But if it's true that the physical grows out of the mental essential,

then I don't see why an individual consciousness would be dependent on a physical brain,

because in fact, the physical world is growing out of consciousness.

Hello and welcome to the Psychology Podcast.

Today we welcome Dr. Jim Tucker on the show.

Dr. Jim Tucker is a child psychiatrist and the Bonner-Wowry professor of psychiatry

and neurobehavioral sciences at the University of Virginia.

He is director of the UVA Division of Perceptual Studies,

where he is continuing the work of Dr. Ian Stevenson on reincarnation.

He's been invited to speak about his research on Good Morning America, Larry King Live,

and CBS Sunday Morning, and he recently published the book called Before,

Children's Memories of Previous Lives, a two-in-one edition of his previous books.

This is a really fascinating episode, folks.

In this episode, I talked to Dr. Jim Tucker about the science of reincarnation.

Yes, there is a science behind this.

We delve into his research findings and methodology on children who claim to remember their prior lives.

Dr. Tucker notes that these children don't just recall biological details of their past,

but they also retain feelings and emotions.

His findings have important implications for how we understand consciousness.

We also touch on the topics of morality, trauma, quantum physics, and pan-psychism.

The implications of this really run deep, and while there's still a lot of questions that remain,

I had a lot of fun chatting with Dr. Tucker about what's possible.

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