What is past life regression (PLR)?

The following is a very concise definition of past life regression from Wikipedia.com:

Past life regression is a technique that uses hypnosis to recover what most practitioners believe are memories of past lives or incarnations. Past life regression is typically undertaken either in pursuit of a spiritual experience, or in a psychotherapeutic setting.[1]

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[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past_life_regression