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Fireside (1988), 219 pages
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Dr. Brian Weiss is a highly respected psychiatrist from the mainstream of the medical establishment. Catherine is one of his most difficult cases, a twenty-seven year old woman racked by phobias and anxieties. In the course of Catherine's treatment, Dr. Weiss makes a startling discovery. Under hypnosis, she recollects, in vivid detail, events from past lives ranging from the prehistoric times and ancient Egypt to the 20th Century and the fires of World War II. Encouraging Catherine to relive her most painful experience even her moments of death. Dr. Weiss steers her toward recovery, while his own life is dramatically changed forever. In Many Lives, Many Masters, Dr. Weiss tells the true story of Catherine her many existences, her remarkable therapy sessions, and the vision she revealed of the human mind and soul.… (more)
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LibraryThing member hcanton
Not sure what to make of this book. Certainly it was interesting and a quick read. But the content leaves me perplexed and certainly bears further research to determine the credibility of the author. Is this really a true case study of a patient? Or is the author writing a very convincing story and
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calling it true, as that would definitely help with book sales? If it is a true case story, I would like to hear some other psychologist's thoughts as to what might have been going on here. Certainly, if the veracity of the case study could be verified, it would/does raise some difficult questions about religions, reincarnation, and just who/what were the "Masters" talking to the author? Show Less
LibraryThing member ShirleyMcLain930
If you have had doubts that reincarnation is real, read this book. I am a spirit filled Christian and nothing in this book made me feel that it was wrong. It made me wonder if pergatory in the Catholic faith is where all the reincarnation happens. This is an astounding book to read and if nothing
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else it makes you ask yourself some very pointed questions about what you do or don't believe about reincarnation. I can whole recommend this book without reservation. Show Less
LibraryThing member Leena_Duncan
I remember reading this book shortly after it came out and I still will occasionally go back and read it. It's a fascinating story of a psychiatrist who attempts to help a young patient and inadvertently discovers that the patient has had past lives. The therapy sessions presented here will really
I highly recommend reading this book. It’s a fast read that will capture your attention and have you thinking about some concepts you may not have thought about before.
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challenge any notion you may have that reincarnation doesn’t exist. As with anything in life, there are so many things that we have question after question about, and as the questions pile up with no clear answers we can really dispute anything. But this book will make you think about the possibility that we have been here before. I was raised in a very conservative and religious home and never gave any thought to this concept until I read this book. The more I read and the more I thought about it, it started to make sense that we may have lived here before and done it many times. It also brought to question my ideas on purgatory and what it really is. Perhaps this is a place we go to if our soul doesn’t learn all it needs to when we die and before we incarnate again??I highly recommend reading this book. It’s a fast read that will capture your attention and have you thinking about some concepts you may not have thought about before.
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LibraryThing member kat32969
This is an incredible book! I have given it as a gift to so many people. This book can help you deal with the loss of a loved one. It will make you take a second look at all the religious preaching that is thrown at us as we grew up.
LibraryThing member Pranamama5
I had the pleasure of attending Dr. Weiss's Regression Therapy Training at Omega Institute and I can tell you, Dr. Weiss is the real deal! His compassion and willingness to share his knowledge is a blessing. "Many Lives, Many Masters" is a great place to start but I suggest you work your way
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through all his books and experience his meditation CDs...you'll be in for an experience that will change your view on life and your relationships! Show Less
LibraryThing member bakersfieldbarbara
This is a true story of a psychiatrist, his patient and her past life therapy. I found it interesting, and have similar instances in my own practice. It is a true account, but one that will find most people unable to believe it.
LibraryThing member PurpleV
This should be required reading to understand life's bigger picture.
LibraryThing member Lilac_Lily01
I am always eager to learn something new or approach life from a new perspective. And this book certainly did the trick. "Many Lives, Many Masters" is an interesting account of a psychotherapist who discovered that under hypnosis his patient would share experiences from her previous lifetimes.
The book is a quick read and it will capture your attention from the very first page.
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During those sessions the patient shared some unique insights into life, death and reincarnation. It definitely sheds a new light on life when you think that everybody is here to learn their lessons and that no deed (good or bad) goes unoticed. The book is a quick read and it will capture your attention from the very first page.
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LibraryThing member dragonasbreath
It can be boring at times, but it is an interesting read. It comes up with possibilities of life, and after life.
Part of the purpose of this book is to give hope to those facing the great curtain.
Part of the purpose of this book is to give hope to those facing the great curtain.
LibraryThing member diasukie
This one is a real page turner. Fascinating reading. I'll be looking for other work by Brian Weiss and looking up others that he himself has researched. By the way - where are the missing texts from the Bible that were deleted?
LibraryThing member cewood
Purchased for Erin from the recommendation of Tammy Cunningham. Very interesting and thought-provokign book.
LibraryThing member -Cee-
Dr Weiss (psychiatrist) records in detail his experiences with a young woman who seeks his expertise in overcoming severe fears and anxieties in her life. True story. After 18 months of unsucessful treatment, Weiss decides to try hypnosis to search her early childhood for traumas that may be
Whether you believe in reincarnation or not, this book is fascinating. And frankly, I don't find it offensive in any way. The views in this book are consistent with many faiths around the world. The excesses, rites, and man-made structures of all religions are stripped away to expose the "secrets" of life and death.
This is a book to lessen anxiety and the fear of death. It aims to promote spiritualism and instill hope. It briefly outlines a path for evolving spirits and living in harmony... starting with do not kill and emphasizing balance. If you dare, read it and see what you think. Because you will think something!
Recommended.
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causing her distress. Much to his surprise she goes back even further - to previous lives. Being well trained at Columbia and Yale in the scientific method of observation and discovery, he has a difficult time with this very personal experience. He finally gets to a point he can no longer NOT believe. Bottom line: the patient and doctor find the problems and cure the fears. But the experience is so much more than that for both of them.Whether you believe in reincarnation or not, this book is fascinating. And frankly, I don't find it offensive in any way. The views in this book are consistent with many faiths around the world. The excesses, rites, and man-made structures of all religions are stripped away to expose the "secrets" of life and death.
This is a book to lessen anxiety and the fear of death. It aims to promote spiritualism and instill hope. It briefly outlines a path for evolving spirits and living in harmony... starting with do not kill and emphasizing balance. If you dare, read it and see what you think. Because you will think something!
Recommended.
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LibraryThing member luvoldnew8
A true story of a psychiatrist living in Miami, who takes a patient through past life regressions via hypnosis. She has led 86 previous lives. Through hypnosis she is cured of her numerous fears and while in deep trances reveals Master Spirits to the doctor. It is a spiritual journey for all -- the
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LibraryThing member Amethyst26
Throughout my 50+ years, most especially as a younger person, the feeling of being an "old soul" shadowed me. After reading this book, I may - to a small extent - know why. Hope to read more from Dr. Weiss.
LibraryThing member kambrogi
A disappointing read. The idea of reincarnation has been interested me since high school, when I read [There is a River], a fine book about Edgar Cayce (at least I thought it was fine when I was 17, multiple decades ago). This book is rather thin, although written by a man who (based on his bio)
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would seem to be bright and thoughtful. It lacks depth, repeats itself constantly although the book is very short, and offers little insight into the characters or the effects of the experience on their lives. It’s like reading a book cover, really. Show Less
LibraryThing member SpiritedTruthSeeker
this is a must read for anyone interested in reincarnation
LibraryThing member phoenixcomet
A must-read for people in the healing world who have worked with individuals with seemingly insurmountable problems. Dr. Weiss, a traditional psychologist, counseled Catherine for 18 months with no improvement in symptoms until he decided to try hypnotherapy. While hypnotized, Catherine regressed
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into another lifetime. Almost immediately her anxieties and fears started to diminish. Over the next months, Dr. Weiss regressed Catherine many times and in so doing became a better doctor and family man as his own fear of death diminished. Show Less
LibraryThing member melsmarsh
Look this is a book that is fun to read. I am not going to say a word about anything about it from a hypnotist's perspective, just that i think it was a fun read.
LibraryThing member c_why
OK, OK, OK. I'm maybe a bit more than half convinced about reincarnation. But the insistance that all these lifes are lived with the same cast of characters makes one fear death more than ever.
LibraryThing member LivelyLady
The experiences of a psychiatrist reviewing under hypnosis, the many lives of a particular patient.
LibraryThing member goosecap
I read at least part of this book several years ago. Here are the lines that have always affected me the most:
“People of the religious orders have come closer than any of us have [to learning the lessons of life] because they’ve taken these vows of chastity and obedience. They’ve given up so
Shorter: “[Monastics have] given up so much without asking for anything in return.... the reward is in doing.... doing unselfishly.”
These words affected me greatly, and after a period of my life when I chased skirt music and such, I started to fantasize about becoming a monk. (I’m drawn to opposites, and to extremes.) Eventually I even settled down mentally enough and overcame my fears of community enough where I started to contemplate actually joining a monastic order, told people seriously that that was my new plan for my life, and reached out to one of the Episcopal religious orders for men. Eventually I realized that it was a little bit over my head and beyond my capability, and I was more or less told as much, so when the pandemic started and everything just shut down, I let it go. It was beyond my ability, not my fate.
“They’ve given up so much without asking for anything in return.” But as I read these words again, a new and more suitable significance emerges for me. It’s true I could never be a monk. The discipline of waking up early enough in the morning, for example, and a few other things like that; I’m just not sure that I could make a life like that. But now I see it’s not all about joining, necessarily, some or another specific organization and getting a specific outfit complete with letters after your name, as important as community is—which is still one of my biggest challenges. (I think in my past life I was this person who turned away from people until I was the old man that the priest took care of, and even in this other lifetime I’m still very close to religion and intellectuals and distant from more daily people, often to excess.) But I see that all now as means, important means, no doubt, but just means, and even Thomas Keating, himself a great monk, said that people should never consider themselves to have missed the party just because they never got to be a monk or nun.
“They’ve given up so much without asking for anything in return.” THAT is the point. Live your life so as to give it away.
.... The only other point that I want to make for the purposes of this review is about Dr. Weiss himself; he’s a great guy. I respect how he dialogues the scientific and the spiritual, and since some psychics are genuine, and that is possible, but many are just trying to make money in an immoral society, speaking to either afraid/greedy people or people who think ‘Since psychics are real let’s not bother with skepticism’ and get hurt—I mean, really we need people like Brian to help us dialogue and integrate rational skepticism with other kinds of intelligence.
“People of the religious orders have come closer than any of us have [to learning the lessons of life] because they’ve taken these vows of chastity and obedience. They’ve given up so
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much without asking for anything in return. The rest of us continue to ask for rewards—rewards and justifications for our behavior... when there are no rewards, rewards that /we/ want. The reward is in doing, but doing without expecting anything... doing unselfishly.”Shorter: “[Monastics have] given up so much without asking for anything in return.... the reward is in doing.... doing unselfishly.”
These words affected me greatly, and after a period of my life when I chased skirt music and such, I started to fantasize about becoming a monk. (I’m drawn to opposites, and to extremes.) Eventually I even settled down mentally enough and overcame my fears of community enough where I started to contemplate actually joining a monastic order, told people seriously that that was my new plan for my life, and reached out to one of the Episcopal religious orders for men. Eventually I realized that it was a little bit over my head and beyond my capability, and I was more or less told as much, so when the pandemic started and everything just shut down, I let it go. It was beyond my ability, not my fate.
“They’ve given up so much without asking for anything in return.” But as I read these words again, a new and more suitable significance emerges for me. It’s true I could never be a monk. The discipline of waking up early enough in the morning, for example, and a few other things like that; I’m just not sure that I could make a life like that. But now I see it’s not all about joining, necessarily, some or another specific organization and getting a specific outfit complete with letters after your name, as important as community is—which is still one of my biggest challenges. (I think in my past life I was this person who turned away from people until I was the old man that the priest took care of, and even in this other lifetime I’m still very close to religion and intellectuals and distant from more daily people, often to excess.) But I see that all now as means, important means, no doubt, but just means, and even Thomas Keating, himself a great monk, said that people should never consider themselves to have missed the party just because they never got to be a monk or nun.
“They’ve given up so much without asking for anything in return.” THAT is the point. Live your life so as to give it away.
.... The only other point that I want to make for the purposes of this review is about Dr. Weiss himself; he’s a great guy. I respect how he dialogues the scientific and the spiritual, and since some psychics are genuine, and that is possible, but many are just trying to make money in an immoral society, speaking to either afraid/greedy people or people who think ‘Since psychics are real let’s not bother with skepticism’ and get hurt—I mean, really we need people like Brian to help us dialogue and integrate rational skepticism with other kinds of intelligence.
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LibraryThing member astrologerjenny
This is an account by a psychiatrist with a scientific bent, who comes into contact with past-life material in a patient. It’s cautiously written, mildly interesting, and was of course a lot more revolutionary when it was first published back in 1988.
LibraryThing member wyvernfriend
Interesting account of a psyacrists look into a woman's problems finding that they relate to her past lives. On some levels it's interesting and on others if you've read anything in this area it adds absolutely nothing extra. Full of messages from the "masters" telling you to live your life to the
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full and be nice to each other while trying to be the best person you can. Show Less
LibraryThing member ArtRodrigues
This is a very important book. Very well written. Read it and it may change your life.
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Original language
English
Original publication date
1988
Physical description
219 p.; 5.5 inches
ISBN
0671657860 / 9780671657864