Author: Walter Semkiw

LeBron James as the Reincarnation of James Naismith, Athlete and Inventor of Basketball: Change of Race and Past Life Talent, with the Soul’s Ability to Control the Process of Conception

Proposed by: ReincarnationResearch.com Supporter

Affirmed by: Spirit Being Ahtun Re in a Ryerson-Semkiw Reincarnation Research Session

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James Naismith in Canada

James Naismith was born on November 6, 1861 on a farm in Ontario, Canada, where he was raised. Orphaned as a child, James lived with his aunt and uncle.

In 1883, at the age of 21, he went to Montreal Canada where he enrolled into McGill University. There, he was a star athlete, winning metals in gymnastics and playing rugby, soccer, lacrosse and Canadian football (center). He was 5 feet 10.5 inches tall and weighed 178 pounds.

Naismith earned a BA in Physical Education and subsequently taught the subject at McGill, soon becoming its first athletic director.

Naismith in Massachusetts and the Creation of Basketball

James then moved to the United States, settling in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he became a physical education teacher at the YMCA International Training School.

In the cold New England winter, his athletes became ill-tempered being confined to limited indoor activities. To quell the unrest, the head of the program ordered Naismith to create a game to occupy the program’s athletes, which would not take up much room, could help athletes keep in shape, was fair for all players and was not too rough, to minimize injury. Naismith was given two weeks to manufacture this game.

To reduce physical contact between the players and thus decrease chance of injury, Naismith envisioned installing a hoop high over the heads of the players. Points were awarded each time a player lobbed a ball into the hoop. He chose to use a soccer ball, which is relatively soft, to also lower the chance of injury. Players could pass or dribble to move the ball around. Naismith summed up the game into 13 rules.

The first game of “Basket Ball” was played in December 1891. Naismith lived to witness his invention become an Olympic game in 1936, as well as the birth of the NCAA Tournament in 1939. He died in November of 1939.

James Naismith Reincarnates into an African American Family

LeBron James was born in Akron, Ohio. His father had a criminal history and was absent from LeBron’s life. His mother, Gloria, struggled to find regular work. To give her son a greater opportunity to succeed in life, she allowed LeBron to live with the family of Frank Walker, a local youth football coach. Walker introduced LeBron to basketball when he was 9 years old.

LeBron James has gone on to become one of the greatest basketball players of all time, with only Michael Jordan as a peer.

Planning Lifetimes: James Naismith likely Chose to Reincarnate into an African-American Family and Body

Past Life Relationships
Burmese Sisters Reincarnate as Twins

There is strong evidence that souls plan lifetimes and chose the family they will reincarnate into. This is clearly shown in the Twin Study published by Ian Stevenson, MD of the University of Virginia. Stevenson, over a period of 40 years, compiled over 1500 objectively validated childhood past life memory cases.

Out of this population, he identified 31 sets of twins (62 people) who in childhood remembered their past lives with enough detail that their previous personalities could be identified, and their memories validated.

In 100 percent of these cases, the twins had significant past life relationships, including being siblings, friends and even spouses. One set of twins were also twins in their past lives. To learn more, please go to:

Ian Stevenson, MD Reincarnation Twin Study

The Power of Souls: Twins are Murdered and then Reincarnate as Twins Again-Past Life Cases of the Tripathi Twins

Twins, Reincarnation and Embryology

For fraternal twins to reincarnate as twins again, the soul of each twin must be able to direct the place and family where conception will occur. For fraternal twins, two separate fertilized eggs (two eggs that have been penetrated by a sperm cell) are inhabited by two different souls. Appearance of the twins will be different as they derived from two different eggs that are inhabited by two different souls. Each soul projects an energy template into the developing fetus, which helps shape physical appearance. For a discussion on reincarnation and physical appearance, please go to:

The Basis of Physical Appearance in Reincarnation Cases

For identical twins, one fertilized egg splits in two as it reproduces and each separate soul takes control of half the fertilized egg. The twins look the same as they arose from one egg. The soul of one of the twins imprints the fertilized egg with an energy template that helps shape appearance for both twins.

For non-twin cases, the process is the same except that there is only one soul involved that assumes control of one entire egg.

To review other cases where loved ones are reunited through reincarnation, please go to:

Planning Lifetimes and Relationships Renewed through Reincarnation

Choosing to Reincarnate into the Black Race

Anne Frank | Barbro Karlen Past Life Case90 percent of the National Basketball Association’s athletes are Black and 70 percent of the athletes in National Football Association are Black. Studies have shown that Africans in the areas of Kenya and Ethiopia genetically have larger lung capacity than the lung capacity of Caucasians or other races. This is why so many marathon winners come from these regions of Africa.

Differences in genetic capabilities of races is likely known in the spirit world. If you invented the game of basketball and wanted to reincarnate to become a star of the sport, which race would you reincarnate into?

Understanding that Souls Can Change Race, Religion and Nationality can Help Create a More Peaceful World

Most wars and conflicts are based on differences in the cultural markers of identity listed above. Change in these cultural markers is demonstrated in many of Ian Stevenson’s reincarnation case studies. In addition, a dramatic case that demonstrates change in religion and nationality involves the reincarnation Anne Frank. To learn more about this case and other similar cases, please go to:

Anne Frank | Barbro Karlen Reincarnation Case

Past Life Cases with Change of Religion, Race, Nationality and Ethnic Affiliation

To review other athlete cases, please go to:

Sport and Athlete Reincarnation Cases

Evidence and Principles of Reincarnation-Understanding Past Lives

Physical Resemblance in Reincarnation Cases: The facial features of James Naismith and LeBron James are similar. Sizewize, Naismith in his competitive days was 5 feet 10.5 inches tall and weighed 178 pounds. LeBron is 6 foot 8 inches tall and weighs 250 pounds.

In general, facial bone structure stays similar from one lifetime to another, whereas body size can vary depending on genetic and nutritional factors.

Past Life Passions, Talent and Abilities: Naismith was a star college athlete and the creator of basketball, while LeBron James is one of the sport’s brightest lights.

Change in Race and Nationality: Naismith was a Canadian Caucasian. In contrast, LeBron James is an African-American born in the United States.

 

 

Nobel Laureate Kary Mullis, Who Invented PCR (Basis of DNA Fingerprinting), Supports that He Was Benjamin Rush in a Past Life and that his Wife, Nancy, was Julia Rush: Love Across Two Incarnations 

Proposed by: Walter Semkiw, MD

Affirmed by: Spirit Being Ahtun Re in a Ryerson-Semkiw Reincarnation Research Session

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Reincarnation and DNA Sequencing

In the year 2000, I was researching a possible past life of my own in which I was incarnate in Boston during the American Revolution. In the process, as I identified past life matches, I noted that facial features, talents and personality traits seemed to remain consistent from one lifetime to another. In addition, I observed that people reincarnate in soul groups to be reunited with those they have loved, known or worked together with in past lives.

During this time, I wondered if  the soul might imprint certain portions of our DNA, which could be used to prove reincarnation through biochemical means. This would not involve traditional DNA fingerprinting techniques, which are based on family genetics.

Rather, the thought is to compare DNA sequencing from one incarnation to another to see if there are sections of DNA that are unique for each soul. The DNA imprinted by the soul, which would remain consistent from one lifetime to another, may be contained in what is called “Junk DNA” that has no known purpose in the human organism.

Kary Mullis and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR): A New Era in Science

In August 2000, I learned about a researcher at the Smithsonian Institute who had expertise in DNA testing, whose name is Terry Sharrer, PhD. I contacted him by phone to get information regarding DNA analyses. Keep in mind that in the year 2000, the internet was just getting started and Google did not exist. To get information at that time, one would have to turn to books or human beings.

In the course of our conversation, I related to him my interest in reincarnation and other spiritual topics. Terry then became quite excited and stated that I had to contact a friend of his, Kary Mullis, a biochemist who invented the chemical reaction that is used in DNA fingerprinting, which is called Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Terry then shared that Kary won the Nobel Prize for this invention.

PCR does represent a major breakthrough in biology and medicine, as it ushered in our DNA era. PCR is the basis for the movie series Jurassic Park, in which ancient, preserved dinosaur DNA is found and PCR is used to replicate that DNA to resurrect dinosaurs.

In fact, the invention of PCR is so important that some scientists proclaim that the field of biology and medicine can be divided into two eras, one before PCR and the other after PCR.

Kindred Spirits: A Past Life Relationship? Benjamin Rush?

After I shared my spiritual interests, Terry said: “You two are kindred spirits.”

He then gave me the home phone number and address of Kary Mullis. Terry advised that before I contact him, I should read an autobiographical book that Kary had written, entitled Dancing Naked in the Mind Field.

I was a little bit shocked that I was given the home phone number and address of a Nobel Laureate who invented a world-changing chemical reaction after a 20-minute telephone conversation with Terry.

When I hung up the phone, I pondered whether Kary was part of my soul group from the era of the American Revolution, since the connection with him was made so swiftly and easily. As I pondered what had just happened and wondered who Kary may have been, one name popped into my mind:

“Benjamin Rush”

Rush was a leading physician, chemist and patriot during the American Revolution. He was friends with both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson and in fact wrote that these two Founding Fathers were the North and South poles of the American Revolution. Rush is the physician who performed surgery on the daughter of John Adams at their home in Braintree, Massachusetts, who had developed breast cancer (she later perished).

Of interest, in my proposed past life, I knew Benjamin Rush.

Kary Mullis believes in Reincarnation and He can See the Dead

When I read Kary’s book, I understood why Terry had told me that Kary and I were kindred spirits. In addition to having careers in science, we both had interests in spirituality and reincarnation. Kary even ends his book with the following quote:

“The appropriate demeanor for a human being is to feel lucky to be alive and to humble himself in the face of the immensity of things and have a beer. Relax. Welcome to Earth. It’s a little confusing at first. That’s why you have to keep coming back over and over again before you learn to really enjoy yourself.”

Further, in Dancing Naked in the Mind Field, Kary shares a clairvoyant experience that he had when his grandfather, whose nickname was “Pop,” died. He relates that his grandfather passed away in North Carolina while Kary was living in Northern California. Kary states that before anyone had notified him of his grandfather’s death, the spirit of his grandfather appeared in his home. Kary shares that Pop’s spirit remained at his home for a period of two days before departing.

Past Life Talent, Personality Traits and Physical Appearance, as well as Similar Writing Style from One Lifetime to Another

Physical Resemblance in Reincarnation Cases

In reading about Benjamin Rush and Kary Mullis, I saw many parallels. Both were leading scientists of their day and both had very iconoclastic, rebellious personalities. I also noted that the structure Kary’s autobiography is similar to one that Rush had written entitled.

For example, Rush’s autobiography is entitled, Travels through Time, while Kary’s title is Dancing Naked in the Mind Field. Note that both titles start with action words, “Travels” and “Dancing,” and that the action occurs in an abstract setting, “Time” and “Mind Field.” To learn of additional similarities, please refer to my book Return of the Revolutionaries.

A reincarnation case in which a linguistic analysis was done that showed similar writing styles across two lifetimes is provided below:

Reincarnation Case of John B. Gordon | Jeff Keene

I also noticed that Benjamin Rush and Kary Mullis have consistent facial features.

Kary Mullis supports that He was Benjamin Rush in a Past Lifetime

I mailed a packet to Kary in which I explained that I thought he is the reincarnation of Benjamin Rush and that we had known each other during the time of the American Revolution.

Later, towards the end of 2001, after I was promised a book contract by the publishing company, Hampton Roads, I contacted Kary and asked if I could include him in my upcoming book.

I was very pleasantly surprised when Kary telephoned me and agreed to be featured in Return of Revolutionaries. He even consented to have his wife, Nancy, take pictures of him for image comparisons.

When I was communicating with Nancy Mullis regarding photos of Kary, it occurred to me that she may have been Julia Rush, the wife of Benjamin Rush. There is strong evidence that spouses can reincarnate together to be married again. To learn more, please go to:

Twin Study conducted by Ian Stevenson, MD of the University of Virginia

Past Life Relationship: Nancy Mullis as the Reincarnation of Julia Rush

After I shared that she may be the reincarnation of Julia Rush, Nancy promptly sent me a photograph of her, though I then realized that I had never seen an image of Julia Rush and I didn’t know if one even existed. Fortunately, a portrait of Julia Rush was available and I found that Nancy and Julia bear a strong facial resemblance.

In the end, Kary and Nancy felt that their proposed reincarnation cases were valid and they signed written agreements to be in Return of the Revolutionaries. I was very grateful that this world-famous scientist and Nobel Laureate took a chance with me, though we knew this could hurt his reputation. Compared to Kary, I was a nobody. Though I have advanced degrees in science, at the time I was unpublished and unknown. I also have gratitude to Nancy Mullis, who helped facilitate this turn of events.

Kary Mullis died in 2019. In a final correspondence, Kary did reach out to me in 2017 to reflect on the similarities between Benjamin Rush and himself.

To review  similar past life cases, please go to:

Science and Technology Reincarnation Cases

Medicine and Psychology Reincarnation Cases

Evidence and Principles of Reincarnation-Understanding Past Lives

Physical Resemblance in Reincarnation Cases:  The facial features of Benjamin Rush | Kary Mullis, as well as those of Julia Rush | Nancy Mullis, match. Reincarnation cases that dramatically demonstrate that  facial features can remain the same from one lifetime to another are provided below:

Reincarnation Case of WW II Fighter Pilot James Huston, Jr. | James Leininger

Anne Frank | Barbro Karlen Reincarnation Case

Past Life Passions, Talent and Abilities: Benjamin Rush was a leading chemist and physician in era of the American Revolution, while Kary Mullis invented PCR, which literally has changed the world. Rush and Mullis also have demonstrated similar personalities in being rebellious and iconoclastic.

Relationships Renewed through Reincarnation: Benjamin and Julia Rush reincarnated as Kary and Nancy Mullis to once again become a married couple.

As noted, based on my proposed past life, I knew Benjamin Rush during the era of the American Revolution, which is why I believe Kary and I were brought together in contemporary times.

 

 

Reincarnation Case of Steve Allen | Steve Higgins with a Past Life for Jimmy Fallon: 2 Souls Working Together in Comedy Across 2 Overlapping Lifetimes

Steve Allen | Steve Higgins Case Proposed by: ReincarnationResearch.com Supporter

Affirmed by: Spirit Being Ahtun Re in a Ryerson-Semkiw Reincarnation Research Session

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Steve Allen, Steve Higgins and the Phenomenon of Split Incarnation

Steve Allen was a co creator and the first host of The Tonight Show, which initially aired in 1954. This was the first late night talk show in the United States. Allen was a television icon and was honored by two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Allen was also TV producer and a comedy writer. He died in the year 2000, at the age of 78.

Steve Higgins was born in 1963, 37 years BEFORE Steve Allen died. As such, this represents a case of split incarnation, in which a soul inhabits two human bodies at the same time, in this case for a period of 37 years. In other words, the lifetimes of Allen and Higgins have overlapped by 37 years.

Ian Stevenson, MD of the University of Virginia, Reincarnation Research and Split Incarnation

Though split incarnation is a difficult concept to accept, there is evidence that this phenomenon does indeed occur. Ian Stevenson, MD of the University of Virginia compiled over 1500 childhood past life memory cases that were objectively validated. Split incarnation is observed in some of these cases. In fact, split incarnation is demonstrated in one of Dr. Stevenson’s strongest cases. To learn more, please to go:

The Suicide and Split Incarnation Case of Helmut Kohler | Ruprecht Schultz

Another split incarnation case, in which a 27-year overlap in lifetimes is observed, is cited below:

Past Lives of Penney Peirce

The topic of Split Incarnation is addressed in my book Born Again, as well as in Origin of the Soul and the Purpose of Reincarnation.

Past Life Talent: Allen and Higgins both have Demonstrated Comedic Gifts

5 Jackie Gleason-Jimmy Fallon Reincarnation CaseLike Allen, Steve Higgins is a comedy writer and in fact, he was the co-head writer of the iconic show, Saturday Night Live, from 1995 to 1997. In addition, he has been a producer of Saturday Night Live since 1996. Higgins has also been nominated for several Emmy Awards.

A Past Life for Jimmy Fallon

Of interest, I have posted a reincarnation case involving Jimmy Fallon. To learn more, please go to:

The Split Incarnation Case of Jackie Gleason | Jimmy Fallon

Jackie Gleason and Steve Allen worked together on the Jackie Gleason Show. In a continuation of this relationship, Jimmy Fallon and Steve Higgins are working together on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

This is a bit mind-boggling, isn’t it?

Planning Lifetimes to be Reunited with Those You Like, Care For and Work With

It is not a coincidence that Allen | Higgins and Gleason | Fallon are working together across two incarnations. There is very compelling evidence that souls plan lifetimes to be reunited with those that they have known and loved in past lives.

The most impressive study was done by Ian Stevenson, MD, who compiled 31 sets of twins who had past life memories that were objectively validated. In 100 percent of these reincarnation cases, the twins had very significant past life relationships, including being siblings, spouses and friends. In one case, twin boys even managed to reincarnate as twin boys again! To learn more, please go to:

Ian Stevenson, MD Twin Study

The Power of Souls: Twins are Murdered and then Reincarnate as Twins Again

In sum, Gleason and Allen purposely reincarnated together to continue their work together. To review other Television and Movie past life cases, please go to:

TV and Movie Reincarnation Cases

Evidence and Principles of Reincarnation-Understanding Past Lives

Physical Resemblance in Reincarnation Cases: There is a resemblance between Allen and Higgins, though Steve Higgins has a longer face.

My understanding is that physical appearance is determined by an energy template projected from the soul into the developing fetus, as well as by genetic factors. A discussion of physical appearance in reincarnation cases is found on the page, Evidence and Principles of Reincarnation, cited above.

Past Life Passions, Talent and Abilities: The souls of Allen | Higgins and Gleason | Fallon have been displaying their comedic talents in continuum.

Split Incarnation: Steve Allen’s lifetime has overlapped with that of Steve Higgins, and the lifetime of Jackie Gleason has overlapped with the life of Jimmy Fallon.

 

 

Reincarnation Case of Oscar Micheaux | Spike Lee: African American Filmmakers portraying Race Relations in Two Lifetimes

Proposed by: ReincarnationReseach.com Supporter

Affirmed by: Spirit Being Ahtun Re in a Ryerson-Semkiw Reincarnation Research Session

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Micheaux: The Son of a Slave Becomes a Motion Picture Producer

Oscar Micheaux was born in 1887 in Illinois, the son of a slave who was likely  owned by French immigrants. He is considered the first major African American filmmaker. Micheaux made silent movies and then transitioned to sound films, directing and producing 44 movies in all.

The focus of his work was racial issues between blacks and whites, covering the topics of racial injustice, lynching, mob violence and economic inequality.

Of interest, Micheaux, early in life moved to South Dakota, where he bought land and worked as a farmer. He wrote a novel, The Homesteader, which was in part based on his experiences in South Dakota. Homesteaders were people who were given free plots of land in the American West in an effort to develop the region.

Micheaux died in 1951.

Oscar Micheaux Reincarnates as Spike Lee, Who Propagates Movie Making to make a Difference

Spike Lee was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1957. Like Micheaux, Lee’s movies center around race relations, including the issues of poverty, urban crime and the politics of race.

In a very interesting parallel, Spike Lee named his production company 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, which appears to be an unconscious reference to his own past life as Micheaux, who bought land in South Dakota and became a farmer prior to embarking on his career as a filmmaker.

To view other cases involving the theatre arts, please go to:

Reincarnation Cases of TV and Movie Figures

Evidence and Principles of Reincarnation-Understanding Past Lives

Physical Resemblance in Reincarnation Cases: There is a similarity of facial features between Oscar and Spike.

Past Life Passions, Talent and Abilities: Spike Lee is continuing the work of Oscar Micheaux in making movies centered on racial injustice.

 

 

The Reincarnation Case of Ray Charles | Matthew Whitaker: Blind Musical Geniuses in Two Lifetimes

Revealed by: Spirit Being Ahtun Re in a Ryerson-Semkiw Reincarnation Research Session

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Reincarnation Explains Child Prodigies

I learned of Matthew Whitaker, a music prodigy, through a national television program. Whenever I learn of a child prodigy, I am curious who that person was in a previous lifetime, as reincarnation accounts for child prodigies.

Reincarnation research reveals that we are pretty much the same person from one lifetime to another, only circumstances change. Hopefully we evolve, grow and become more compassionate across our incarnations, which is the purpose of reincarnation.

I read that scientists are planning to study Matthew’s brain functions, to see if they can understand where his musical abilities stem from. They will not find the source in the brain, though certain areas of the brain may be found to be centers of musical activity, as the source of Matthew’s genius is within his soul and his past incarnation as Ray Charles, who likely developed his talent over many lifetimes.

The Life and Death of Ray Charles

Ray Charles Robinson, known as Ray Charles, was born in 1930 in Florida to his father Bailey Robinson, a laborer, and his mother, Aretha, who made money gathering crops. Later, a younger brother, George, was born. Tragically, George drowned in this mother’s washtub when he was 4.

At the age of 3, Ray’s love of music was sparked when he heard Boogie Woogie played by Wylie Pitman on an upright piano at his Red Wing Café. Pitman subsequently taught Ray how to play the piano.

Ray started to lose his sight by the age of 5 and was completely blind by the age of 6, apparently from glaucoma. Another loss was his father, Wiley, who left the family. One of the greatest traumas of Ray’s life was the death of his mother, Aretha, who he as very devoted to, when he was 14 years old.

Ray went on to become one of the greatest musical artists of all time and was called “The Genius” by his peers. He died at the age of 73 in 2004.

Matthew Whitaker: The Reincarnation of Ray Charles-A Split Incarnation Case

Matthew Whitaker was born in 2001, 3 years BEFORE Ray Charles died. As such, this represents a case of Split Incarnation, in which there is an overlap of lifetimes. This phenomenon can be visualized as the soul projecting its energy into 2 bodies, much as a light source can be split into multiple rays by a mirror ball.

Though a soul inhabiting two human bodies at the same time is a difficult concept to accept, Ian Stevenson, MD of the University of Virginia also documented cases of split incarnation. Stevenson termed these “cases with anomalous dates,” referring to the overlap of lifetimes. One of Stevenson’s strongest cases involves split incarnation. To learn more, please go to:

The Reincarnation, Suicide and Split Incarnation Case of Helmut Kohler | Ruprecht Schultz

Past Life Talent: Matthew Replicates the Musical Genius of Ray Charles

Matthew Whitaker was born 3 months prematurely, weighing less than 2 pounds, and was given a 50 percent chance of survival. He was blind at birth due to retinopathy of prematurity.

When he was 3, Matthew played the song Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star on a toy piano, though no one taught him how to play piano. Little Matthew had heard the song and then reproduced it on his toy piano by ear, which is truly an astonishing feat. One can imagine that the soul of Ray Charles was announcing that he has returned.

Since then, Matthew has become a celebrity musician, having performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and Carnegie Hall in New York City, as well as touring Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

In 2017, at the age of 16, he performed on the Ellen Degeneres Show, and he competed on the televised competition, Showtime at the Apollo, in which he took first place.

Reincarnation: Why Blindness in Two Lifetimes?

Matthew’s past life identity as Ray Charles was revealed by Ahtun Re, a spirit guide or spirit being channeled through trance medium Kevin Ryerson.  Kevin is the medium or psychic that actress and author Shirley MacLaine featured in four of her books.

I have worked with Kevin and Ahtun Re since 2001 and I have found that Ahtun Re can make past life matches with a high degree of accuracy.  My dialogues with Ahtun Re regarding mysteries of life are found in my book:

Origin of the Soul and the Purpose of Reincarnation

Spirit Guide Ahtun Re Explains the Origin of Blindness in the Lives of Ray Charles and Matthew Whitaker

Ahtun Re last was incarnate in Egypt about 3500 years ago. Since then, he has observed humanity evolve from the vantage point of the spirit world.

Regarding the Ray Charles | Matthew Whitaker reincarnation case, I asked Ahtun Re why a soul would be blind in two consecutive lifetimes? I myself am very visual, as you can tell by this website, so being blind seems like a very terrible thing.

Ahtun Re explained that some souls, like the soul of Ray | Matthew, prefer to live in a world of sound and will engineer lifetimes in which they are blind. In these lifetimes, they advance musical abilities.

Keep in mind that to the soul, which is eternal, an incarnation on Earth occurs in the blink of an eye.

Designing a blind lifetime implies that the soul can manipulate biologic systems, which Ahtun Re says is true. Actually, we observe the soul influencing biology in the fact that facial features can be the same from one lifetime to another.

Reincarnation Cases Involving Musicians

To learn more, please go to:

Past Life Cases involving Composers, Musicians and Singers

Evidence and Principles of Reincarnation-Understanding Past Lives

Physical Resemblance in Reincarnation Cases: There is a similarity in the facial features of Ray Charles and Matthew Whitaker.

Past Life Passions, Talent and Abilities: Matthew is continuing the musical journey of Ray Charles.

In an interesting correspondence, note how the home web pages of Ray Charles and Matthew Whitaker mirror one another:

Ray Charles

Matthew Whitaker

 

 

Reincarnation Case of Harriet Tubman | Angela Davis: A Militant Operative for African American Causes in Two Lifetimes

Proposed by: Walter Semkiw, MD

Affirmed by: Spirit Being Ahtun Re in a Ryerson-Semkiw Reincarnation Research Session

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The Life of Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was born in Maryland, into slavery, in March 1822. She escaped from her owner, whose staff whipped and beat Tubman, and became an abolitionist most famous for organizing 13 missions to rescue 70 others bound by slavery. She was ready to use force, if needed, and she carried a revolver.

Her network of abolitionists and safe houses, where escaping slaves were sheltered, was called the Underground Railroad.

Harriet Tubman and John Brown

Tubman initially escaped to Philadelphia where slavery was illegal. She then returned to Maryland to bring her relatives, one group at a time, to Philadelphia and freedom. She would carry out her missions at night and maintained extreme secrecy to avoid being caught.

In 1858, Tubman met John Brown, who she helped plan and execute his raid on the US military arsenal located in the town of Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Brown, who was white and passionately against slavery, planned to use the arms taken from the arsenal to create a community of freed slaves in the mountains of Virginia and Maryland.

Brown was captured during the raid, which took place 1859, and he was hung later that year. The raid on the Harpers Ferry increased the fears of Southern slave owners that slave rebellions would take place, and the raid increased tensions between Northern and Southern states before the American Civil War, which did commence in 1861.

Once the Civil War began, Harriet Tubman was employed by the Northern Union Army as a cook, then nurse, army scout and spy.

Harriet Tubman leads the Combahee River Union Army Assaults

In 1863, Tubman became the first woman to lead an armed assault by Union troops of the Northern states during the Civil War. This raid in South Carolina led to the liberation of over 750 slaves. An article on Wikipedia describes the scene along the Combahee River.

“Once ashore, the Union troops set fire to the plantations, destroying infrastructure and seizing thousands of dollars worth of food and supplies. When the steamboats sounded their whistles, slaves throughout the area understood that it was being liberated.

Tubman watched as slaves stampeded toward the boats. ‘I never saw such a sight,’ she said later, describing a scene of chaos with women carrying still-steaming pots of rice, pigs squealing in bags slung over shoulders, and babies hanging around their parents’ necks. Although their owners, armed with handguns and whips, tried to stop the mass escape, their efforts were nearly useless in the tumult. As Confederate troops raced to the scene, steamboats packed full of slaves took off toward Beaufort.”

Tubman died on March 10, 1913. In 2019, a movie was made about her entitled Harriet.

Angela Davis as the Reincarnation of Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman has reincarnated as Angela Davis, an African American woman born on January 26, 1944, 31 years after Tubman died.

Davis shares many of the characteristics of Harriet Tubman. For example, like Tubman, Davis has been open to using force for societal causes. In 1970, she purchased firearms that were used in the armed takeover of a courtroom in Marin County, California, which is located just north of San Francisco.

The takeover was executed by Jonathan Jackson, an African American, whose intent was to kidnap Superior Court Judge Harold Haley, who would be used as a bargaining chip to force the release of his brother and others from prison. It was a time when racial tensions were high in the California prison system.

A shootout between Jackson and police occurred which left Jackson, Judge Haley and two others dead.

As a result of her involvement, Angela Davis was prosecuted for conspiracy to commit murder and she spent over a year in jail, before she was acquitted of charges in 1972.

Past Life Behavior: Angela Davis is a Militant Crusader for Liberal Causes, as was Harriet Tubman

Afterwards she was released from prison, Davis was an advocate of progressive causes and even became a Communist. She also supported the militant African American Black Panther Party, that itself was involved in gun battles with police in protest of police brutality against Blacks, primarily in Oakland, California.

The Black Panthers were likely was made up of Harriet Tubman’s compatriots from the Underground Railroad.

Angela Davis has also pursed a career in academics, including at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Other Reincarnation Cases Involving Civil Rights Leaders

To learn about past life cases involving Frederick Douglass, Henry Ward Beecher, Jon Stewart, August Wilson and Barack Obama, please go to:

US Abolitionist and Civil Rights Leader Past Life Cases

Evidence and Principles of Reincarnation-Understanding Past Lives

Physical Resemblance in Reincarnation Cases: There is a similarity in the facial features of Tubman and Davis, though Angela Davis has a slightly longer face in comparison to Harriet Tubman.

How we appear in a particular incarnation is determined by both an energy template projected by your soul and by genetic factors inherited from your family of birth. To learn more, please go to:

Principles of Reincarnation: Physical Resemblance

Past Life Passions, Talent,  Abilities and Behavior: Angela Davis has replicated the life of militant abolitionist Harriet Tubman.

Joaquin Phoenix as the Reincarnation of German Actor Conrad Veidt: “Jokers” in Two Lifetimes

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Conrad Veidt, the First Joker

In 2020, Joaquin Phoenix won the Oscar for his lead role in the movie Joker. It turns out that Joaquin played a similar role in his past life as Conrad Veidt.

Veidt was born in Berlin on January 22, 1893 to a Lutheran family. In 1914, he was drafted into the German Army during World War I.

A year later, in 1915, Veidt was sent to the Eastern Front and he fought in the Battle of Warsaw. Conrad then developed pneumonia with jaundice and he was sent to a hospital on the Baltic Sea. As his illness did not improve, Veidt was discharged from the German Army in 1917. Returning to Berlin, Conrad Veidt joined a theatre company to pursue a career in acting.

The Man Who Laughs and The DC Comics Joker

In 1928, Veidt starred in the silent movie, The Man Who Laughs, which is based on the novel of the same name, written by the French author Victor Hugo. Hugo also created Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.

Hugo wrote The Man Who Laughs while exiled from France due to the political content of his prior books, which criticized French royalty and the behavior of the nobility.

Set in 17th century England, the plot involves a noble who refuses to kiss the hand of a tyrannical king, who then orders the execution of the noble and the surgical facial disfigurement of the noble’s son, Gwynplaine. The surgery results in Gwynplaine having a permanent, grotesque grin.

Gwynplaine, still a boy, meets a carnival manager who is initially horrified by Gwynplaine’s appearance, but then takes pity on him and arranges for the boy to work in the carnival.

In each town, Gwynplaine performs on stage with the lower part of his face hidden by a veil. After a period of time, he takes off the veil revealing his disfigured face, which provokes laughter in audience. In this way, Gwynplaine becomes a performance clown or joker.

In the movie, The Man Who Laughs, Conrad Veidt played the deformed Gwynplaine  character, which later served as the inspiration for the DC Comics villain the Joker, who first appeared in a Batman comic book in 1942.

Conrad Veidt’s Activism Against the Nazis

Veidt was passionately opposed to the Nazi regime, which rose to power in 1933. The Nazis started purging the movie industry in Germany of Jews and anyone who opposed the Nazis and Hitler.

In 1933, Conrad Veidt married Ilona Prager, who was a Jew. A week after their ceremony, they relocated to Britain to avoid persecution by the Nazis. In England, Veidt continued his acting career.

A Move to Hollywood, A Donation to the War Effort and Casablanca

In 1941, Conrad and IIona moved to Hollywood to make films that would help get the isolationist United States into the war against Nazi Germany. Before he left England, Veidt donated his life savings to the British government to help finance the war effort.

His most famous role in an American film was that of Major Heinrich Strasser in the movie Casablanca, that featured Humphrey Bogart and which was made in 1942, before the United States entered World War II.

Veidt died in of a massive heart attack in 1943 while playing golf in Los Angeles. Joaquin Phoenix was born in 1974, 31 years after Conrad Veidt had died.

Activism: A Past Life Trait

5-dorothy-dandridge-halle-berry IISIS Reincarnation Case StudyAnother similarity between Conrad and Joaquin is that both have demonstrated passionate activism. Recall that Veidt gave all his savings to the British Government to help fund the WW II and that he later made movies designed to sway the United States into entering enter WW II.

Joaquin Phoenix has supported Amnesty International, The Peace Alliance, veganism and animal rights. He has campaigned for In Defense of Animals (IDA) and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

Replication of Career, Roles and Subject Matter in Reincarnation Cases

Reincarnation Research does show that talents and passions can be carried across from one lifetime to another. Replication of painting talent can even include replicating the subject matter from a past lifetime. Actors may replicate types of roles, such as in the Conrad Veidt | | Joaquin Phoenix case. Actors may even take roles involving their own past life, such as in the Halle Berry case. To learn more, please go to:

Paul Gaugin | Peter Teekamp Reincarnation Case

Dorothy Dandridge | Halle Berry Reincarnation Case

Frida Kahlo | Salma Hayek Reincarnation Case

Evidence and Principles of Reincarnation-Understanding Past Lives

Physical Resemblance in Reincarnation Cases: There is a somewhat uncanny resemblance between Conrad and Joaquin.

Past Life Passions, Talent and Abilities: Conrad and Joaquin both have had careers in acting and both have demonstrated activism.

Change of Religion and Nationality: Conrad Veidt was born in Germany to a Christian family while Joaquin Phoenix identifies himself as a Jew, as is his mother Arlyn. Joaquin was born in Puerto Rico to American parents and was raised in California.

Understanding that religion and nationality can change from one lifetime to another can help create a more peaceful world, as most conflicts and wars are based on differences in these cultural markers of identity. Important cases in this regard include:

Reincarnation Case of Anne Frank | Barbro Karlen: Change of Religion from Jewish to Christian

Reincarnation Case of Mushir Ali | Naresh Kumar: Change in Religion from Islamic to Hindu

The Reincarnation Case of Marty Martyn | Ryan Hammons: A Ukrainian Jew Reincarnates into a Christian Family in Oklahoma

Burmese Grandparents Reincarnate as their Daughter’s Fraternal Twin Girls, Demonstrating Planning of Lifetimes and Gender Change Involving the Grandfather, With Change of Religion

 

Affinity Reincarnation Case of Frida Kahlo | Salma Hayek: Salma was Drawn to Her Own Past Life in Playing the Lead in the Movie “Frida” (2002)

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The Painful Life of Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo was born in 1907. When she was 6 years old she was afflicted with polio, which caused her to be bedridden for 9 months. After she recovered, she was left with a shriveled right leg and a limp. When she returned to school, cruel classmates called her “peg-leg Frida.”

When she was 18, Frida was involved in a transportation accident in which the wooden bus she was riding in was struck by a streetcar. Several people were killed. Frida incurred a broken pelvis, fractured ribs and displaced vertebrae. She also broke her collar-bone and both legs. She was in the hospital for two months following this collision and Frida experienced intermittent back pain for the rest of her life.

In 1950, when she was 43, Kahlo underwent bone graft surgery on her spine in an effort to lessen her back pain. Unfortunately, an infection set in and she had to endure several follow-up surgeries.

In 1953, Kahlo’s right leg had to be amputated at the knee due to gangrene. She subsequently became severely depressed and anxious, increasing used opioid pain killers and when her husband, artist Diego Rivera, began yet another extramarital affair, she attempted suicide by overdose.

Frida’a reputation as an artist grew over her lifetime. An exhibit of her works occurred in 1953, arranged by a friend who understood that Frida did not have long to live. She had to transported to her showing in an ambulance and at the exhibit, Frida was placed in a bed that was arranged for her.

She wrote in her diary in February 1954: “They have given me centuries of torture and at moments I almost lost my reason. I keep on wanting to kill myself.”

Frida died about a year later at the age of 47. Her last words were: “I joyfully await the exit – and I hope never to return – Frida”

The Glamorous Life of Salma Hayek

Frida did not get her wish as she reincarnated as actress Salma Hayek, who was born in 1966, 12 years after Frida had died. Fortunately, Salma’s life has been full of glamour, in contrast to the painful existence that Frida endured.

Salma Hayek has received numerous acting awards. Of interest, she co-produced the biographical movie, Frida, which was released in 2002.

Affinity Reincarnation Cases involving Halle Berry, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

As such, Frida took the initiative to make a film about her own past life. I call these kinds of reincarnation stories “Affinity Cases,” in which a person creates a work based on their own past incarnation.

A very similar reincarnation case involves Oscar winner Halle Berry, who produced the movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge.  In a past incarnation, Halle was African-American actress Dorothy Dandridge, who was denied an Oscar because of the color of her skin. Other affinity cases include the reincarnations of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

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Reincarnation Case of Dorothy Dandridge | Halle Berry

Reincarnation Cases of Laurel and Hardy | Josh and Danny Bacher

 

 

Evidence and Principles of Reincarnation-Understanding Past Lives

Physical Resemblance in Reincarnation Cases: The facial features of Frida Kahlo and Salma Hayek are very similar.

Past Life Passions, Talent and Abilities: Reincarnation research reveals that people tend to pursue similar careers from lifetime to lifetime. For example, artists reincarnate as artists, though the form of art can change. Frida was a painter, while Salma has expressed her artistic talent as an actress.

 

 

 

Reincarnation Case of Bram Stoker | Stephen King: The Writer of Terror Stories in Two Lifetimes

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Bram Stoker is the Irish author of Dracula, which was published in 1897. With this book, Stoker created an entire industry in the movie and television world focused on vampire stories. Though he did not create the horror genre, Stoker was one of the first famous horror writers. He died in 1912.

Stephen King was born in 1947 in the United States. He demonstrated an early interest in horror and began writing terror stories in high school. He has received numerous honors, including, ironically, the Bram Stoker Award and he has been described as the “King of Horror.”

Evidence and Principles of Reincarnation-Understanding Past Lives

Physical Resemblance in Reincarnation Cases: There is a striking similarity in the facial architecture of Stoker and King.

Past Life Passions, Talent and Abilities: “The King of Horror” can be used to describe both Bram Stoker and Stephen King.

Change in Nationality: Stoker was British, while King is American.

Reincarnation Case of Charles Darwin | Marshall Medoff: Genius Biologists Across Two Lifetimes

Proposed by: Walter Semkiw, MD

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Past Life Talent: Without Any Scientific Training, Marshall Medoff Becomes a Senior Citizen Biology Prodigy

In an episode of the CBS television program 60 Minutes, Marshall Medoff was featured, who has a very unusual history. Medoff worked as a professor of economics at California State University, Long Beach and at the University of California, Irvine. He retired from teaching in 2012 at the age of 67.

Medoff then moved to Massachusetts, where he retreated into nature. Medoff spent his days in reflection at Walden Pond, a place made famous by the writer and philosopher Henry David Thoreau, who drew inspiration from the Walden woods and lake.

At the age of 70, Medoff became obsessed with “saving the world” from global warming and environmental disaster. Though he had no scientific training, Medoff embarked on a mission to find a way to transform non-edible plant life into environmentally friendly transportation fuels, an accomplishment that had not yet been attained by the world’s greatest scientists.

Medoff isolated himself in a garage located at a storage facility and studied scientific papers on the subject of plant biochemistry 12 hours a day. He began patenting ideas, including the process of breaking plant molecules apart with electron accelerators. In this way, agricultural waste, such as corn cobs, could be used to manufacture green fuels.

Investors were drawn to Medoff’s electron accelerator process to break down plant molecules to create fuels, as well as biodegradable plastics. Soon, he was able to open a 45-million-dollar testing facility, as well as a manufacturing center. He named his company Xyleco.

Medoff has been praised as a revolutionary genius similar to an Einstein or a Thomas Edison.

A Past Life of Marshall Medoff as Charles Darwin

It was natural to wonder who Medoff may have been in a past lifetime. Kevin Ryerson is a trance medium who channels a spirit being named Ahtun Re, who has demonstrated the ability to make past life matches with a high degree of accuracy. In a session with Kevin, Ahtun Re told me that in a past incarnation, Medoff was a naturalist who studied the moth, though Ahtun Re said nothing more specific.

In the days that followed, I thought about what Ahtun Re said and I seemed to remember that Charles Darwin had studied moths. Indeed, it turned out that Darwin examined the Xanthopam, a type of sphinx moth.

I noted that a physical resemblance exists between Darwin and Medoff and in a subsequent session with Kevin Ryerson, Ahtun Re affirmed that Marshall Medoff is the reincarnation of Charles Darwin.

Darwin was a genius biologist who established the theory of evolution of species and is considered to be one of the greatest scientists in history.

Past Life Talent for Understanding Interconnected Systems

Though at first glance, Darwin’s contributions to biology and Medoff’s initial career in economics appear disparate. A common denominator between the evolution of species and economics is that they involve complex interconnected systems. It seems that the soul of Darwin | Medhoff has a gift for understanding interconnected systems.

Evidence and Principles of Reincarnation-Understanding Past Lives

Physical Resemblance in Reincarnation Cases: The facial features of Charles Darwin and Marshall Medoff are similar.

Past Life Talent and Abilities: It has been puzzling how Medoff, with no scientific training, invented a groundbreaking method to create fuels and biodegradable plastics from non-edible plants, a feat that the world’s greatest scientific institutions could not accomplish. As noted, Medoff has been compared to pioneer scientists such as Einstein and Edison.

Medoff appears to have drawn upon past life abilities, those of Charles Darwin, in his scientific endeavors.

Also, as noted, the understanding of complex, interconnected systems is a talent that Darwin and Medoff share.

Change of Nationality: Darwin was British, while Medoff was born in the United States.