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Back to EpisodesA Soldier's Reflection: Navigating Past Life Memories with Benjamin Carraud
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In this episode, Benjamin Carraud describes seeking therapy near Paris after persistent, distressing flashbacks that felt like his own firsthand memories of World War II combat from a German soldier’s perspective.
He explains how speaking with a therapist helped him recognize the need to experience a hypnosis-based past-life regression. The night before the regression he had a violent flashback of executing a bound prisoner with detailed physical sensations but little emotion.
During regression he relived being an officer dying in a tank and experiencing an immediate, seamless shift into a disembodied awareness with altered perception of distance and an urgent concern for his men.
He emphasizes that post-death animosity vanished and reflects on documenting these stories truthfully to examine how ordinary people became involved in extreme violence, without excusing SS crimes. The host closes by teasing that the next episode reveals a clue to the man’s identity.