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February 1, 2000: Explorations in Reincarnation - Dr. Leo Sprinkle
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Art Bell welcomes Dr. Leo Sprinkle, professor emeritus of counseling psychology at the University of Wyoming, whose two personal UFO sightings in 1949 and 1956 redirected his academic career toward investigating both the UFO phenomenon and reincarnation. Dr. Sprinkle describes how 40 years of research with thousands of experiencers led him to conclude that physical, psychological, and spiritual evidence all point toward an extraterrestrial presence on Earth.
The conversation moves into the territory of past lives and soul journeys. Dr. Sprinkle references the work of Dr. Ian Stevenson on children who recall previous incarnations and describes workshops he and his wife conducted with thousands of participants exploring memories of periods between lives. He explains that early Christianity accepted reincarnation until church councils and political authorities suppressed the teaching to maintain control through fear.
Art shares his own recent experience of vivid dreams in which he inhabits entirely different lives in unfamiliar times and places, complete with specific names, schools, and relationships. Dr. Sprinkle suggests these could be glimpses of parallel or past lives and encourages Art to document them, noting that the evidence for the continuity of the soul is far stronger than most people realize.
The conversation moves into the territory of past lives and soul journeys. Dr. Sprinkle references the work of Dr. Ian Stevenson on children who recall previous incarnations and describes workshops he and his wife conducted with thousands of participants exploring memories of periods between lives. He explains that early Christianity accepted reincarnation until church councils and political authorities suppressed the teaching to maintain control through fear.
Art shares his own recent experience of vivid dreams in which he inhabits entirely different lives in unfamiliar times and places, complete with specific names, schools, and relationships. Dr. Sprinkle suggests these could be glimpses of parallel or past lives and encourages Art to document them, noting that the evidence for the continuity of the soul is far stronger than most people realize.