In simple terms: during hypnosis, increased suggestibility can make a person more receptive to suggestions from the hypnotist. Therefore, especially when the hypnotist directs questions toward a particular answer, there is a risk that false memories or beliefs may be created that the person later considers to be real.
This is particularly important when hypnosis is used to “discover” supposed past lives. The fact that someone describes a “previous life” with great confidence does not prove that such a life actually existed. It could be the result of suggestion, imagination, or reconstruction of memory.
From there, you can make your theological distinction: the Orthodox Church does not accept reincarnation as a teaching of the Christian faith, and therefore an Orthodox Christian has reason to be particularly cautious about practices that present such “memories” as spiritual truth.

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