One Soul, Many Lives: First Hand Stories of Reincarnation & the Striking Evidence of Past Lives

by Roy Stemman

Working as a journalist for metaphysical publications for more than three decades, author Roy Stemman has investigated the most heralded occurrences of reincarnation. In One Soul, Many Lives, he brings together an impressive body of physical evidence and a fascinating collection of accounts he has gathered from interviewing people all over the world. In case after case, One Soul, Many Lives engages the reader with the remarkable story of someone who believes he has lived before. In addition to testimony by reputable and trustworthy individuals, One Soul, Many Lives draws heavily on the work of eminent scientists to authenticate its compelling stories. The evidence supporting the stories includes a young boy with scars on his head that precisely match the autopsy of the murdered man he believes he was in a former life; individuals whose illnesses and phobias can be traced back to a past life and healed; and people who can speak a foreign language fluently during regression.

Genres: Spirituality, Nonfiction

328 pages, Paperback

First published March 10, 2005

Reviews

[Darlene · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've read so many books on this subject. I can't say that there was anything in here that hasn't been written in any other book on reincarnation. The main thing that bothered me was that every person who is famous in this lifetime (be it actor, musician, military general)seemed to also be famous in past lives. I found this very difficult to believe.

[SundayAtDusk · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is really an excellent reincarnation book. It covers many aspects of the topic, and has lots of stories. Many of the stories you have heard before, if you've read quite a few reincarnation book; but it's nice to have them all together in this book. It also does not take a "rigid" view of the topic, such as you come back to learn lessons about love & life, to pay back karma, etc. No, it basically proposes that you just come back, and there appears to be many reasons for doing so. In other words, Mr. Stemman doesn't propose he has reincarnation all figured out, much as Brian Weiss and other past life writers seem to do. There's also a fabulous quote in the book by English journalist Hannen Swaffer concerning the idea cruel people in one lifetime must reap what they sow in another: "We must always have cruelty in order that torturers may themselves suffer in turn? Why, then, strive for human betterment? Why seek to end war? Why work for the ideal social order?"

Why, indeed?

[Lbtreco · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s fine. Was a little repetitive. I found Many Lives, Many Masters, actually referenced in this book, far more enthralling but this book covered more and had a kind of pro/con is it real? kind of thing going. Overall covered a lot, the only other book I’ve read on this subject besides the earlier mentioned book

[sequoia spirit · Rating 3 out of 5]

i've been on a bit of a reincarnation themed kick here..
this book is all supposedly true accounts of reincarnation.. it begins to get a bit redundant, so many similar cultures and such.. one story so much like the next, but it kept my interest for the most part..

[MizzSandie · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book's aim is to try to 'prove' reincarnation, and is so maybe not for me, since it's no secret, that I am already a firm believer in reincarnation.
I don't need 'proof' or 'evidence', I know it, the same way I know, from experience, the law of gravity, without necessarily being able to scientifically explain how it works.
The book is comprised of very small stories, (some less than a page!), with much factual knowledge about names and places and occupations and such, that rarely has any relevance for the story. The short stories and the heavy facts is a bad combination to me, since it makes you feel like you're rushing from story to story, bothered with facts to remember, only to having to forget them the next second. Many of the stories are even very similiar, and on top of that the book is divided into themes, so it gets a very repitinionary feeling too. The facts are supposed to 'speak for themselves' i suppose, cause there is very little refletion or commentary to the stories besides 'this is interesting' comments (which I, by the way, hate when an author says. let the reader be the judge.)

I wasnt enjoying reading this book very much, and longed to be finished with it, despite that it covers a subject that I'm extremely curious and interested about. It just didnt bring me anything new or useful, but again, that might be because I'm already a believer. If you are not convinced yet, and longing for real life stories and facts, this could be a book for you:)

[La Coccinelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you're just getting into reading about reincarnation, this book is probably a good place to start. Many sources are mentioned and compiled in one volume of very interesting stories.

However, if you've already done some reading on the subject, you'll probably find that many of the stories are familiar. People who've been into reincarnation for a while would probably do better to read the books that these stories are taken from.

The book is also riddled with typos, so I'm not going to give it any more than 3 stars. In the era of spell-checking software, there's no reason for any book to spell "was" as "wass".

[Maryanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's purely for the fact that this topic is of interest to me that I enjoyed this book. It didn't have a great flow about it.. But the short stories were interesting.. Started to get a little repetitious.. But in a way.. That's kind of the point.. To prove reincarnation, by pointing out similar occurrences, memories etc. All in all.. A topic of comfort, as was the book :)

[Heaven Pickel · Rating 5 out of 5]

i thought that this was a pretty amazing book. All of these stories of reincarnation really got me into thinking about it and i do think reincarnation is real. It's so fascinating to read about peoples experiences and how they remembered who they were in a past life you would not believe it, it's so amazing.

[Leah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. I read it in a day and it was fulfilling.

[Virginie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating. I already believed in reincarnation, but this book conforted me in the idea that past lifes exist and that one can recall them through hypnosis or dreams.

[Anne Marie]

Very interesting. Non-conclusive. Read for interest not for proof.