James G. Matlock, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Parapsychology Foundation
jgmatlock@yahoo.com
I received a B.A. in English from Emory University in 1977 and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale in 2002. I have worked at the American Society for Psychical Research in New York City and at the Rhine Research Center in Durham, North Carolina. I am presently a Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation. My chief research interests are the history of parapsychology, anthropology of religion, and reincarnation. I teach a 15-week online seminar course on reincarnation research and theory. See here for more about me.
My new book, Signs of Reincarnation: Exploring Beliefs, Cases, and Theory, will be published by Rowman & Littlefield on June 15, 2019, simultaneously in hardback, paper, and ebook formats, but is now available as a pre-order. Enter the code RLFANDF30 during checkout from the publisher’s website for a 30% discount off the list price.
Signs of Reincarnation provides the first comprehensive look at the belief in reincarnation and the evidence for past lives from historical records, anthropological studies, and contemporary research. I discuss various ways the evidence may be interpreted and show that although reincarnation entails a rejection of the materialist notion that consciousness is generated by the brain, it does not require the acceptance of any radically new concepts or the abandonment of well-established findings in mainstream psychology or biology. This book offers students, scholars, and anyone interested in the possibility of reincarnation an essential grounding in beliefs, cases, and theory, while opening doors for future research into the extension of consciousness beyond our present lives.
Introduction to Reincarnation Studies
Research on Reincarnation Experiences
The Cross-Cultural Perspective
Ian Stevenson at work at the University of Virginia, Nov. 2, 1995.
Photo courtesy Dr. K. S. Rawat.
Signs of Reincarnation on Facebook
If you’re on Facebook, join my Signs of Reincarnation group for discussion of reincarnation experiences, research and theory. My Facebook posts are reproduced in my blog on this site. The older ones may have some revisions.