I read Many Lives Many Masters because of a comment made by John Steinbeck in his "Travels with Charlie" 35 years ago. He said something to the effect that if God would renew every leaf and blade of grass every year, why would he waste a human soul. I felt I was really going to enjoy Many Lives Many Masters and looked for validation of Steinbeck's remark. Then the author/psychiatrist takes the woman back in time and asks what year it is, and her response is "1875 BC." I would have believed perhaps "3334 year of the dog" or something like that. I can only assume that in the abridgement of the book for the tape, a definition of the time was simply converted to "1875 BC." The author lost all credibility for me with that one remark. I finished the tape but couldn't get past that. Plus I think if the author isn't an actor himself, he should hire one for the reading. It was very flat.