Barnes, William. A Past-Life Interview with Titanic’s Designer. Edin Books, Inc. June, 1999. . audio cassette. isbn: 1887010114. scarcity: fairly common.

More hypnotic regression sessions.

Barnes, William. I Built the Titanic: Past-Life Memories of a Master Shipbuilder. Edin Books, Inc. January, 1999. . audio cassette. isbn: 1887010106. scarcity: common.

This audio cassette is apparently the author’s reading of the following title along with actual hypnotic regression sessions.

Barnes, William. Thomas Andrews, Voyage into History. Titanic Secrets Revealed thru the Eyes of Her Builder. Gillette, NJ: Edin Books. January, 2000. wraps. isbn: 1887010122. scarcity: fairly common.

In this book the author claims to have been Thomas Andrews in a previous life. No matter what your views on reincarnation, it is hard to take this book seriously as Barnes’ story is full of more holes than the infamous mythical 300 foot gash in Titanic’s side.

The author gifts Thomas Andrews the engineering knowledge of a late twentieth century scientist. The possibility of Titanic’s iron being brittle, the problem of there being too much slag in the rivets, the rudder being too small for the ship, all are theories that have been proposed in recent years. But according to Barnes, Andrews knew all of this back in 1912.

How much more impressive it would have been if the author had published his book years ago, before the scientific insights into the ship were documented. Then he would have been in the enviable position of having his “former knowledge” proven correct. This sure would have lent real credibility to his claims. Too bad it didn’t happen that way. As a result, I cannot recommend this book as anything more than imaginative fiction.