The Search for the Girl With the Blue Eyes: A Venture into Reincarnation

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Summary: Brings back memories....Were we really that naive?
Review: I read this book back in 1970 when I was in my teens. I thought it was THE most fascinating book I had ever read. My friends and I would discuss the subject of reincarnation at length and were totally convinced of the validity of this book. Recently I spotted it at a Vintage book store and bought it to read again. I was so very disappointed at the smarmy way it is written and the ridiculous way she talks with a 60's kind of mentality about a life lived 100 years before. I'm glad I picked it up for sentimental reasons but it certainly is not of any value for it's subject matter.

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Summary: reintarnation
Review: It must be deja vu all over again. I read this book back in 1970 or so, and thought it was pretty spectacular stuff. But like many works, it has not stood up well over the years. I recently found this book at a local library and decided to read it one more time. It was tedious, dated, and horribly stereotypical. The writer, Stearn is either ignorant of social mores, or an insensitive oaf who doesn't care about labeling those with mental illnesses as idiots, embeciles and morons. That was insensitive even back in '68 when the book was published, and even more by today's standards. There were several instances of just lack of insights and clumsy, repetitious jargon. I enjoyed this book the first time through, but now see that I was as ignorant as the writer was then. But certainly not as insensitive to the human conditions. Maybe the same author should have rewritten his book just as I re read it. maybe we both have changed. It gets one star only because I am fascinated by the subject matter, and figure that anything written on the subject is better than nothing at all.

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Summary: Liked it
Review: This book isn't about learning how to regress yourself into your past lives, it's about one story of such. Reading it with that in mind you will enjoy it. Read it to find out you where a king in the 1300's then you will be disappointed.