Many Lives, Many Masters: The true story of a prominent psychiatrist, his young patient and the past-life therapy that changed both their lives
£8.49
THE CLASSIC BESTSELLER ON A TRUE CASE OF PAST-LIFE TRAUMA AND PAST-LIFE THERAPY FROM AUTHOR AND PSYCHOTHERAPIST DR BRIAN WEISS
Psychiatrist Dr Brian Weiss had been working with Catherine, a young patient, for eighteen months. Catherine was suffering from recurring nightmares and chronic anxiety attacks. When his traditional methods of therapy failed, Dr Weiss turned to hypnosis and was astonished and sceptical when Catherine began recalling past-life traumas which seemed to hold the key to her problems.
Dr Weiss’s scepticism was eroded when Catherine began to channel messages from ‘the space between lives’, which contained remarkable revelations about his own life. Acting as a channel for information from highly evolved spirit entities called the Masters, Catherine revealed many secrets of life and death.
This fascinating case dramatically altered the lives of Catherine and Dr Weiss, and provides important information on the mysteries of the mind, the continuation of life after death and the influence of our past-life experiences on our present behaviour.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Piatkus (16 Nov. 2023) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 1870 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 224 pages |
| Page numbers source ISBN | B0CJ2XYYJF |
by Sam
Definitely buy worth a read
by Lottie
While I enjoyed reading the book, I was spurred on through it more because I was constantly looking for something more concrete. The counselling/research sessions seemed full of wasted opportunities, particularly regarding questioning techniques.
For decades, since my mid teens, I have been convinced internally of reincarnation and the purposes of our lives on Earth but if I wasn’t already of this mind, this book wouldn’t convince me in the slightest.
There were too many closed questions that could simply be answered yes or no. I longed for more open questioning that might have elicited more detail. When there was more detail, eg what sounded like it might be a county in Ireland, or the port in South Wales, Hamstead, it wasn’t investigated! To my knowledge there isn’t an Irish county or welsh port by the names specified. So where does that leave us? Dr Weiss blatantly ignored this. No investigation.
More description could have been elicited given Catherine revisited some lives more than once and Dr Weiss could have planned future questioning, should this arise. Isn’t this what scientists do? Observe, research, hypothesise? Investigate?
I also wanted to know how the subject, Catherine would know it was nearly 2000 BC.
There would be no concept of this at this time – yet no pharaoh’s name was mentioned to tie down a possible timeframe – and it wasn’t asked for. Surely all Egyptians would know their pharaoh?
The people all lived in fear… fear of what exactly? More information re the building of the pyramids could have been explored. It was all terribly superficial.
Re Eric the German. Again… more detail. Surely people would know the towns and villages they came from. Some vagueisms regarding people not being happy with government. Is that a term Germans would have used? Not a mention of Hitler? No questioning around “who’s in charge of said ‘government’?”.
Given the author had had no experience prior to this of past lives and spirituality, how had this put him on the higher plane already – according to the masters? If he’d been a Buddhist monk I could have believed it, but a closed-minded pragmatic scientist? How did he skip the other levels? He’s no Dolores Cannon! He appears to have fast-tracked dimensions, snakes and ladders style.
Often he said that Catherine would not have known these facts as she was an ordinary person. How does he know? In the words of Judge Judy, “Don’t tell me what she knows!” Ordinary people go to school, watch TV… there’s no reason some facts could come from the subconscious or a collective conscious, if it exists. Cryptomnesia? My son at the age of 7 could have told you loads about Canopic jars and after-death rites in Egypt. He’s probably consciously forgotten a lot of it now. Dr Weiss never showed evidence that he’d discussed Catherine’s possible pre-knowledge. All in all, seems to have made the gross assumption models are shy and not very bright!
I would have liked to have known if he had discussed this with any other psychiatrists practising regressive techniques. After all, if Catherine is so ordinary, this can’t be the first time it’s happened; we know it isn’t if the testimonies of Edgar Cayce for example are true.
by Nomitomi
Very believable. I found myself comparing the life-death cycle with other belief systems. As for example in Theosophy the inter-life space can encompass many thousands of years.
Haven’t finished this book yet, and look forward to reading his follow up books.
by Helena
This is a light and easy read. The material isn’t complex and it’s very interesting. I was invested from the very beginning. I’m glad that this book was recommended to me by someone that I have a great amount of respect for. It’s opened my eyes up to past life regression therapy and I’d like to learn more on the subject. I think everyone should read it. It will cause you to think about your life and your actions. It also encourages you to move through your life with intention and purpose by being mindful of how you treat others.
by Carlos
Some reviews go into great detail on their criticism about the lack of scientific method, but in my opinion, they are completely missing the point.
What is important about this book is the message given to him throughout the sessions with Catherine. Whether there is proper scientific scrutiny, that doesn’t really matter—if you want that, there’s also plenty of academic papers online where you can read on the topic.
Bear in mind that in the time this book was written, there was no Google to easily retrieve any validation. From my perspective, it’d have taken too much pointless effort and detours in the book, when ultimately what matters is to let people know that we are one with the spirit. We’re here to gain experience in a human life, nothing is right or wrong, it’s all about learning and growing.
So, as a doctoral student myself, I can only say that you leave aside the cultural obsession with science and read this book with an open mind, and an intention to learn.
Pd: in reply to another review, there is a Hampstead Farm in South Wales. Look it up
by carol cardwell
Good price, ease if ordering, very quick delivery
by Sheila
Very interesting reading.
by Heidi
Great read if you’re going through grief. Before & after. Found great comfort.