This text details the life histories of five westerners who have been identified as the reincarnations of high-ranking Tibetan lamas. Reincarnation masters are men and women who through meditation techniques can steer their consciousness at the time of death to the precise rebirth of their choice. Vicki Mackenzie discovers who these reincarnates are, how they are identified, and what their mission is. En route she also encounters those leading the way in Western research into the phenomenon of past lives. The book examines how we may live more than one life, and all the myriad implications that concept implies. In doing so, it focuses on the debate currently occupying the scientific world - the nature of consciousness and of the mind itself.