Old Souls - (Scientific Search for Proof of Past Lives) by Thomas Shroder (Paperback)

About the Book

A seasoned reporter investigates the past life memories of young children who claim to recall former families, lives and places. Photos.

Book Synopsis

A riveting firsthand account of one man's mission to investigate and document some of the most astonishing phenomena of our time--children who speak of past life memory and reincarnation.

All across the globe, small children spontaneously speak of previous lives, beg to be taken "home," pine for mothers and husbands and mistresses from another life, and know things that there seems to be no normal way for them to know. From the moment these children can talk, they speak of people and events from the past--not vague stories of centuries ago, but details of specific, identifiable individuals who may have died just months, weeks, or even hours before the birth of the child in question.

For thirty-seven years, Dr. Ian Stevenson has traveled the world from Lebanon to suburban Virginia investigating and documenting more than two thousand of these past life memory cases. Now, his essentially unknown work is being brought to the mainstream by Tom Shroder, the first journalist to have the privilege of accompanying Dr. Stevenson in his fieldwork. Shroder follows Stevenson into the lives of children and families touched by this phenomenon, changing from skeptic to believer as he comes face-to-face with concrete evidence he cannot discount in this spellbinding and true story.

Review Quotes

"A book worth reading, if only for the many unsettling questions it will raise."
-Patti Thorn Rocky Mountain News

"Fascinating...This is science....This book explodes the worldview we know and demands that we enlarge our perspective."
-Claire Douglas Rocky Mountain News

"Whether or not you believe, but especially if you're a born skeptic, you'll be in good company sharing the travels of author Tom Shroder....Old Souls is quietly mind-boggling."
-Chicago Tribune

About the Author

Tom Shroder has been an award-winning journalist, writer, and editor for more than twenty years. He is a coauthor (with John Barry) of the critically acclaimed "Seeing the Light." He lives in northern Virginia.