301: The science of past life memories | Jim Tucker, M.D., director of the UVA Division of Perceptual Studies

Jim Tucker, M.D.: “Consciousness is the core of reality that the physical world grows out of, not the other way around.”

Tucker—the Director of the UVA Division of Perceptual Studies—joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss everything you need to know about past life memories, plus:

- How to tell if a child has a wild imagination or a past life memory

- What past life memories can tell us about what happens after death

- Why only some of us remember past lives

- The most common patterns between children who have past lives

- How to talk to your child about a past life memory

Referenced in the episode:

- UVA Division of Perceptual Studies website.

- Tucker's newest book, Before: Children's Memories of Previous Lives.

- Netflix docuseries, Surviving Death, featuring Tucker.

- mbg Podcast episode #287, with Bruce Greyson, M.D.

- Ian Stevenson, M.D.'s statement about hypnotic regression to previous lives.

- Tucker's paper on gender nonconformity and children's past life memories.

- Tucker's advice to parents of children who recall past life memories.

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