Category: Spirituality

David Wilcock as the Reincarnation of Thomas Sugrue, the Author of “There is a River” and the Man Who Made Edgar Cayce Famous

David Wilcock reincarnation cayceRevealed by: Spirit Being Ahtun Re in a Ryerson-Semkiw Reincarnation Research Session

Article by: Walter Semkiw, MD

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Walter Semkiw, MD Interviews David Wilcock in 2002

I spent several hours on the telephone with David Wilcock in 2002 regarding his theory that he is the reincarnation of the famous psychic medium Edgar Cayce. I learned about David from Joseph Myers, a Professional Engineer who wrote a book on reincarnation entitled Edward Bellamy Writes Again.

Joseph had met David and was intrigued by his claim to have been Cayce. Joseph was so supportive he even allowed David to stay at his home for several weeks as a guest. David was at Joseph’s house when I had the prolonged phone call with David.

My conclusion, after talking to him extensively, was that David was not Cayce, but that he was likely someone who knew Cayce. Joseph Myers, by the way, also concluded that David was not Edgar Cayce.

Edgar Cayce’s Son and Grandson Meet with David Wilcock and Determine that He is Not the Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce

At about the same time that Joe Myers and I were assessing Wilcock, David also went to the Association of Enlightenment and Research (ARE), the organization that was founded to share Cayce’s teachings.

David met with the CEO of the ARE, John Van Auken, and David shared his belief that he is the reincarnation of Edgar Cayce. Mr. Van Auken did not make a judgement on the matter, rather he arranged a 2 hour meeting involving David Wilcock, Edgar Cayce’s son and Cayce’s grandson.

The conclusion of the Cayce family members was that David Wilcock is not the reincarnation of Edgar Cayce. I recall a statement that Cayce’s grandson made that his grandfather was softspoken and humble, very much in contrast with David’s persona.

To view the video in which John Van Auken describes the meeting of the the Cayce family and David Wilcock, which occurs at 1:10 minutes into the video, please go to:

John Van Auken Explains How Cayce Family Member Rejected David Wilcock’s Claim of Being the Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce

Landmark Associations in Mistaken Past Life Matches

False past life identities can occur by what I term “landmark associations,” which can be made by the individual or by psychics that the individual consults with. Because the true past life identity may involve an obscure person, the most famous person of that era is ceased upon to represent the individual’s past life identity.

For example, if a psychic tells a person that they were Cleopatra in a past incarnation, it is likely that the client was incarnate during Cleopatra’s lifetime and perhaps even knew her. Cleopatra serves as a “landmark” in time for the client’s past life, though the client was not Cleopatra literally.

In my opinion, this is what happened with David’s belief that he was Edgar Cayce in a prior lifetime.

David Wilcock as the Reincarnation of Thomas Sugrue, the Biographer of Edgar Cayce

I have worked with world famous trance medium Kevin Ryerson since 2001 and found that he channels a spirit being named Ahtun Re, who can make past life matches with a high degree of accuracy.

In as session with Kevin, Ahtun Re concurred that David Wilcock is not the reincarnation of Edgar Cayce and he revealed that in actuality, David is the reincarnation of Thomas Sugrue, an associate of Cayce who wrote the definitive biography on Cayce entitled, There is a River. It is this book that made Edgar Cayce well known.

In this way, the landmark association occurred which led to the mistaken past life match of Wilcock being Cayce. I discussed these issues with both David Wilcock and his coauthor, Wynn Free, well before they published their book proposing the David was Cayce.

Differences Between Edgar Cayce and David Wilcock

david wilcock reincarnation cayce An important point is that Edgar Cayce was a trance medium who delivered messages from the spirit world while in a meditative state. David Wilcock is not a medium.

Edgar Cayce was not an intellectual nor was he an author. David Wilcock is an intellectual and a prolific author.

Wilcock and Wynn Free argue that similarities in the astrological charts of Cayce and Wilcock support the past life association. The truth is that astrological charts cannot be used to assess the validity of a past life match.

David should be proud of what he has accomplished in his own right and I wish him the best.

To review other similar cases, please go to:

Spiritual Figure and Author Reincarnation Cases, including Nostradmus

To review an article on the reincarnation of Edgar Cayce, please go to:

Edgar Cayce Reincarnation Case

Evidence and Principles of Reincarnation-Understanding Past Lives

Physical Resemblance in Reincarnation Cases: The facial features of Thomas Sugrue and David Wilcock are similar, though it appears that Sugrue was older and heavier than is David in their pictures. I believe that David will look more like Sugrue as he ages.

David’s facial architecture does not correspond to that of Cayce.

Past Life Passions, Talent and Abilities: Thomas Sugrue was a published spiritual author and David Wilcock is an intellectual and prolific author on spiritual topics.

Edgar Cayce was not an intellectual, nor was he an author.

Relationships Renewed through Reincarnation: David Wilcock has identified people in his life that he believes were in Edgar Cayce’s social circle in their past lives. It is quite possible that some of David’s friends knew Cayce in their prior incarnations as Cayce and Thomas Sugrue were close associates, who knew the same people.

 

Henry Opukahai’ia, the Founder of the Written Hawaiian Language and His Reincarnation in Indonesia as Handaka Vijjananda: Translators of Religious Texts-Christian and Buddhist, in Two Lifetimes

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

Article by: Walter Semkiw, MD

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A Past Life for Handaka Vijjananda

In working on the Indonesian version of my book, Born Again, there was a person I wanted to determine a past life for.  This individual is Handaka Vijjananda, who established the Ehipassiko Foundation, an organization dedicated to spreading the wisdom of Buddhism in that part of the world. His foundation translated and published my book in Indonesia. I am indebted to Brenda ie-McRae, a past life regression therapist in Jakarta, Indonesia, for indroducing me to him.

In working with Handaka, I found him to be a very impressive young man.  He is trained as a pharmacist, runs a pharmaceutical export business, is a devoted father, yet makes time to translate and publish books on Buddhism.

Individuals tend to pursue similar activities from one lifetime to another and those who write books in one incarnation oftentimes have written books in prior incarnations.  It is easier to locate past lifetimes that can be historically validated for writers, as they leave a record.  Accordingly, I wondered about a past lifetime for Handaka.

In a session with Kevin Ryerson, Ahtun Re told me that Handaka had an incarnation as a native of Hawaii, who was involved in the creation of the written Hawaiian language.  When I asked Ahtun Re how I would find this person, he told me that this individual is historically well known and that there is only one such individual.

Henry Opukaha’ia or Obookiah: A Founder of the Written Hawaiian Language

After doing some research, I found an article entitled, Henry Opukaha’ia: The Youth Who Changed Hawai’i, written by Betty Fullard-Leo, in which she wrote:

“The work Henry Opukaha’ia did on translating the Bible and recording the Hawaiian language in a grammar/dictionary/spelling book, paved the way for the missionaries to print the first Hawaiian primer and Bible stories in the Hawaiian language.”

I found a portrait of Henry and noted that he bore a resemblance to Handaka.  In a subsequent session with Kevin Ryerson, I asked Ahtun Re if Handaka Vijjananda is the reincarnation of Henry Opukaha’ia.  Ahtun Re affirmed the match.

When I passed this information on to Handaka, he and his family related to the match for reasons that will be explained in a moment.  Let us first briefly review the life of this pioneer of the Hawaiian language.

Henry Opukaha’ia’s Early Life and Losses in Hawaii

It is thought that Henry Opukaha’ia was born in 1792 on the Big Island of Hawaii.  As a young boy, he grew up in the turmoil and war that followed the death of the old tribal ruler, Alap’i. His successor, Kamehameha, became the ruler of all the Hawaiian Islands, but who got involved in conflict over control of the Big Island.

In this war between rival royal factions, Henry’s parents were killed.  He later was adopted by an uncle who was a priest or “kahuna.”  He later lost an aunt for her violation of a religious “kapu,” which means a taboo or religious rule that cannot be broken.  Betty Fullard-Leo narrates the turn of events:

“Henry, who is thought to have been ten or twelve at the time, fled from the rampaging warriors carrying his infant brother on his back. A spear thrown by one of the soldiers found its mark, and the baby brother was killed. Henry survived, but the same soldier who had killed his parents became his guardian for the next year and a half.

During this time, Henry discovered that a kahuna at a nearby temple was his uncle, so he was allowed to go to live with his grandmother and this uncle. While he was visiting an aunt in a nearby village, soldiers came to take her prisoner for some infraction of the kapu system, but Henry once again survived by escaping through a hole in the grass house. While he watched, a soldier threw this aunt over a cliff to her death.”

Henry Opukaha’ia Sails for Connecticut on the “Triumph”

It is sad that Henry, orphaned by a tribal war, had to witness so much additional violence.  It is understandable why he would want to leave Hawaii for a more peaceful place.  When a ship named the Triumph came into port, the captain, a man named Brintnall, invited Henry and Hopo’o, another Hawaiian boy, to have dinner on the vessel and to spend the night.

Subsequently, Henry, at the age of 16, was allowed to stay on board and participate in the ship’s journeys.  Regarding his travels on board the Triumph, Betty Fullard-Leo writes:

“The sailors called him Opukaha’ia Henry, and spelled his last name the way they pronounced it, Obookiah. During the next two years, Henry sailed on the Triumph to the Seal Islands (situated between Alaska and Japan), back to Hawai’i, to Macao, and around the Cape of Good Hope, landing in New York in 1809. On board he developed a friendship with a Christian sailor named Russell Hubbard, who began teaching Henry how to read and write, often using the Bible as a primer.”

When the ship landed in the United States, Henry moved to New Haven, Connecticut, to live with Captain Brintnall and his family.  There he continued his education and learned about the Christian religion, which he found more appealing than his native Hawaiian religion, in which idols were worshiped.  For a period of time, he lived with the very devout family of the president of Yale College.  To earn a living, he worked on farms in Connecticut and New Hampshire, though he continued to study whenever possible.

Henry Converts to Christianity and Translates the Bible into Hawaiian

Reincarnation CaseschristianityreincarnationpastlivescrossBy 1814, Henry began speaking publicly at church groups in Connecticut.  Further, he began translating the Bible into Hawaiian and he created a dictionary and grammar book in the Hawaiian language.  Fullard-Leo, in her article, continues the story:

“People in Connecticut had begun to talk of sending missionaries to foreign countries-Hawai’i, in particular, as several young native Christians (like Henry) would be able to pave the way. Henry continued to fill his inquisitive mind with knowledge at Yale College. Not only did he undertake Latin, Hebrew, geometry and geography, he improved his English by writing the story of his life in a book called Memoirs of Henry Obookiah. By 1815, he had finished writing his personal history and had begun to keep a diary that detailed his feelings about his faith.”

At 26, Henry Dies Before He Could Return to Hawaii to Spread Christianity to the Islands

Henry then embarked on missionary training, so that he could spread the message of Christianity to his native Hawaii and around the world.  Unfortunately, before having a chance to participate in a mission, Henry developed typhus fever and died on February 17, 1818.  Regarding the end of his life and the impact that he had, Betty Fullard-Leo writes:

“Attendants noted a heavenly smile on his face. He was 26 years old. Among his last words were ‘Alloah o e’–translated in his memoirs as, ‘My love be with you.’

The little book about his life was printed and circulated after his death. It inspired 14 missionaries to volunteer to carry his message to the Sandwich Islands. Of those who sailed on the Thaddeus on October 23, 1819, only Samuel Ruggles had met Henry face-to-face. The work Henry did on translating the bible and recording the Hawaiian language in a grammar/dictionary/spelling book, paved the way for the missionaries to print the first Hawaiian primer and Bible stories in the Hawaiian language.

Henry’s body was buried in a hillside cemetery in Cornwall, Connecticut, where it remained for 185 years. In 1993, a group of his descendants, spearheaded by Deborah Lee, brought the body home to the Big Island. The remains were re-interred at Kahikolu Cemetery in Napo’opo’o, near Kealakekua Bay in South Kona. A plaque marks the spot, cared for by Ka ‘Ohe Ola Hou, a group formed to perpetuate the achievements of the devout young man who is believed to be the first Hawaiian convert to Christianity–a young man whose zeal was the reason the first missionaries came to Hawai’i in 1820.”

Similarities Between Henry Opukaha’ia and his Reincarnation, Handaka Vijjananda

In cases featured in Born Again, we have observed how predispositions, talents and life patterns can repeat from one incarnation to another.  Handaka Vijjananda relates to Henry Opukaha’ia due to the many parallels that exist between them, such as:

  • Holy book translation: Henry worked on translation of the Bible into the Hawaiian language.  Handaka has translated Buddhist texts into the Indonesian language.
  • Creation of a translation dictionary: Henry is credited with the creation of the first dictionary or primer for English/Hawaiian translation.  Handaka is creating a similar translation dictionary to facilitate conversion of Buddhist texts written in the Indian Pali language into the Indonesian language.
  • Public speaking: Just as Henry gave public speeches to church groups, Handaka gives public presentations on Buddhism and character building.
  • Missionary work: Henry was being trained to perform Christian missionary work, though he died before he began to serve as a missionary.  Handaka has done missionary work for many years and recently served in Aceh and Medan, Indonesia, where a tsunami struck in 2004.

Handaka notes that the primary difference in the two lifetimes is that he was serving Christianity in his lifetime as Henry, while he serves Buddhism in his contemporary incarnation.   He also has a more universal and inclusive point of view, which is characteristic of people who believe in reincarnation.

Reincarnation and Change of Religion

Ahtun Re has revealed that Handaka’s family in Indonesia was also incarnate in Hawaii as the extended family of Henry, some of whom, we learned, suffered violent and cruel deaths.  In the reincarnation case of Henry Opukaha’ia | Handaka Vijjananda, we see in microcosm humanity’s path in becoming more spiritually evolved.

Henry was born into a land with tribal war and strict religious rules and taboos.  Breaking a taboo could result in persecution and even death.  Henry left Hawaii and became a believer in Christianity, a religion that focuses on forgiveness, charity and doing onto others as you would have done to you.  Still, Christians are separated from those of different belief systems and wars have been fought based on different beliefs.  In contemporary times, Handaka believes in Buddhism, which reveres compassion and embraces reincarnation.

Objective evidence of reincarnation, which demonstrates that we can change religion, nationality, race and ethnic affiliation from one incarnation to another, is the ultimate source of a universal life view.

Let us hope that evidence of reincarnation will spread throughout the world, bringing greater peace and tolerance to the planet.  Let us thank Henry Opukaha’ia | Handaka Vijjananda for helping bring evidence of reincarnation to Indonesia.

To review similar cases, please go to:

Spiritual Leader Reincarnation Cases

Evidence and Principles of Reincarnation-Understanding Past Lives

Physical Resemblance in Reincarnation Cases: There is a similarity in the facial features of Henry Opukaha’ia | Handaka Vijjananda

Past Life Passions and Abilities: The parallels between the talents and accomplishments of Henry | Handaka have been discussed above.

Change of Religion and Nationality through Reincarnation: Henry was raised with the ancient Hawaiian religion and then converted to Christianity. Handaka was born in Indonesia and is a Buddhist.

 

 

Reincarnation Case of Philosopher Immanuel Kant | Parapsychologist Ruprecht Sheldrake-Leading Thinkers of Intuition and Telepathy

Proposed by: Terry Oleson. PhD

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

Article by: Walter Semkiw, MD

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My Australian friend and colleague, psychologist Terry Oleson, PhD, proposed that English biologist and parapsychologist Rupert Sheldrake, PhD may be the reincarnation of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant.

That past life match never occurred to me, but upon reading about the two and comparing facial features, It seemed to me to be an accurate reincarnation match.

Subsequently, on August 2, 2019, I had a session with world-famous trance medium Kevin Ryerson, who channels a spirit guide or spirit being named Ahtun Re. I have worked with Kevin regularly since 2001 and Ahtun Re has demonstrated to me the ability to make past life matches with a high degree of accuracy.

Ahtun Re affirmed that Rupert Sheldrake is the reincarnation of Immanuel Kant.

Immanuel Kant, Intuition and Telepathy

Kant was born on April 22, 1714. His primary thesis was that the mind shapes experience and reality. He also forwarded that intuition can provide accurate information independent of objective observation or reason. Kant’s idea of intuition is consistent with telepathy.

Kant died on February 12,1804.

Rupert Sheldrake, Morphic Resonance, Intuition and Telepathy

Rupert Sheldrake was born in England on June 28, 1942, about 140 years after Kant died. Sheldrake is a philosopher and a scientist, with an inclination towards parapsychology, which is the study of mental phenomena that cannot be explained by orthodox science.

Intuition is a major research subject of parapsychologists. Recall that intuition was a major interest of Immanuel Kant.

Sheldrake’s primary thesis is that memory is inherit in nature, which creates a collective memory, one that all living creatures can tap into. This collective memory can explain telepathic downloads of information, a process that can explain intuition. Recall that Kant also proposed that information can be downloaded by the mind outside of direct observation.

Sheldrake called the memory inherent in all individual things as “morphic resonance.” The combination of all the morphic resonances of individual things would create collective consciousness. Sheldrake proposed telepathy between living organisms was due to tapping into this collective consciousness.

Note that both Kant’s and Sheldrake’s writings focus heavily on intuition and telepathy.

An Amusing Case of Telepathy with a Squirrel

Evidence and Principles of Reincarnation-Understanding Past Lives

Physical Resemblance in Reincarnation Cases: The facial features of Immanuel Kant and Ruprecht Sheldrake are similar. In particular, they have large, round foreheads.

Past Life Talents and Interests: The works of Kant and Sheldrake are consistent.

Change of Nationality and Ethnicity: Kant was German while Sheldrake is English. Understanding that nationality, religion, race and ethnic affiliation can change from one lifetime to another can help create a more peaceful world.

To review related cases, please go to:

Reincarnation Cases Involving Leaders of Biology, Medicine and Psychology

Reincarnation Cases Involving Spiritual Leaders

Marianne Williamson’s Presidential Campaign and Her Past Life as Abigail Adams, with Reincarnation Cases Involving Neale Donald Walsch, Deepak Chopra and John Hagelin

Marianne Williamson presidential campaignRevealed or Affirmed by: Spirit Guide or Spirit Being Ahtun Re through Kevin Ryerson

Cases Researched by: Walter Semkiw, MD

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Past Lives of Marianne Williamson & John Hagelin in the American Revolution

In my reincarnation research, before I met Kevin Ryerson, I had hypothesized that the best selling author, Marianne Williamson, and physicist John Hagelin, were part of the Revolutionary group in Boston. Hagelin had run for US President in 2000 under the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s Natural Law Party. Ahtun Re later confirmed these matches, which were part of the 60 pairings that I had reviewed with him during our first few sessions. They were Boston revolutionaries that were close to John Adams. These two cases are described in detail in Return of the Revolutionaries.

Past Life Writing Style of Marianne Williamson

I had hypothesized the match between Abigail Adams and Marianne Williamson based on similarities in writing style, before I ever saw an image of Marianne. In my reading of American history during the Revolution, I became very familiar with the letters written between John and Abigail. When a friend suggested that I read a book written by Marianne, I was surprised to find she has the same linguistic style, the same writing voice, as Abigail Adams. A linguistic analysis performed in the reincarnation case of John B. Gordon | Jeff Keene shows that writing style can remain the same from one lifetime to another.

I later learned that Marianne’s personal hero is none other than Abigail Adams. Synchronistic events led us to meet for the first time on Valentine’s Day, in 2001, before I had my first session with Kevin. At that time, Marianne agreed to be included in Return of the Revolutionaries as the reincarnation of Abigail. After I stated work with Kevin Ryerson in October 2001, Marianne Williamson was affirmed by Ahtun Re to be the reincarnation of Abigail Adams, the wife of John Adams.

John Hagelin, of Maharishi University & TM Movement, as Reincarnation of James Otis

I also had hypothesized that John Hagelin was the reincarnation of James Otis, Jr, a Boston lawyer who was considered to be a genius, who helped spark the revolutionary movement by taking the British to court regarding the Writs of Assistance, an illegal search and seizure law. Hagelin also agreed to be in my Revolutionaries book as Otis before I met Kevin, although Ahtun Re also affirmed the match after I started work with Ryerson.

John Hagelin | James Otis Reincarnation-Past Life Case

5iisisjamesotisjohnhagelinreincarnationNeale Donald Walsch, author of the best selling spiritual series, Conversations with God, has been close to both Williamson and Hagelin. Walsh and Williamson both supported Hagelin’s presidential bid in 2000 and Williamson and Walsch together founded the Global Renaissance Alliance. As such, I wondered if Neale was in Boston during the American Revolution also, though I had no idea of who he could have been.

Spirit Guide or Spirit Being Ahtun Re Reveals a Past Life Identity for Neale Donald Walsch

In a session with Kevin Ryerson, Ahtun Re told me that Walsch was indeed a minister in Boston who was good friends with John and Abigail Adams, and that he was also an associate of John Hagelin in those times. I asked Ahtun Re what Neale’s name was in that era. Ahtun Re told me that Neale was known as Reverend Walter and that he was a Boston minister and Freemason, who also supported Anglican causes.

Reverend Walter was in no history book that I could find, but I was able to locate him through the New England Genealogical and Historical Society (NEGHS), which is located in Boston. A search of the diaries of John Adams done by the NEGHS revealed only one minister known to the Adamses by the name of Rev. Walter. That minister was William Walter, born on October 7, 1737. Walter received his license as a minister in England, by the Bishop of London. As such, Rev. Walter was an Anglican minister, as Ahtun Re had said. Rev. Walter then returned to Boston and was inducted into the ministry in July 1764, at Trinity Church. On April 4, 1768, Rev. Walter was chosen to be Rector of Trinity Church. A biography from Harvard College was available that confirmed that Rev. Walter was also a Freemason, as Ahtun Re had noted.

Spirit Guide Ahtun Re’s Past LIfe Information for Neale Donald Walsch is confirmed by Researcher at New England Genealogical & Historical Society

5iisiswalternealedonaldwalschreincarnation-An entry from John Adams’s diary regarding Reverend William Walter, made on May 24, 1773, is provided below. This entry mentions two other men, Colonel and Major Otis, who were father and son. The son, Major Otis, refers to James Otis, who in contemporary times has been identified as John Hagelin. Let us now turn to the notes of John Adams. The term “parson,” used by Adams, is the equivalent of “reverend.” I have placed the contemporary identities of the players involved in brackets, for clarity. John Adams wrote:

“Spent this Evening at Wheelwrights, with Parson Williams of Sandwich. . . . Williams took up the whole Evening with Stories about Coll. Otis and his Son the Major [John Hagelin]. The Major [John Hagelin] employed . . . Parson Walter [Neale Donald Walsch] to represent him to the Governor as a Friend to Government, in order to get the Commission of Lieutenant Colonel.

The Major [John Hagelin] has Liberty written over his Manufactory House. . . . Col Otis reads to large Circles of the common People, Allens Oration on the beauties of Liberty and recommends it as an excellent Production.” (1)

Note that Major James Otis | John Hagelin asked Parson Walter | Neale Donald Walsch for assistance in obtaining a higher military rank within the Royal British government. Keep in mind that this event took place prior to the American Revolution and that many patriot leaders served in leadership roles within the British system before independence was declared. Clergy and ministers were leaders of the community and as such, Reverend William Walter | Neale Donald Walsch was in a position to assist James Otis | John Hagelin in procuring greater influence within the government.

Past Life Relationships Renewed in Reincarnation Cases of Neale Donald Walsch & John Hagelin

5iisiswalternealedonaldwalschreincarnation-Note too that this situation is parallel to contemporary circumstances involving Hagelin and Walsch. As part of his 2000 presidential campaign, Hagelin tapped Walsch for fundraising help, just as Otis tapped Reverend Walter in his campaign to procure the rank of lieutenant colonel. So here we have established, if the proposed past-life identities are valid, a Revolutionary karmic connection between John Hagelin and Neale Donald Walsch.

Reverend Walter tried to maintain a neutral stance between the Loyalists and Revolutionaries within his congregation. As such, Reverend Walter remained in the good graces of Patriots and Loyalists alike until an unfortunate incident occurred. In February 1776, just as Paine’s Common Sense was making a splash, Reverend Walter was accused of trying to spread smallpox within the Patriot army. A vaccine for smallpox had recently been invented, but there was great controversy as to whether the vaccine did more harm than good. People who were inoculated could spread the disease to others for a period of time, so the vaccinated had to go into temporary quarantine.

The incident in question involves a small boy who accused Reverend Walter of forcing inoculation on him. The boy claimed that Reverend Walter then instructed him to go to a Patriot army base where the boy came down with the pox. This placed the Patriot army in danger of contracting the disease. Though it is difficult to imagine that this account was accurate, certain Bostonians apparently accepted the story and accused Rev. Walter of trying to spread smallpox within the Patriot armed forces. They branded him a Loyalist and traitor. As a result, Rev. Walter’s house was ransacked and he was forced to take refuge in England in 1776.

Replication of Past Life Behavior in Reincarnation Case of Neale Donald Walsch: Prison Ministries

In the spring of 1777, Walter returned to New York while the Revolutionary War was on, and was appointed as a chaplain to Britain’s Third Battalion. In this capacity, Reverend Walter tended to Patriot prisoners of war. A biographer wrote that Walter’s “kindness to the American prisoners was famous.” (2) This service to the Patriot prisoners is consistent with Ahtun Re’s statement that Walsch gave shelter or assistance to revolutionaries.

It is also interesting that Reverend Walter attended to a prison population, as Neale Donald Walsch has created a special program to provide books to contemporary prison inmates. As such, William Walter and Neale Donald Walsch both have a common history of serving prison populations.

Past Life Relationships: Neale Donald Walsch Visits Abigail Adams

5IISISAbigailAdams60MarianneWilliamsonReincarnationIn December of 1783, Reverend Walter returned to England and in July 1784 he called upon Abigail Adams to welcome her to London. Abigail had just arrived to join her husband John, who was serving as the American minister to England. This visit acknowledges a karmic connection between William Walter | Neale Donald Walsch and Abigail Adams | Marianne Williamson in the Revolutionary era. As noted previously, in contemporary times, Marianne Williamson has founded the Global Renaissance Alliance with Walsch cited as a co-founder.

Spirit Guide Ahtun Re’s Past Life Information Confirmed: Reverend Walter is an Anglican & Freemason

In July and August 1787, Reverend Walter was back in Boston and was invited to preach in the Anglican Church, which derived from the Church of England. Prior to his exile in England, Walter was known to support the establishment of an Anglican bishop in America, which caused consternation among independent-minded Americans. This association with Anglican churches and the calling for an Anglican bishop are consistent with Ahtun Re’s statement that Walsch, in his Revolutionary lifetime, supported Anglican causes.

It is also documented that Reverend Walter was a Freemason and spoke at Masonic events. An observer wrote: “Dr. Walter was an ardent Mason because he saw the function of that organization to be to further love of mankind.” (3) This statement is consistent with Ahtun Re’s other proclamation that Walsch, in the Revolutionary era, was a Freemason.

As the years went on after his return from England, the people of Boston reaccepted Reverend Walter and eventually, he was made Rector of Christ Church in Boston. Reverend Walter also frequently preached at Christ Church in Cambridge. He died on December 5, 1800 and was buried with Masonic honors in a family tomb under Christ Church. A memorial window was erected in Trinity Church in honor of William Walter. Reverend Walter was survived by seven children.

Consistent Past Life Personality Traits in Neale Donald Walsch Reincarnation Case

5iisisjamesotisjohnhagelinreincarnationIn addition to historical details that match Ahtun Re’s description of Walsch in the Revolutionary era and the existence of karmic ties to Abigail Adams | Marianne Williamson and James Otis | John Hagelin, common personality and character traits can be noted between Reverend Walter and Neale Donald Walsch.

For example, I have been told that Walsch is congenial in public and that he likes to dress well. Walsch himself has publicly joked about his vanity. At fundraising events held for John Hagelin, Walsch has told the story that when he was growing up one of his greatest concerns was his “hair” and how it was styled. This is consistent with how the ladies of Boston remembered Reverend Walter. One of these ladies remarked:

“Dr. Walter was a remarkably handsome man, tall and well proportioned. When in the street, he wore a long blue cloth cloak over his cassock and gown; a full-bottomed wig, dressed and powdered; a three-cornered hat; knee breeches of fine black cloth, with black silk hose; and square quartered shoes, with silver buckles. (4)

Walsch, I understand, is also fond of fine footwear. Walsch is also a former actor and radio personality. These roles are consistent with statements made regarding Reverend Walter: “His whole attention is given to dress, balls, assemblies, and plays;” (5) “his voice was clear, musical and well modulated.” (6)

Past Life Personality Traits: Walter & Walsch are Metaphysicians

Another common feature between Reverend Walter and Walsch is that both have produced spiritual and metaphysical works that have enjoyed great popularity. Walsch, of course, has written the Conversations with God series, which has sold in the millions. Reverend Walter, in like fashion, produced sermons of great popularity that had a metaphysical quality. The following quotes regarding Reverend Walter illustrate these points. “The popularity of the young man’s preaching was amazing.” (8) Of a sermon made by Walter, a listener wrote, “metaphysical but well pickt and adapted to the present season.” (9)

Past Life Behavior: Walter & Walsch have a Common Interest in ET’s

5iisiswalternealedonaldwalschreincarnation-What is most striking is that Reverend Walter in the eighteenth gave sermons that involved references to extraterrestrial beings. This subject matter is consistent with material in Conversations with God, Book 3 where Walsch writes about “highly evolved beings,” who are extraterrestrials (ETs) from other planets. Walsh writes that these highly evolved beings are benevolent and more advanced than humans on the evolutionary scale. Let us now reflect on the words of Reverend William Walter, written in the eighteenth century, as he describes God creating the universe, with planets populated with life forms, and endowed with varying degrees of intelligence.

“He speaks, and behold! those Suns which appear so magnificent in the great Concave, instantly exist; Suns which the Eye of an Herschel or a Newton . . . is unable to number: He commands, and behold! those Suns are surrounded with Planets, and their concomitant Satellites, prepared with all the Accommodations for embodied Spirits. It is not improbable that the Inhabitants of those countless Worlds which roll incessantly around their central fires, forming Systems beyond Systems, are endued with different Degrees of Intellect, and different Modes of attaining that Happiness for which they were made.” (10)

So Reverend William Walter speaks of beings living on other planets, each with their own ways of attaining happiness. This is consistent with Walsch’s message about intelligent ETs evolving in their own manner.

Reincarnation Case of Joseph Warren MD | Deepak Chopra MD

Reincarnation Case Study Joseph Warren and Deepak Chopra comparison imageThere is one additional member of this cohort who were leaders in Boston during the American Revolution. Joseph Warren was a medical doctor and soldier who died in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Dr Warren was a dear friend of John and Abigail Adams and Warren’s portrait still hangs in the Adam’s home, now a historical site. Ahtun Re revealed that Deepak Chopra is the reincarnation of Joseph Warren.

If this is true, then Boston friends from the American Revolution, Rev. William Walter | Neale Donald Walsch, Abigail Adams | Marianne Williamson and Joseph Warren | Deepak Chopra have reunited as leaders of contemporary spirituality, who have shared venues together. Walsch, Williamson and Chopra all supported the US Presidential bid of James Otis | John Hagelin, so they also have had a hand in contemporary politics and political reform.

Please note: The Deepak Chopra case was not published in Return of the Revolutionaries and as such, Neale Donald Walsch has not reviewed this particular case.)

Another Past Life for Neale Donald Walsch as Andrew Jackson Davis

As noted above, I made the hypothesis that Marianne Williamson is the reincarnation of Abigail Adams based on common linguistic writing style. A linguistic analysis in the John B. Gordon | Jeff Keene Reincarnation Case supports that linguistic writing style can remain consistent from one lifetime to another.

A second past life match for Neale Donald Walsch was made in a similar manner. I was researching a past lifetime for Mark Thurston, a leader of Edgar Cayce’s ARE. Ahtun Re told me that Mark served as a secretary to the famous 18th century medium, Andrew Jackson Davis. I thought the best way to pursue this case was to read books Davis had written to see if I would find clues regarding his secretary.

5 Andrew Jackson Davis Neale Donald WalschI ordered two of Davis’s books through the Internet. I started reading and after studying 5 pages, I had the same experience as I did when I was reading Marianne Williamson’s book. It was as if a hammer hit me over the head with the realization that I have encountered this writing style before. It took me a few few minutes before I realized where I have read this author before. It then dawned on me that Davis had the same linguistic writing style, the same linguistic voice, as is found in Conversations With God, the best selling trilogy written by Neale Donald Walsch.

There was no image of Andrew Jackson Davis in the books that I had purchased, but I soon found portraits and realized there is an uncanny resemblance between Davis and Walsch. In a subsequent session with Kevin Ryerson, Ahtun Re confirmed that Neale Donald Walsch is the reincarnation of Andrew Jackson Davis.

Replication of Past Life Talent in Andrew Jackson Davis | Neale Donald Walsch Reincarnation Case

If this case is accepted, then Neale Donald Walsch very directly replicated the talent of Andrew Jackson Davis in writing influential spiritual books using gifts of clairvoyance and channeling.

Conclusion & Neale Donald Walsch’s Support of Reincarnation Cases

In sum, the information that Ahtun Re provided regarding the past-life identity of Neale Donald Walsch appears to be fulfilled in the persona of Reverend William Walter. Given the difficulty involved in obtaining information on and the portrait of Reverend William Walter, this case impressed me as providing evidence that Ahtun Re can provide accurate past life information and matches.

Recall that this case was researched in 2001, long before search engines such as Google were available. I reasoned that if took so much work to locate Reverend Walter in history, there was no way that Kevin Ryerson, the human being, could know about Reverend Walter. I concluded that information was coming from a spiritual being, Ahtun Re, who had access to some universal fund of knowledge. This motivated me to continue working with Kevin Ryerson for years to come.

It is significant to note that Neale Donald Walsch supports his past life match as Reverend Walter, as well as the other reincarnation cases posted on this page. If these cases are accepted, they demonstrate the following principles of reincarnation.

Principles of Reincarnation & Understanding Past Lives

Physical Resemblance in Reincarnation Cases: William Walter and Neale Donald Walsch have corresponding facial architecture and the similarity in facial features between Neale Donald Walsch and Andrew Jackson Davis is uncanny. There are also strong physical resemblances between Abigail Adams & Marianne Williamson and James Otis & John Hagelin. A similarity in appearance between Joseph Warren and Deepak Chopra can be appreciated, though it is not as strong as in the other cases.

Past Life Talent: Reverend Walter and Neale Donald Walsch have both demonstrated traits of charismatic prophets. Walsch very closely replicated the abilities of Andrew Jackson Davis in writing Conversations with God.

Abigail Adams is one of the few female heroes of the American Revolution and she contributed to our understanding of the history of American Revolution through her prolific letter writing. Marianne Williamson has become one of the best selling authors of our time. Further correspondences are detailed in Return of the Revolutionaries.

James Otis was an American political revolutionary and John Hagelin ran for US President in 2000, supported by his past life friends, Neale Donald Walsch, Marianne Williamson and Deepak Chopra.

Relationships Renewed through Reincarnation: Soul group connections between American Revolutionary colleagues and friends from Boston have been renewed between William Walter | Neale Donald Walsch, James Otis | John Hagelin, Abigail Adams | Marianne Williamson and Joseph Warren | Deepak Chopra. Ahtun Re has also identified Nancy, Neale’s wife, as Lydia Lynde, Reverend Walter’s wife.

Kundalini and Enlightenment-A Personal Experience, by Shai Tubali

Article by: Shai Tubali

Addendum by: Walter Semkiw, MD

“The proclamation of heaven has come, that the bird of the soul may rise in flight.” Rumi

Kundalini: God’s Mechanism of Redemption

 I would like to start with a small, self-invented mythology, that contains a great truth. When God created the soul and sent it on its highly enriching, but agonizing journey of human incarnations, He knew that it would only be fair to equip it with some device that could enable it to salvage itself and return to Him one day. He was fully aware that the Earthly forces of gravity would overwhelm it, that the physical perils would imprint in it a deep clinging to the body and its survival instinct, and that the pleasures of the senses would ingrain in it a deep attachment to the bodily experience. He realized that He was taking a chance by sending it to the valley of endless forgetfulness called “Earth,” and that the distance separating the limited body and the infinitehood of cosmic consciousness was simply unbridgeable.

So, what could he do? In His wise mind, He envisioned a mechanism that could be implanted at the subtlest core of the human body. This would be a mechanism that could be powerful enough to overcome gravity and to disengage the soul from all mental, emotional and physical shackles. It should be able to signal to the soul that it is on the right path by imbuing it with the greatest form of unEarthly bliss. And it would be able to serve the soul as its ethereal aircraft with which it could fly all the way back to the heavens and be pulled to its original home; its true nature as infinite being.

As God was considering the options of an energetic structure that could perform such a miracle within the limited human body, one of the more creative archangels approached with the symbol of the caduceus, which one day would surface from the subconscious human mind in the form of the staff of Hermes and the symbol of medicine. It resembled the DNA strand, the inner encoding out of which all living beings were made. This structure, the angel advised God, would pull up all the Earthly energies through a single line and would spread and reactivate the soul’s wings so that it would remember it could fly.

God consented and ordered to construct this subtle body. He formed a complex net of energetic tubes with one central tube in their midst, which started at the base of the spine and culminated at the crown of the head. Within the base of this tube, He planted the seed of divine consciousness, a spark from His own mind. He knew that this spark would remain dormant as long as the soul would not be mature enough to achieve full self-awareness and to conduct the light of infinity while in the body.

With His boundless patience and love, He would wait for the moment in which the soul would awaken to the longing to return to its source. When that has happened, the spark He planted would be ignited at once and start its tireless mission to spiritualize the individual’s entire being, from dense matter into a self-revelation of one’s own hidden divinity.

Kundalini

Is this story a mere mythology? Perhaps there was no angel consulting God. Besides it is not a mythology at all. In fact, for the ripe soul that sincerely yearns for the divine, this subtle device is a living reality, which is not less tangible than the physical body and the experience of the senses. In the Yogic tradition, this device has been referred to as “Kundalini.” The experience itself, which is known to all esoteric traditions, is one and the same: the awakening of the spark of divine consciousness which gathers with it all the base energies and pushes them all the way upward, until it powerfully shatters the thin barrier that distinguishes man from infinity.

Short-term kundalini experiences can happen many times and to many people. Indeed, kundalini rises upward whenever we contemplate and meditate on spirit; whenever we are filled with spiritual longing and seek transcendence. Nevertheless, for the cosmic spark to attain complete satisfaction-and complete satisfaction can only mean that the spark has reunited with the undivided divine consciousness-a long and persistent process of increasing awakening is required, all the way to full illumination.

The Kundalini Awakening of Shai Tubali

When I was 20 years old, I experienced the initial urge for spiritual search. I did not truly understand what it was that I was seeking. It was more an intuitive attraction to the strange magic I had found in the aphorisms of Zen-Buddhism, as well as a hope to somehow overcome my social fears. My first significant step was taking a Transcendental Meditation course, in which I heard for the first time about Enlightenment as a union of the individual consciousness with the consciousness of the universe. Merely hearing that triggered an ancient pain of separation in my heart and I felt called to move toward that elusive state.

Shortly after, I traveled to India to abide in an ashram and to seek out those for whom the truth was not second-hand knowledge but a direct experience. Luckily, I encountered there my first teacher who, like me, was an Israeli. In India I learned for the first time-by reading a biography of Jiddu Krishnamurti, who had undergone an immense kundalini awakening at the age of 29-that enlightenment was not some mental insight but a profound and dramatic energetic transformation. With this understanding, extraordinary states-such as watching my body lying in bed from ceiling level and being awoken up at night to mysterious cosmic messages and energetic transmissions-began to convince me that I was entering the gates of the unknowable.

The Bliss of Kundalini Awakening

When I returned to Israel, I remained in contact with my first teacher and for two years I was constantly shifting from lonesome self-inquiry to spending time with him, and the other way around. Near the end of this period of two years, I attended a silent retreat held by one of his awakened student. As the silence grew more and more intense, I became overwhelmingly immersed in the bliss of the unified consciousness.

I would walk on my way to breakfast or to my cabin and, uncontrollably, would bump into this bubble-like, all-encompassing energy field of liberation and endless joy. My senses would withdraw, as if I became blinded to the world and capable of seeing and recognizing only this purity of oneness. This continued also after the retreat ended: Even on a busy street, I could be stopped by this mesmerizing beauty while the entire world would completely vanish into thin air. My mantra back then was the continuous sentence which seemed to run in my mind by itself: “Only consciousness is real and nothing else matters…”

These brief, yet immense awakenings were repeated more frequently by the time I joined a silent retreat of my first teacher. There, two days before my 23rd birthday, I attended my teacher’s birthday celebration. I was sitting somewhat distant, outside the circle of celebrators, and remained silent and still.

All of a sudden, I was struck by the clearest perception of what I used to consider “myself.” Looking within, there was no substantial center of identity. At that instance, I knew that the separate and individual consciousness was a mere illusion, and not even a very sophisticated one. Individual consciousness was just a bundle of memories that were artificially glued to one another in a way that they could create a phantom of psychological and continuous entity.

With this perception, kundalini awoke and began to rush throughout my spine. The dormant divine spark leaped to my third eye and the crown of my head. Kundalini broke free through the top of my head, out to the vast expanses of the cosmic mind. With great difficulty I dragged my astounded body away from the party and towards a narrow shoreline, and there kundalini graced me with a vision of my true nature.

Whatever I was looking at, was myself: the open sky, the rocks, the sea and the young men who played soccer on the beach, the universe as a whole existed solely as one, a limitless entity, and I was the universe and nothing besides. Waves of tears and laughter of recognition shook my body for some timeless long hours.

Two days later, on my birthday, I received from my teacher shaktipat, which is an energetic transmission of spiritual energy from a master. The purpose of shaktipat is to help the practitioner’s kundalini to rise.

This only deepened my already intoxicated state of self-forgetfulness. From this retreat onward, long months of tears and laughter began. A gushing universal love overwhelmed my chest, while kundalini was tirelessly emptying my being from familiar and personal feelings.

For hours on end I would sit immovable in an effortless and uninvited meditation. Holiness encompassed my small room. The divine element awoke to recognize itself, and all that was left of “me” was an awestricken witness. Nothing from what I read in books could prepare me for that; the reality of kundalini is endlessly far from mental constructs. For a full year, until the age of 24, I trod this path of indescribable silence where only truth could speak.

The Death of the Ego through Kundalini

Between the ages 24 to 26, the kundalini process, almost unbearably intense, took place. With a very young and unprepared nervous system and in the absence of sufficient guidance, this process turned into what is commonly known as a “kundalini crisis.” Put simply, for two years I felt that I was going to die. I repeatedly experienced my soul abandoning the body through the crown of my head. I went through many sleepless nights that were filled with unexplained phenomena. I experienced severe nausea and an extraordinary energetic vulnerability, in which I felt that no barrier remained to distinguish my own body from the rest of the world. Supernatural capacities came and left.

Nobody-no healer and no teacher-could grasp this process. My own teacher was dumbfounded, since he wasn’t a kundalini master. Fortunately, fate led me to meet my second teacher, a true American yogi, who generously took me under his wings. He consistently treated me with shaktipat, gave me Ayurvedic herbs and homeopathic essences, and calmly guided my exhausted being.

Being an initiate of a kundalini tradition (the Siddha Yoga tradition) himself, he finally made me conscious of this sophisticated divine device within. Through him, I also learned that even the powerful and clearly irreversible awakening that was shaking me to the root of my being was not enough. For liberation to be complete and the merging of the divine spark into the Godhead to be final, kundalini needed to remove many different types of blockages, including significant imprints from past-lives as well as the present life. Kundalini had to literally rewind the entire process of karmic becoming-to unravel deep-seated attachments, desires, angers and fears-until one’s being, from body to spirit, becomes sufficiently purified. Along the way, the evolution of my soul gradually revealed itself; the fundamental themes and lessons with which I had to meet from many lifetimes. At the same time, important learning and acquired capacities re-surfaced from my deepest past.

This process lasted, from the day of my awakening at the age of 23, onwards, for a period of ten years. By the age of 33 I could finally behold this divine mechanism fully awake within me, in ways that were as tangible as my physical reality. I could wholly and directly acknowledge the stream of subtle cosmic force throughout my spine; a stream that often felt like a gushing wild river. The correlation between this river-like flow and a complete unity consciousness and the dissolution of even the subtlest form of self, was undeniable.

When I reported this to my teacher, he surprised me by announcing that finally, my soul was approaching full liberation. In the yogic tradition, this is regarded as “Jivamukti,” which means that liberated soul exists while in a human body. I honestly could not grasp what he was talking about, but at the same time I could notice this river of eternal life surging inside me day and night, relentlessly melting away any sense of separation and individuality.

Time disappeared. Experience ceased. The thirst for life died out. There was no more personal story. My biography was interrupted like a book that ended in a middle of a sentence.

Kundalini as the Holy Spirit

Kundalini is not necessarily woken up directly and intentionally. It can awaken by itself, as a natural outcome of any expression of spiritual longing and a substantial ripening of the soul. That said, there are a variety of practices that can arouse this subtle force and lead it through our energetic spine.

Indirect kundalini awakenings can occur as a result of spending time in the presence of a true spiritual master (satsang); silent retreats and dark-room retreats as well as retreats of spiritual fasting and intense forms of self-inquiry or contemplation on spiritual truths. Direct kundalini awakenings may occur through the grace of shaktipat from a spiritual master or the practices of forest bathing (thanks to the unique kundalini-evoking power of trees) and meditative methods that work directly with this energy, such as the “Expansion Method,” which I have developed and taught for many years.

Spinal breathing-repeatedly breathing into the base of the spine, then throughout the spine and finally throughout the crown of the head-can be particularly effective. Practices that support the flow of kundalini are eating raw foods, forms of stretching like yoga postures, meditation in general, chiropractic and any other bodywork that correct and improve posture. It is strongly recommended to steer clear of any technique that attempts to force kundalini into an unnaturally quick and intense arousal.

When kundalini is aroused without coercion and within a conscious and supportive context, it is never violent or destructive. Its aim is one: creating the inconceivable-an awakened soul, which fully remembers its eternal and infinite nature while still within the confines of a limited and mortal body.

In such a state, there seems to be no difference between the hindu concepts of Shiva (the divine consciousness) and Shakti (the spark of kundalini within the individual human being)-or, as Jesus boldly declared as soon as his own kundalini was fully awakened, no real difference between the Father and the son, for the Holy Spirit, kundalini, brought them together into an eternally unbreakable oneness.

Addendum by Walter Semkiw, MD

I would like to share my own experiences with kundalini. When I was in college I had a desire to pursue meditation, though I cannot really say why. Like in Shai’s story, I took classes in Transcendental Meditation and was given a mantra to use in meditation. I did this regularly throughout my college years.

When I started medical school, I met an individual who stated that he had expertise in meditation and the awakening of kundalini. He taught me to do Chi Gong, which is a Chinese meditative practice in which one stands in a particular posture to activate kundalini. Each day, before I went to my medical school classes, I did this standing meditation for an hour. When I was doing this meditation, I would experience jolts in my spinal column. I wear glasses, and the more violent spinal jolts resulted in my glasses flying off my head and landing several feet behind me.

I did not have a significant spiritual experience until many years later. I have always had a love of music, but I do not have the fine finger coordination to play an instrument well. Instead, since I have always been a pretty good athlete, I expressed my love of music through dancing ballet. This hobby was enhanced by the fact that the majority of my fellow dance students were very fit and attractive women. My ballet career culminated in a performance with the full orchestra of the Denver Symphony. I still cherish that memory. Click on the image comparisons to enlarge them.

Years later, I became affiliated with a ballet company in San Francisco led by the choreographer Enrico Labayen. Though I was not a good enough ballet dancer to be in his troop, Enrico invited me to his dance company’s rehearsals. I loved watching talented dancers perform Enrico’s choreography. At rehearsals, I would have a book in my hand and as is my practice, I had a red felt marker or pen that I used to make notes in the books that I would read.

Enrico’s ballet company was rehearsing a dance that featured a female dancer who was lifted by male ballet dancers over their heads. The female dancer positioned her body in the shape of a cross. While I was watching this performance the red felt pen that I was holding suddenly and unexpectedly was juggled in my hands and as a result, I had to red marks on the inside aspects of both of my wrists, creating what seemed to be stigmata on my wrists. This event happened to occur on Easter Sunday in 1996.

I found this strange and baffling and when I stood up from a seated position I realized that my consciousness had been changed. I experienced complete bliss which lasted for about six weeks. I continued my work as a corporate medical director with no diminishing of function, but I was a changed person. I felt love for everything and everyone. At the time, I was going through a divorce which had become contentious, but in this state of consciousness, I wanted to do everything I could possibly do for the woman I was about to divorce. Though I was not in a financial position to do so, I even wanted to gift her the house that we had lived in.

As mentioned, this state of bliss lasted for six weeks and then it faded. I remember that at the time I was disappointed that this state of consciousness had disappeared and I wished that it would have lasted forever.

I believe this experience was prompted by my engagement in researching a past life of my own, in which Enrico Labayen was my son in a past lifetime during the period of the American Revolution. Further, a number of the dancers in Enrico’s company I determined were my relatives in that lifetime. This story is presented in detail in my book, Return of the Revolutionaries: The Case for Reincarnation and Soul Groups Reunited.

A brief overview of this past lifetime of mine is presented on the following page:

Reincarnation Case of John Adams | Walter Semkiw

Temporary versus Permanent Results of Kundalini Awakening

As Shai Tubali described above, I believe that I had a manifestation of kundalini awakening. When I became acquainted with Shai, I wondered if his experience with kundalini was temporary or permanent. He replied with this statement:

“As a spiritual teacher, it is a part of my integrity to teach only that which is based on the permanent effects of the kundalini awakening. What started 19 years ago has only increased and deepened with time. The permanent effect is a continuous state of self-dissolution and an absorption in universal consciousness. This means that there is no experience as an independent ego, since the mind, heart and body function as a part of the whole. My self-identity is: “I am the universe”.

As such, I believe I had a temporary kundalini awakening which lasted six weeks. In contrast, Shai’s kundalini experience has been much more intense and has resulted in a permanent, rather than a temporary, change in consciousness.

Shai Tubali is the author of numerous books and he is a spiritual teacher based in Berlin, Germany. To learn more about Shai’s work, please go to:

Shai Tubali

Please also review: Evidence and Principles of Reincarnation

The Reincarnation Case of Theosophy Founder William Quan Judge | Human Design System Founder Ra Uru Hu

Proposed by: Ishtar Ishaya

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

Article by: Ishtar Ishaya

In my life, work, and research I frequently perceive certain patterns, melodies, and flavors underlying and connecting various spiritual teachings and movements that may be separated in time by decades.

A close friend of mine and I were having a deep conversation about the Human Design System, of which he is an analyst.  It became very clear to me that this system was essentially an outgrowth of the same tree that gave rise to the Theosophical Society of the late 19th and early 20th century.

Furthermore, without seeing a picture, I experienced a clear knowing that the founder of the Human Design System, Ra Uru Hu, was an important player in the early Theosophical movement. Upon seeing the picture of Ra Uru Hu, I instantly knew him to be the soul that was also William Quan Judge, who was a founder of the Theosophical Society.  In essence, Ra Uru Hu helped grow a new branch of the old Theosophical Society under a different name.

An interesting parallel in their lives was the manner in which both the Theosophical Society and the Human Design System were apparently received from the transmission of a Spiritual Intelligence, which introduced itself to Ra in 1987 as “the Voice”, while the founders of the Theosophical Society, notably Helena Blavatsky, claimed that much of their teaching was communicated to them through incarnate and sometimes disincarnate Masters.

Principles of Reincarnation-Understanding Past Lives

Physical Resemblance: In this case, the two men share a rather close physical resemblance. They maintain the same facial hair and photographs show that they chose to wear similar brimless or pill box hats.

Past Life Talent and Behavior: Both Judge and Ra Uru Hu shared a deep knowledge in metaphysical subjects, and despite Ra’s disinterest in creating an organization, he, like Judge, demonstrated a talent for organizing and inspiring others to create societies for the dissemination of spiritual knowledge.

Split Reincarnation Cases of the Apostle Thomas | Michael Tamura and Gary Renard

johnadamswaltersemkiwreincarnationcaseHow Derived: Spontaneous Memories and Self Recognition

Affirmed by: Ahtun Re in Ryerson-Semkiw Reincarnation Research Sessions

Article by: Walter Semkiw, MD

Michael Tamura as the Reincarnation of the Apostle Thomas

I have known the spiritual teachers Michael and Raphaelle Tamura since about the year 2000. Michael is the author of You Are the Answer: Discovering and Fulfilling Your Soul’s Purpose. I sought their assistance in understanding a possible past life of mine, as well as a cohort of leaders who appeared to be reincarnated from the time of the American Revolution. This story regarding my past life as John Adams is contained in my book, Return of the Revolutionaries. A brief overview regarding my case can be reviewed at: Reincarnation Case of John Adams | Walter Semkiw, MD

I regularly attended seminars that the Tamuras held in the San Francisco Bay area. In his presentations, Michael shared that he is the reincarnation of the Apostle Thomas.

Though I initially found this hard to believe, I did ask about this proposed past life in a session that I had with Kevin Ryerson, who channels a spirit guide named Ahtun Re. I have worked with Kevin and Ahtun Re for over 15 years. Ahtun Re has demonstrated the ability to make past life identifications with a high degree of accuracy. The work that I have done with Kevin can be reviewed at Ryerson-Semkiw Reincarnation Research.

Ahtun Re did affirm that Michael is an incarnation of Saint Thomas

Michael Tamura as the Reincarnation of American Revolutionary Roger Sherman

Of interest, Michael Tamura also revealed to me that he remembered being a member of the Continental Congress and in particular, he said he was in the committee assigned to draft the Declaration of Independence. Michael did not know specifically who he was during the time of the American Revolution. There were only five people on this committee, including Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. Of the remaining two members of the committee, Michael bore a physical resemblance to Roger Sherman, whose profession was a cobbler, a maker of shoes. He was also described as one of the most spiritual men of the Congress. In a session with Kevin, Ahtun Re affirmed that Michael was Sherman.

When I told Michael about his past life identity as Roger Sherman, he revealed that he has always had an interest in the design of footwear and that he even submitted a patent for a sandal. One does have to admit that an interest in designing shoes is an unusual hobby for a spiritual teacher.

Gary Renard as the Reincarnation of the Apostle Thomas

Several years later, I was reading, Disappearance of the Universe by Gary Renard, which was first published in 2003.  A Course in Miracles was a major influence in the writing of Gary’s book. A Course in Miracles is described as a channeled work in which the source of the material is Jesus Christ.

In Disappearance of the Universe, I was surprised to read that Gary claimed that he too is the reincarnation of the Apostle Thomas. I surmised that either Gary was wrong, or that this could represent a case of what I call Split Incarnation, in which a soul inhabits more than one body at a time. There is strong evidence that split incarnation does occur.  Ian Stevenson, MD of the University of Virginia termed these as “Cases with Anomalous Dates,” meaning that there is an overlap in a series of two lives. To review such cases, please go to: Split Incarnation Reincarnation Cases

In a session with Kevin Ryerson, Ahtun Re confirmed that Gary Renard is also an incarnation of the Apostle Thomas and that Gary and Michael are splits. One source of support of this proposition is that there is an uncanny resemblance between Gary and Roger Sherman, the shared past life of Gary and Michael. Though Michael is Japanese, there is also a resemblance between Michael and Gary. Click on images to enlarge them.

Please note that if A Course in Miracles is truly a channeled book in which Jesus Christ is the author,  Gary is continuing to support the work of Jesus. Similarly, Gary’s most recent book is The Lifetimes When Jesus and Buddha Knew Each Other.

Split Incarnation and Personality Traits in Common

There are a number of similarities in the personalities and talents of Michael and Gary. Both are:

Published authors in the field of spirituality

Comedians in their style of speaking and teaching

Musicians

Further:

Gary and Michael both started writing their first books in the same year and both finished their first books nine years later

Both dealt with symptoms of scoliosis in childhood

Splits Meet: Gary Renard and Michael Tamura as Mirror Images

Eventually, I had the opportunity to introduce Michael and Gary to each other, as Gary had started to date Cindy Lora, who I had known since the time of her first marriage. Cindy has been a longtime supporter of the work I have been doing with Kevin Ryerson. Cindy is the author of A Course in Health and Well-Being.

Gary and Michael were scheduled to both be in San Francisco at the same time and I arranged for us to have dinner at the Beach Chalet.

Michael and Gary sat opposite each other and as I looked at them, it was if two identical twins were gazing at each other. Raphaelle, Michael’s wife, agreed in this assessment.

Gary and Michael have accepted that they are splits. What is truly amazing is that Michael, an ordained minister, officiated the wedding of Gary and Cindy and Hawaii. What a mind expanding event that must have been. Related websites:

www.michaeltamura.com

www.garyrenard.com

www.cindylora.com

Other reincarnation cases of interest to A Course in Miracles students include:

John of the Cross | Kenneth Wapnick

Abigail Adams | Marianne Williamson

Principles of Reincarnation-Understanding Past Lives

Physical Resemblance: There exists a similarity in facial features between Michael Tamura, Gary Renard and Roger Sherman. By inference, we can surmise that we now know what the Apostle Thomas looked like.

Past Life Talents: The Apostle Thomas was an evangelist. Michael and Gary have created their own worldwide congregations. Both abundantly use humor in delivering their messages. Roger Sherman was a cobbler and Michael Tamura has had an innate interest in the design of shoes.

Relationships Renewed through Reincarnation: If the past lives proposed above are accepted, then I knew Michael/Gary as Roger Sherman during the American Revolution, as we were participants in the Continental Congress.

Split Incarnation: As described above, Michael Tamura and Gary Renard are identified as splits. An older term for this phenomenon is Parallel Lives

Reincarnation Cases of Teresa of Avila | Susan Trout and John of the Cross | Kenneth Wapnick

 

How Derived: Multiple Psychics

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

Article by: Susan Trout

Susan Trout as the Reincarnation of Saint Teresa of Avila

Forty years ago, I was told by a seer that I was a reincarnation of Teresa of Avila.  This meant nothing to me at the time as I was raised in a fundamentalist Christian church and told that only men saints mentioned in the Bible were true saints.  Knowledge about a Teresa incarnation came at a time in my life when I was in deep despair.  Being told that I had once been a saint did not match my desperate state or my spiritual awareness.  Nevertheless, I viewed the information as a message of hope.  Subsequently, I have been told of my Teresa incarnation by other spiritual teachers, intuitives, gurus and Light Workers.  I finally decided there was a reason I needed to learn about Teresa’s life, which occurred some 500 years ago (1515-1582).

Much has been written about Teresa’s life in Spain as a vigorous reformer of the Carmelite Order and a disciplined explorer of mystical experience.  She had a gift for administration and a passion for direct conversation with God.  She was considered willful, quirky, vain and visionary.  She had a “mind of her own” and a fierce determination to go against Vatican control and establish convents to perpetuate her reform.  Whenever I connect to Teresa, I sense the depth of her inner struggles and her profound desire to transcend her personality “quirks” and join God. I sense the truth that exists beneath her writings and beyond what others write about her.  Her life was too much of a struggle for her to believe she was special in any way.

Past Life Talents and Personality Traits

The following aspects of Teresa’s nature seem to be part of my own.  Some of what Teresa left undone in her spiritual life 500 years ago is what I seem to be determined to do in my own life.  I brought some of her gifts and challenges forward into this life.

Spiritual Life: Like Teresa, devotion to God has been the primary focus of my life; all I have ever wanted to be was a willing instrument of God’s Love in service to humanity. In my youth, I withdrew from organized Christianity because I felt it kept me “in kindergarten.”  Eventually, I found my spiritual home in Eastern Traditions and in metaphysics/Ancient Wisdom.  I am broad-minded and effortlessly understand universal spiritual experiences and psychological and soul development.  I recognize the validity of someone’s psychological and/or spiritual experience even if I can’t recall ever having that experience myself (in this life).  Even as a youth, people described me as a very “deep” person, perhaps a Teresa quality.

Writing: I have written two books that I feel are sequels to Teresa’s The Interior Castle.  I have had a lifelong interest in understanding soul development, leadership and service.  I felt inspired to write about soul development and service, taking Teresa’s castle metaphor of the soul to its next step.  I wrote Born to Serve: The Evolution of the Soul Through Service in 1997 and The Awakened Leader: Leadership as a Classroom of the Soul in 2005.

Physical Likeness: Much is written about Teresa’s attractiveness and the fact she did not age until a year before her death at age 68.  No photograph exists of Teresa; a painting was done when she was in her early 60s, about which Teresa commented that because the painter made her look ugly, she would accept it as an opportunity to develop humility.  Authors write often about the beauty of her skin, eyes, hands and feet.  As long as I can remember, people have “made a big deal” about the beauty of my skin, eyes, hands and feet.

Determination: I join Teresa in being described by others as having an extremely strong and developed will and a determination that defies description.  Like Teresa, I am determined to follow my vision and bring it into reality by integrating psychological principles, spiritual ideals and right action.

Nun-Likeness: Throughout my life, colleagues, students and friends have told me I look like a nun, act like a nun, and lead like a Mother Superior. Catholic nuns I know claim I lead organizations like a true convent, evidenced by stressing coherence of universal psychological and spiritual principles with action in the world and by holding high standards for myself and for others.  Unlike Teresa, I am not an extrovert nor do I have a buoyant personality.  I tend to “hide” my Light… this is in contrast to Teresa, who was expressive in a dramatic way.  I feel this shift is an attempt to balance outer and inner energies.  Also, I have had to learn how to balance care of self with care of others; Teresa sacrificed her own needs for others and I have the same strong tendency.  This imbalance adversely impacted Teresa’s physical and emotional health as it has mine.

Reformer: Just as Teresa was a founder and leader of the reformed Carmelite order, I have been a reformer, leader and founder of departments, personal growth and healing methodologies, professions and organizations.  Like Teresa, I am intensely driven to bring what is off-course back into integrity with its true course.  Teresa, however, at times lowered her standards with those she felt would financially support her convents. In this life, I have refused to lower my ethical standards for any reason.  This has not made me popular at times for difficult decisions I have had to make, especially in the workplace.

Leader, Organizer, and Administrator: Like Teresa, I am described as incredibly organized and having a sixth sense for how to found, direct, and administer an organization. My parents claim I was “born organized” and my colleagues say I run a “well-oiled machine.”  Nothing misses my eyes and their appreciation for the blending of detail with beauty.

Women: As a helping professional and as a trainer of professionals in both  university and non-profit settings, I have been surrounded by women.  I am often their counselor, guide and teacher.  Teresa felt she neglected the care and well-being of many of her nuns as funds were not always available and she could not regularly visit and oversee the well-being of the nunneries she founded.  This lifetime, I have felt I had karma with many women (former nuns?) and have wanted to correct these relationships.  At times, I have confronted a person on an issue in this life because I had neglected to do so in Teresa’s life.  I have never wanted to be part of a school of thought with multiple centers because I understood that it was nearly impossible to ethically oversee their well-being.

Men: Much has been written about Teresa’s attraction to men and they to her; she was believed to manipulate men often and they her, so that she would obtain the needed funds and housing for her convents.  In this life, I have attempted to develop healthy working relationships with men and learn to understand and respect them.  I am steadfast in not tolerating unethical behavior on the part of men.  Except for a brief marriage, I, like Teresa, have not chosen a life path of marriage and children.

Teresa of Avila Reborn meets the Reincarnation of John of the Cross

John of the Cross: Juan de la Cruz, a Carmelite monk, was twenty-five and about to become a hermit in the Primitive Rule of his order when he met fifty-year-old Teresa.  Teresa persuaded him to head her monastic foundations and be her strong right arm in managing the convents.  He eventually became her spiritual director. They were known to love and respect one another dearly, despite their differing natures.  Marcelle Auclair, one of Teresa’s most insightful biographers, compared the two: “For her, to love was to act.  For him, to love was to immerse oneself completely in contemplation.”  After her death at age 68, Juan de la Cruz assumed leadership of the convents to ensure her work would continue.

In 1982, I met a well-known and respected spiritual teacher whom I immediately recognized as John of the Cross.  We have since spoken of the Teresa-Juan incarnation.  In this life, I seek his counsel much as I did when he was Teresa’s spiritual director 500 years ago.  I respect his wish not to be named.

Conclusion: The Teresa incarnation has been a way-shower for my spiritual development in this life.  It has helped me stay on purpose with my soul development and service and not get lost in the material world.  I can choose to evolve and be aware of patterns that disrupted my spiritual growth in a previous life and seek to dissolve them in this one.  Remembering Teresa is remembering my True Identity.

– Susan Trout, November 19, 2006

Kenneth Wapnick as the Reincarnation of St. John of the Cross

Note from Walter Semkiw, MD: During his lifetime, Kenneth Wapnick, PhD did not want his past life as Saint John of the Cross made public, as described by Susan Trout. Since he has passed, I am posting his reincarnation case.  Dr. Wapnick was instrumental in the creation of the book and spiritual system known as A Course in Miracles.

Principles of Reincarnation

Physical Resemblance: Susan Trout has commented on the similarity of several physical features of Teresa and her own features.

Past Life Talent and Behavior: Susan has noted multiple similarities in talent and personality between herself and Teresa.

Relationships Renewed through Reincarnation: The spiritual partnership between Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross was renewed in the friendship of Susan Trout and Kenneth Wapnick.

 

Reincarnation Case of Max Planck | Dean Radin

Dean Radin as the reincarnation of Max Planck, the inventor of Quantum Physics.

Proposed by: Jeffrey Mishlove

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

Article by: Walter Semkiw, MD

Parapsychologist Jeff Mishlove sent a post out comparing the facial features of physicist Max Planck with Institute of Noetic Sciences Senior Scientist Dean Radin. Not only did a strong physical resemblance exist, but both men have shared a gift for physics in combination with the acceptance of a spiritual dimension to life. Click on the image to enlarge it.

In a session with Kevin Ryerson, Ahtun Re affirmed that Dean Radin is the reincarnation of Max Planck.

Of interest, a past life for the Founder of the Institute for Noetic Sciences (IONS) has been derived. To learn more, go to:

Reincarnation Case of George Wilkins | Edgar Mitchell 

Principles of Reincarnation

Physical Resemblance: The facial features of Max Planck and Dean Radin are similar.

Past Life Talent: Max Planck’s gift for physics, as well as his interest in spirituality, are reflected in the life of Dean Radin.

Wayne Peterson as the Reincarnation of Nicolas Roerich

roerich-comp-colorProposed by: Walter Semkiw, MD

Affirmed by Ahtun Re in an Ryerson-Semkiw Reincarnation Research Session

Article by Walter Semkiw, MD

Wayne Peterson Paints like Nicolas Roerich

I knew Wayne Peterson from the year 2000 to his death on April 20, 2017. He was like an older brother to me and I miss him dearly.

Over time, I learned of his fascination with Nicolas Roerich and I observed that the painting that he did for the original cover of his book, Extraordinary Times, Extraordinary Beings, very much resembled a Roerich painting of the Himalayan mountains.  This art from this original book cover is provided below and to the right. Click on images to enlarge them.

It occurred to me that Wayne may be the reincarnation of Roerich. Once when I was visiting him in Las Vegas I shared my hypothesis with him. In humility, he thought this was not possible, though I could tell he was intrigued about the possibility. In a session with Kevin Ryerson, the spirit being Ahtun Re confirmed that Wayne is the reincarnation of Nicholas Roerich.

Once Ahtun Re had made this confirmation, I researched Roerich and found amazing similarities between the two.

Similarities between Nicholas Roerich and Wayne Peterson

In childhood, Nicolas and Wayne both wanted to work with a Christ figure (Roerich-Rigden Jyepo, Wayne-Jesus)

art-compNicolas and Wayne both could draw and paint without lessons.  This talent appears to have come from Wayne’s lifetime as Claude Ledoux. Featured to the right is a comparison of Roerich’s art (left) and the art of Wayne Peterson (right).

Both write extensively about the spirit being Maitreya, another Christ figure, though Wayne in his lifetime had direct experiences with Maitreya, which he describes in his book, Extraordinary Times, Extraordinary Beings.

Both write extensively about Shambala, though Wayne related that he was was taken to Shambala by Maitreya. Shambala,  per Wayne, is a spiritual oasis which is anchored over the Gobi desert.

Both write about UFO experiences

Both write that in a time of crisis and famine, the ruler of Shambala, Maitreya, will appear and nourish humanity with spiritual food.

roerich-comp-colorBoth were talented administrators.  Nicolas, at age of 26, won job as Director of Society for the Encouragement of the Arts and later directed an art school. Wayne was the Director of the Fulbright Scholarship Program, which is part of the State Department of the US.

Roerich and Ledoux used art to uplift spiritually.  Roerich lectured on spiritual clothing and Ledeux created spiritual architecture.

Both were active in diplomacy.   Nicolas worked with diplomats to create the Roerich Pact in 1935, to protect art work, churches and culture during World War I. FDR was President of the US at the time and supported Roerich’s efforts. For his work, Roerich was nominated for the Nobel Prize.  Wayne was a career diplomat and has met 4 US presidents and he gave a presentation on Maitreya to then Cardinal Ratzinger which lasted 3 hours. Wayne’s diplomatic skills appear to be related to an even earlier lifetime, that of Francesco Foscari.

Both had similar, easy going, personalities.

Principles of Reincarnation

Physical Resemblance: Roerich’s and Wayne Peterson’s facial features are very similar.

Past Life Talent: Both Roerich and Wayne were able to draw and paint naturally, without lessons. This talent seems to stem from a prior lifetime as Claude Ledoux.