The Dutch government has begun requiring people who receive unemployment benefits to undergo "reincarnation therapy," in which they are hypnotized and regress into past lives to discover why they have trouble finding a job.
So far, some 42,000 jobless people have signed up for government-sponsored spiritual therapy. Not all the courses involve reincarnation; some are based on astrology or tarot card readings. Participants are remibursed up to $8,000 each by the government.
However, Piet Hein Donner, the Dutch social affairs minister, is facing increasing questions from legislators about the effectiveness of the program in solving the unemployment problem.
