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.cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8139-0872-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-8139-0872-8">0-8139-0872-8</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)"><abbr title="Online Computer Library Center number">OCLC</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7810141">7810141</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation</b></i> is a 1966 book written by <a href="/wiki/Psychiatrist" title="Psychiatrist">psychiatrist</a> <a href="/wiki/Ian_Stevenson" title="Ian Stevenson">Ian Stevenson</a> on claims of spontaneous recall of information about previous lives by young <a href="/wiki/Children" class="mw-redirect" title="Children">children</a>. The book focuses on twenty cases investigated by the author. It has been translated into seven foreign languages.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="General_approach">General approach</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twenty_Cases_Suggestive_of_Reincarnation&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: General approach"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stevenson describes his general approach as following an "almost conventional pattern": </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p> The case usually starts when a small child of two to four years of age begins talking to their parents or siblings of a life they led in another time and place. The child usually feels a considerable pull back toward the events of the life and he frequently importunes his parents to let them return to the community where they claim that they formerly lived. If the child makes enough particular statements about the previous life, the parents (usually reluctantly) begin inquiries about their accuracy. Often, indeed usually, such attempts at verification do not occur until several years after the child has begun to speak of the previous life. If some verification results, members of the two families visit each other and ask the child whether they recognizes places, objects, and people of their supposed previous existence.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Stevenson set up a network of volunteers to find these spontaneous past life recall cases as soon as the children began to speak of them. He then would carefully question both the family of the living child and the family of the deceased to ensure that they had no contact and that no information would be passed between them. He would obtain detailed information about the deceased, including information not fully known to anyone involved, such as details of the will, that he would use to verify that the child actually did know the information required. </p><p>The publication of the book was delayed when it was discovered that one of Stevenson's interpreters had been accused of dishonesty. Stevenson claimed that the translator was dishonest in some matters, but "did not think the man had deceived him".<sup id="cite_ref-Skepdic_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skepdic-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, he returned to India, where the interpreter had been used, and examined the cases in question again, with different interpreters. He found them to be even stronger evidence for reincarnation than he had previously thought.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Published_results">Published results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twenty_Cases_Suggestive_of_Reincarnation&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Published results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Twenty_Cases_Suggestive_of_Reincarnation" title="Special:EditPage/Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2020</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Stevenson concluded that reincarnation was the "best possible explanation" for the following reasons: </p> <ul><li>The large number of witnesses and the lack of apparent motivation and opportunity, due to the vetting process, make the hypothesis of fraud extremely unlikely.</li> <li>The large amount of information possessed by the child is not generally consistent with the hypothesis that the child obtained that information through investigated contact between the families.</li> <li>Demonstration of similar personality characteristics and skills not learned in the current life and the lack of motivation for the long length of identification with a past life make the hypothesis of the child gaining his recollections and behavior through extra-sensory perception improbable.</li> <li>When there is correlation between <a href="/wiki/Congenital_deformities" class="mw-redirect" title="Congenital deformities">congenital deformities</a> or <a href="/wiki/Birthmark" title="Birthmark">birthmarks</a> possessed by the child and the history of the previous individual, the hypothesis of random occurrence is improbable.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twenty_Cases_Suggestive_of_Reincarnation&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1977, the <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_of_Nervous_and_Mental_Disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease">Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease</a></i> devoted most of one issue to Stevenson's work in which psychiatrist <a href="/wiki/Harold_Lief" title="Harold Lief">Harold Lief</a> described Stevenson as "a methodical, careful, even cautious, investigator, whose personality is on the obsessive side...Either he is making a colossal mistake, or he will be known ... as 'the Galileo of the 20th century.<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>"<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost.com_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When philosopher Leonard Angel criticized one of the cases in <i>Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation</i> personally handled by Stevenson,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stevenson published a rebuttal which argued the critique itself was flawed.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mainstream scientists tended to ignore or dismiss Stevenson's research. Some questioned his objectivity, claimed he was credulous and suggested his investigations were flawed.<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost.com_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reviews">Reviews</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twenty_Cases_Suggestive_of_Reincarnation&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reviews"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Reviews of <i>Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation</i> have been published in the <i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Psychiatry" class="mw-redirect" title="American Journal of Psychiatry">American Journal of Psychiatry</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/British_Journal_of_Psychiatry" title="British Journal of Psychiatry">British Journal of Psychiatry</a></i>, <i>British Journal of Medical Psychology</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_of_Nervous_and_Mental_Disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease">Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease</a></i> and some other journals.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twenty_Cases_Suggestive_of_Reincarnation&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reincarnation_research" class="mw-redirect" title="Reincarnation research">Reincarnation research</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/European_Cases_of_the_Reincarnation_Type" title="European Cases of the Reincarnation Type">European Cases of the Reincarnation Type</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Where_Reincarnation_and_Biology_Intersect" title="Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect">Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Old_Souls:_The_Scientific_Evidence_For_Past_Lives" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Souls: The Scientific Evidence For Past Lives">Old Souls: The Scientific Evidence For Past Lives</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Past_Lives" class="mw-redirect" title="Children's Past Lives">Children's Past Lives</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reincarnation_in_popular_culture" title="Reincarnation in popular culture">Reincarnation in popular culture</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twenty_Cases_Suggestive_of_Reincarnation&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohn_Beloff1997" class="citation cs2">John Beloff (1997), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jazrr0cd-VwC&pg=PA211"><i>Parapsychology: A Concise History</i></a>, New York: St. Martin's Press, p. 211, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-312-17376-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-312-17376-8"><bdi>0-312-17376-8</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Parapsychology%3A+A+Concise+History&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=211&rft.pub=St.+Martin%27s+Press&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=0-312-17376-8&rft.au=John+Beloff&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Djazrr0cd-VwC%26pg%3DPA211&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATwenty+Cases+Suggestive+of+Reincarnation" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041001080810/http://www.childpastlives.org/stevenson_intv.htm">Interview with Dr. Ian Stevenson</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Skepdic-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Skepdic_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCarroll2009" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Todd_Carroll" title="Robert Todd Carroll">Carroll, RT</a> (2009-05-18). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.skepdic.com/stevenson.html">"Ian Stevenson (1918-2007)"</a>. Skeptic’s Dictionary<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-03-01</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ian+Stevenson+%281918-2007%29&rft.pub=Skeptic%E2%80%99s+Dictionary&rft.date=2009-05-18&rft.aulast=Carroll&rft.aufirst=RT&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skepdic.com%2Fstevenson.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATwenty+Cases+Suggestive+of+Reincarnation" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStevenson1989" class="citation web cs1">Stevenson, Ian (1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/267/2015/11/some-of-my-journeys-in-medicine.pdf">"Some of My Journeys in Medicine"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Flora Levy Lecture in the Humanities</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Flora+Levy+Lecture+in+the+Humanities&rft.atitle=Some+of+My+Journeys+in+Medicine&rft.date=1989&rft.aulast=Stevenson&rft.aufirst=Ian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmed.virginia.edu%2Fperceptual-studies%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F267%2F2015%2F11%2Fsome-of-my-journeys-in-medicine.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATwenty+Cases+Suggestive+of+Reincarnation" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-washingtonpost.com-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-washingtonpost.com_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-washingtonpost.com_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShroder2007" class="citation news cs1">Shroder, Tom (11 February 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/10/AR2007021001393.html">"Ian Stevenson; Sought To Document Memories Of Past Lives in Children"</a>. <i>Washington Post</i> (Obituary).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Washington+Post&rft.atitle=Ian+Stevenson%3B+Sought+To+Document+Memories+Of+Past+Lives+in+Children&rft.date=2007-02-11&rft.aulast=Shroder&rft.aufirst=Tom&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2007%2F02%2F10%2FAR2007021001393.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATwenty+Cases+Suggestive+of+Reincarnation" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/Skeptical_Inquirer" title="Skeptical Inquirer">Skeptical Inquirer</a></i>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://skepticalinquirer.org/1994/09/empirical-evidence-for-reincarnation-examining-stevensons-most-impressive-case/">Empirical evidence for reincarnation? examining Stevenson's ' most impressive ' case</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090826164707/http://br.geocities.com/criticandokardec/imad-elawar-revisited.html">Another Look at The Imad Elawar Case</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See: <i>American Journal of Psychiatry</i> 124(1):128, 1967; <i>British Journal of Psychiatry</i> 113:?, June, 1967; <i>British Journal of Medical Psychology</i> 42:84-86, 1969; <i>Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease</i> 144(4):330-332, 1967; <i>Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic</i> 31(4):253, 1967; <i>Medical Opinion and Review</i> 3:69-73, 1967; <i>Journal of Parapsychology</i> 30(4):263-272, 1966; <i>International Journal of Parapsychology</i> 9(4):217-222, 1967; <i>Journal of the Society for Psychical Research</i> 44(732):88-94, 1967.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twenty_Cases_Suggestive_of_Reincarnation&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Stevenson, Ian (1974). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vIDES6VWl1MC&q=%22twenty+cases+suggestive%22+book">Twenty cases suggestive of reincarnation</a></i> second (revised and enlarged) edition, University of Virginia Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8139-0872-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8139-0872-4">978-0-8139-0872-4</a></li> <li>Stevenson, Ian (1997). <i><a href="/wiki/Reincarnation_and_Biology" title="Reincarnation and Biology">Reincarnation and Biology: A Contribution to the Etiology of Birthmarks and Birth Defects Volume 1: Birthmarks</a></i> and <i>Reincarnation and Biology: A Contribution to the Etiology of Birthmarks and Birth Defects Volume 2: Birth Defects and Other Anomalies</i>. 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