209: Past Lives

We haven’t gotten existential about death in a while, so let’s talk about past lives! We touch upon the religious and philosophical origins of rebirth and reincarnation, and discuss the modern interest and study of past life regression. 

Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, parapsychology, pseudoscience, child death, religious persecution, war, World War II, colonialism/cultural appropriation, mental illness, scientific experimentation, and racism.  

 

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– Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books

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About Us

Spirits was created by Julia Schifini, Amanda McLoughlin and Eric Schneider. We are founding members of Multitude, an independent podcast collective and production studio. Our music is “Danger Storm” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.