Experimental production of past-life memories in hypnosis.
To explore the nature of past-life memories in hypnosis, 64 normal male adults aged 21 to 23 were selected using the Korean version of the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility (HGSHS:K) and a simple belief in past-life scale. They all received hypnotic past-life regression 3 times. The influence of HGSHS:K scores on the production rate of past-life memories was statistically significant; however, the influence of belief was not. The percentage of subjects who responded to hypnotic past-life regression increased with hypnotizability. Content analysis showed that cultural background and religious concepts influenced past-life memory production. Animals as past-life identities, for example, were reported whereas all past-life identities were human in a Canadian study.
Pyun
Young Don
YD
Pyun Neuropsychiatric Clinic, Seoul, South Korea. pyunyd@naver.com
Kim
Yun Joo
YJ
D002016:Buddhism; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000379:methods*; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D010268:Parapsychology; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012043:Regression, Psychology; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D055815:Young Adult