Do our lives continue after death — and is there any real evidence for it?

In this first of a two-part sangha share, Mark Ryan takes look at reincarnation, tracing its presence across cultures from ancient Greek philosophy and early Christianity to Hinduism, Buddhism, and indigenous traditions worldwide.

Drawing on his background facilitating Holotropic Breathwork, Mark shares compelling case stories — including one man whose vivid visions of a 16th-century Irish fortress turned out to match an obscure historical battle he had never knowingly encountered. He also explores the work of psychiatrist Brian Weiss, whose skepticism about past lives was overturned by his own clinical experience with a patient whose symptoms vanished after recalling apparent past-life traumas under hypnosis.

Mark doesn't ask us to believe — he simply presents the evidence, acknowledges the alternative explanations, and lets us sit with the question.

About Mark Ryan

Mark Ryan holds a Ph.D. from Yale University, where he was on the faculty and a dean of students for 21 years. Subsequently, he was professor and Dean of the Colleges at the Universidad de las Américas in Puebla, Mexico. His writings on transpersonal matters include the book A Different Dimension: Reflections on the History of Transpersonal Thought and several articles in The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology.