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Although past-life regression therapy has not been shown to be the re-experiencing of a verifiable previous biological existence, therapists have noted similarities between the phenomenology of post-death awareness reported by regressed subjects and the phenomenology of near-death expe- riences (NDEs). This paper reports the results of a pilot study exploring those similarities as far as the therapeutic modality normally accommodates post-death phenomena. Similarities and differences between NDEs and post- death regression phenomena suggest new avenues of research. "Past-life regression" in Western usage describes the emergence of impressions, images and sensations that seem to be memories of an earlier existence, usually occurring during special, evocative circum- stances, such as psychotherapy. The term has evolved from a tech- nology originated by Albert de Rochas, a French hypnotherapist at the turn of the century (Christie-Murray, 1981). Although the spon- taneous recollection of apparent past-life memories by children is well documented in cultures that accept reincarnation (Stevenson, 1975-80, 1980, 1987), most Western literature concerns recollections produced by adults in altered states of consciousness. The largest body comes from therapeutic modalities involving the deeper layers of the psyche, such as traditional psychoanalysis; Rolfing, accupres- sure and other body work; rebirthing; sensory isolation; controlled drug therapy; and hypnosis (Bache, 1990). Like age regression ther