Does the Socio-Psychological Hypothesis Explain Cases of the Reincarnation Type?

¹Psychology Laboratory, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

²Division of Personality Studies, Box 152 HSC, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908. Send reprint requests to Dr. Stevenson.

The investigation and analysis of the cases reported here have been supported by the Nagamasa Azuma Fund, The Lifebridge Foundation, the Bernstein Brothers Foundation, Richard Adams, and one anonymous donor. Thanks are due to Erlendur Haraldsson and Satwant Pasricha for contributing cases included in the analysis or participating in their investigation. Emily Cook and Dawn Hunt offered helpful comments for the improvement of this report.