The Search for Bridey Murphy
Past - Life Regression
Morey Bernstein
- Skeptic about hypnosis before seeing it performed in his own house
- Learned to hypnotize by practicing on his wife
- Began healing through hypnosis
Ruth Simmons ~~ Virginia Tighe (1923-1995)
- Began by bringing Ruth back to ages of six, four, and one
- Convinced her to go back to an even earlier period of her life
- Brought back to Bridey Murphy
Controversy
- Lived near an elderly Irish woman
- Pronunciations were off
- Some subjects are more susceptible than others
- "The older I get, the more I want to believe in it." -- Tighe
However:
- Life was chillingly accurate to 19th century Ireland
- Bernstein maintains that she had a past life
Reincarnation
Popular songs at the time -- "For the Love of Bridey Murphy," "Do You Believe in Reincarnation"
Come As You Were Parties
Movie -- 1956