Return to Life – The Reincarnation Research of Dr Jim Tucker

It’s been almost seven years since the death of Dr. Ian Stevenson, well-known for his extensive and detailed research into apparent cases of reincarnation. Stevenson was very much the ‘public face’ of this research strand, but one of his proteges at the University of Virginia, Dr. Jim Tucker, has also spent many years investigating the same topic, and has recently released a new book on his own research titled Return to Life: Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past Lives. Tucker was recently on NPR discussing his work, for those interested in taking a listen (transcript here):

As might be expected, Tucker’s seven-minute appearance on NPR has engendered a comments thread with more than 230 entries, with no shortage of bickering between people horrified that NPR would cover such an ‘unscientific’ topic and others defending the discussion – reminiscent of last year’s blow-up after the University of Virginia’s own magazine printed a piece on his reincarnation research.