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''Children's Past Lives: How Past Life Memories Affect Your Child'' is a 1997 book by Carol Bowman. It is a non-academic book that was the first to explore the putative phenomenon of children’s spontaneous past life memories.〔("Carol Bowman" ). Retrieved 2014-10-11.〕 In the book, Bowman suggests that many children will speak spontaneously (without hypnosis) of their past lives, but not all unusual statements or stories from children are past life memories. Most of the time, children are imitating storybooks, TV or movies. But sometimes a child may talk about a genuine past life.〔(Book review: Children's Past Lives ) ()〕 Bowman says there are four ways to tell when a child may be talking about a previous life: look for a matter-of-fact tone, consistency over time, knowledge beyond experience, as well as corresponding behavior and traits.〔Elisabeth Sherwin. (1997). ("Bowman's Book Explores Children's Past Lives" ). Retrieved 2014-10-11.〕 The book received a positive review from ''Publishers Weekly'' and was recommended to readers of the new age community.〔("Children's Past Lives: How Past Life Memories Affect Your Child" ) ''Publishers Weekly''. Retrieved 2014-10-11.〕 However, philosopher and skeptic Robert Todd Carroll heavily criticized the book and described it as a "firsthand testimony to ignorance of science, to gullibility and, above all, to wishful thinking."〔Robert Todd Carroll. (2010). ("Mass Media Bunk" ). ''The Skeptic's Dictionary''. Retrieved 2014-10-11.〕 Carol Bowman's second book, ''Return from Heaven'', published in 2001, focuses specifically on children who appear to have reincarnated in their own previous family or extended family. == See also == * Reincarnation * Reincarnation research * Ian Stevenson * Roger Woolger 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Children's Past Lives」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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