CHARACTERISTICS OF CASES OF THE REINCARNATION TYPE AMONG THE IGBO OF NIGERIA.(Brief Article)

From: Journal of Asian and African Studies | Date: November 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.

Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 21 (1986) pp.204-216

Data from fifty-seven Igbo cases of the reincarnation type are analyzed and compared with data from similar cases in other cultures. Compared with the cases of other cultures, cases showed a high incidence of cases in which the subject and the person of whom he or she, is said to be the reincarnation (previous personality) ...

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