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past-life memory

German translation: Erinnerung an ein früheres Leben

18:03 Jul 21, 2005
English to German translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology
English term or phrase: past-life memory
This must be a psychological term. It describes a behaviour displayed by a person because (s)he "feels" subconsciously that the ancestors did so, too (e.g. evading dangerous predators).
Karena Schlamann
Germany
Local time: 05:27
German translation:Erinnerung an ein früheres Leben
Explanation:
Es kann sich je nach Kontext um die (geglaubte) Erinnerung an ein früheres Leben handeln, wie in einer Regression unter Hypnose
oder um die 'Erinnerung' eines Zeitzeugen an das Leben eines Anderes, wie in dem folgdem Buchtitel 'Loving Mozart: A Past Life Memory of the Composer's Final Years by Mary Caroline Montano,Mary Montano'.
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Alexandra Collins
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5 +1phylogenetisches Gedächtnis
Michael Hesselnberg (X)
4 +2Erinnerung an ein früheres Leben
Alexandra Collins


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
phylogenetisches Gedächtnis


Explanation:
Freud kennt nur ein phylogenetisches und ein ontogenetisches Gedächtnis. Für das
dritte, das kulturelle Gedächtnis, das Bernstein so eindrucksvoll als ...
www.fr-aktuell.de/ressorts/kultur_ und_medien/zeit_und_bild/?cnt=248835 - 60k



übertragen und ein phylogenetisches Gedächtnis postuliert, das außerhalb ...
Freuds phylogenetisches durch das kulturelle Gedächtnis zu ersetzen." ...
www.presse.uni-augsburg.de/ unipressedienst/2003/pm2003

Michael Hesselnberg (X)
Local time: 05:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in FrenchFrench

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agree  Siegfried Armbruster: ohne mehr Kontext ist das sicher ein guter Vorschlag.
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Erinnerung an ein früheres Leben


Explanation:
Es kann sich je nach Kontext um die (geglaubte) Erinnerung an ein früheres Leben handeln, wie in einer Regression unter Hypnose
oder um die 'Erinnerung' eines Zeitzeugen an das Leben eines Anderes, wie in dem folgdem Buchtitel 'Loving Mozart: A Past Life Memory of the Composer's Final Years by Mary Caroline Montano,Mary Montano'.

Alexandra Collins
Local time: 05:27
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 11
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agree  Ellen Zittinger
1 day 14 mins
  -> Danke, manchmal kann die Lösung auch ganz einfach sein
agree  shineda: schliesslich steht da ja auch 'past-life'. http://www.melvinmorse.com/ARC/P0001.htm : "..I believe that past life memories represent the accessing of other people's lives,...that I have run this theory by many mainstream neuroscientists.."
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