past life memories

Previous existence recall

Past life memories are recollections believed to come from a previous incarnation of one's soul or consciousness.

The concept appears in reincarnation traditions and past life regression therapy, where subjects under hypnosis report vivid experiences from other eras: She described past life memories of being a seamstress in Victorian London.

Skeptics attribute such memories to suggestion, imagination, or cryptomnesia—forgotten information resurfacing as apparent memory.

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temporal origin of memory

past life memorieschildhood memories

Recollections from youth

personal history · lived experiences · lived experience · life experiences

temporal direction

past life memoriespremonitions

Intuitive feelings about future events

precognition · prophetic visions · clairvoyance · déjà vu

epistemic status

past life memoriesscientific knowledge

Facts established through research

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