PAST LIVES DENIED
A hypnotic mystery of revenge, betrayal, and past-life regression
by Ellenmorris Tiegerman
(Published May 21, 2024)
“A one-of-a-kind thriller.”
~ Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews
“Brims with twists and turns…”
~ US Review of Books
How deep would you go to find the truth?
Glamorous and eccentric, Caitlyn Morrys isn’t like the other professors at her small Midwestern college. But her real eccentricity isn’t just her meticulous style and outspoken nature—Caitlyn has always believed she's had past lives.
Or are her persistent flashbacks of other times and places merely dreams?
When a political storm breaks out over teacher tenure and academic freedom on campus, Caitlyn never expects to be at the center of it. Then the school’s president, her bitter adversary, is found brutally killed in his office.
Acting chief inspector Cormac Robertson, a staunch proponent of past-life regression, is convinced that the only way to solve the murder is through excavation of Caitlyn’s past lives via hypnotism. When under his spell, Caitlyn reveals more than she ever realized she knew.
But the killer’s vengeance for a past-life betrayal is unfinished . . .
And Caitlyn’s ability puts a target on her back.
Revenge, betrayal, and spiritual experiences collide in this thrilling mystery exploring past-life regression.
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Today western culture is increasingly aware of the dynamic influence of prior lives upon current lives. Many have discovered how emotional issues and beliefs acquired in prior incarnations act out in this life. The relationships of earlier lives, with their associated baggage, beauty, trauma, and unfinished soul agenda often replicate in this life. As a Psychotherapist and Past Life Regression Therapist for the past twenty years, I’ve witnessed several thousand client past life regressions filled with epiphanies and profound life healing realizations facilitated through tools of this modality.
Dr. Ellenmorris Tiegerman shows us through the powerful drama of this mystery novel, that it is time to learn and realize things in current lives are not as they always appear. Our behavior often reflects unresolved trauma and relationships from prior lives. For example, the real motive in a crime, including murder, is often hidden within the psyche and prior incarnations of the perpetrator. The surmised purpose in a murder case often is insufficient to understand the crime or the evidence. But through the characters’ past lives experiences, Dr. Tiegerman shows there is much more to know through hypnosis and past life regression.
Here is where the author brings the mystery novel through a quantum leap in creativity. Whole world, other lifetimes can be investigated. Prior relationships with others in those lives can be revealed and queried. Insights to motive can arise from prior lifetimes. Clues not previously available to the conscious mind can come forward.
Moreover, in Past Life Denied, the characters are portrayed with intense intimacy of their self-perceptions and judgments. Their interactions and relationships occur in settings of graphic detail that is exquisite and alive.
Their ways become part of our world, haunting our minds with their intrigue.
— Greg McHugh , author of The New Regression Therapy: Healing the Wounds and Trauma of This Life and Past Lives with the Presence and Light of the Divine.
A NOTE FROM AUTHOR ELLENMORRIS TIEGERMAN
It might help readers to understand important things about Past Life Denied if I provide some insights about myself and my history.
I was a Professor at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York for over twenty-two years in the Departments of Communication Disorders and Psychology. The experiences of the main character, Caitlyn Morrys are based on my own, having taught, worked with students at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and served on the University’s Personnel Committee. It was both an exciting and tumultuous time in the University’s history. There were, to say the least, academic and political challenges that could have undermined the core of academic principles cherished and guarded in universities across the country. It is not surprising, therefore, that Caitlyn Morrys faces similar challenges as she battles a growing awareness of her past lives and the realities of a present-day murder.
As I indicate in the Acknowledgement section, my husband, Joseph Farber, is the “brainchild” of the story line for Past Life Denied. The two of us developed a creative outline, but completion of a manuscript stalled for several years. It was not until I took a course with Dr. Brian Weiss at the Omni Center in Rhinebeck, New York, that the book became a reality and Caitlyn developed into not only a character but a real person. My personal experiences during the training seminar were pivotal in bringing the book and its story line together. Although the backdrop for Past Life Denied is my academic experience, the theme of the text is Caitlyn’s personal discovery and process of investigation and resolution of the homicide.
Dr. Weiss has written extensively about his hypothesis that “souls travel in groups” from one life to the next. The process focuses on an eternal growth experience that contributes to self- enlightenment. The question this book poses is pragmatic: Can investigation of past-life experiences help resolve present-day problems, in this case, a murder? It would present both a tool to therapists and clinicians and an opportunity for law enforcement investigators. To readers who wish to explore or are exploring past-life regression, the question I pose is: How real is the real in past-life inquiry? How can it be used more pragmatically to enhance the lives of today’s “travelers?” I would like to hear from readers about their thoughts and experiences on this issue, particularly if they have had relevant past-life experiences.
And finally, for readers who love a good mystery novel, don’t think that universities are “sleepy quiet” places. American universities are hotbeds of political intrigue with student activism and out of control riots. After twenty-two years at a university, the most insightful comment a colleague made to me by was: “There’s no sex or money here, only pure power.” I would like to hear about your thoughts about how in today’s climate, universities present intriguing opportunities for murder mysteries. After all, with all those brainy types on campus, the murder mysteries can only become more creative.
— Ellenmorris Tiegerman, Ph.D.