0-553-20060-7
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CONTENTS
WHY
introduction DID THIS RESEARCH
/ I l
HOW
DID THE RESEARCH
I / I 8
II / MY CHICAGO GROUP REPORTS THEIR
EXPERIENCES
25
III / CHOOSING TO LIVE AGAIN 40
IV CHOOSING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
/
AND CHOOSING ONE’S SEX
' 64
V WHY ARE WE HERE ON EARTH? HAVE
/
WE KNOWN OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
IN OTHER LIFETIMES?
80
WHEN
VI DOES THE SOUL ENTER THE
/
FETUS? THE SOUL OF THE INFANT
IS
AWARE OF THE FEELINGS OF THE
MOTHER?
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VII / TAKING THE BIG STEP—GETTING BORN 122
VIII / ADOPTED CHILDREN, PREMATURE
BIRTHS, CAESAREANS
151
IX /“THIS WAS A STRANGE EXPERIENCE!”
MY SUBJECTS REPORTED
172
X FINDING TRUTH ON THE ALL-AMERICAN
/
TALK SHOW
190

LIFE
BEFORE
LIFE