Lives to Remember: A Case Book on Reincarnation

Lives to Remember centres on the reported hypnotic regression of Peggy Bailey, an ordinary housewife who appears to recall three earlier identities. The accounts begin with Sally Fraser in 18th-century Devon, continue with Liza Bloggs in the 19th century and reach Lady Alice Browning in the early 20th century. The first experiment was recorded, allowing the sessions to be examined in detail.

Leonard Wilder presents the hypnotic proceedings, while Peter Underwood assesses the material from a psychical-research perspective. Further regressions, attempted 16 years later, provide an unusual opportunity for comparison. Alongside the case narrative, the book weighs possible explanations including self-delusion, hypnotic influence, psychic memory and multiple role-taking.