Ricdaw
08-03-2007, 09:05 AM
Another example of possible group reincarnation along the lines of David/Edgar? This one involves William James and Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove.
Essay: http://www.williamjames.com/ASR.pdf
"Formulated by psychologist-philosopher Jeffrey Mishlove,
Ph.D., Synchronistic Archetypal Resonance (SAR) is a new theory
of alleged experiences of reincarnation, such as found in
controversial reports of past-life regression, trance-channeled
past-life readings, as well as folklore and esoteric spiritual
traditions. SAR endeavors to formulate a just and descriptive
balance between the subjective and objective dimensions of these
experiences, neither dismissing them out-of-hand as unworthy of
serious study nor uncritically endorsing the magical meanings
attributed to them by supernaturalist and popular New Age beliefsystems.
SAR holds that sincere reports of reincarnational
experiences do not indicate literal transmigration of ‘souls’ or
nonphysical selves (the doctrine of metempsychosis) but rather
parallel activation of archetypes and associated characteristics
of thought, volition, and action among certain individuals vastly
separated in terms of historical epoch, personal background, and
Zeitgeist. With respect to its philosophical commitments and
implications, SAR is logically consistent with many versions of
contemporary naturalism, worldviews which are founded on a fully
generic or comprehensive conception of nature and which include
human psychology within nature’s compass."
Pictorial comparisons (side-by-side) of the group souls:
http://www.mishlove.com/WilliamJames/matches.htm
Fascinating!
Rick
Essay: http://www.williamjames.com/ASR.pdf
"Formulated by psychologist-philosopher Jeffrey Mishlove,
Ph.D., Synchronistic Archetypal Resonance (SAR) is a new theory
of alleged experiences of reincarnation, such as found in
controversial reports of past-life regression, trance-channeled
past-life readings, as well as folklore and esoteric spiritual
traditions. SAR endeavors to formulate a just and descriptive
balance between the subjective and objective dimensions of these
experiences, neither dismissing them out-of-hand as unworthy of
serious study nor uncritically endorsing the magical meanings
attributed to them by supernaturalist and popular New Age beliefsystems.
SAR holds that sincere reports of reincarnational
experiences do not indicate literal transmigration of ‘souls’ or
nonphysical selves (the doctrine of metempsychosis) but rather
parallel activation of archetypes and associated characteristics
of thought, volition, and action among certain individuals vastly
separated in terms of historical epoch, personal background, and
Zeitgeist. With respect to its philosophical commitments and
implications, SAR is logically consistent with many versions of
contemporary naturalism, worldviews which are founded on a fully
generic or comprehensive conception of nature and which include
human psychology within nature’s compass."
Pictorial comparisons (side-by-side) of the group souls:
http://www.mishlove.com/WilliamJames/matches.htm
Fascinating!
Rick