Reincarnation - 'The return to a new corporeal life of a soul (the incorporeal true self) that had previously been embodied and passed through bodily death. The idea of reincarnation - that the soul passes through a series of embodiments - stands in contrast to the dominant Western Christian idea of a single corporeal embodiment followed by resurrection (reunion of the soul with a spiritual body) and life with God in heaven. Reincarnation is often associated with, but is not necessarily connected with, transmigration, the idea that at death the soul might pass into the body of an animal, a plant, or even an inanimate object such as a stone. The belief in reincarnation was tied to moral categories in ancient religions, especially the Eastern concept of karma, which viewed the present life as the working out of consequences from previous lives.'

• Taken from the Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology edited by J. Gordon Melton.

A CPSG sub-group once attempted to access memories of past lives by using the Christos technique. This involves an individual being put into a deeply relaxed state and being led through a series of visualisations. At the end of this process the intention is for the individual to spontaneously find themselves within a past life memory.

Two CPSG members had some success with this technique. One found himself walking down a road in an age before motor vehicles. The other recalled a past life as a slave girl in ancient Egypt.

Memories of previous incarnations or is there another explanation?