A personal account of her experience and the details of a personal interview by Dr. Ian Stevenson were the bases for this child reincarnation story case. Gladys Deacon the person who experienced the child reincarnation detailed her memories of her past life and corroborated it with evidences she has collected. in a story she wrote herself.
The subject of this case, Gladys Deacon, wrote an account of her story that was published in a London newspaper, the Sunday Express, on June 2, 1935. In addition, Ian Stevenson, MD, interviewed her in 1963. As such, we have two sources of information regarding this very interesting case.
Past Life Phobia: Gladys Loves the Name Margaret & has a Phobia of Falling Down
Gladys Deacon was born on January 25, 1900 in Leicestershire, England. Her father was a carpenter and her parents were Roman Catholic. Gladys had a sister and a brother. She had a fondness for the name Margaret and later learned that her parents had considered naming her Margaret. As a young girl, she had a phobia of falling down
Geographic Past Life Memory: Gladys Recalls a Past Life Fall on a Hill
When she was 11 years old, Gladys and her brother were taken on a trip by their mother from Northamptonshire, where they were living, to Dorset. They were going to visit relatives over Christmas. Gladys describes a scene that occurred during their journey:
“After leaving Yeovil our train stopped for some time, and to my surprise I found the country quite familiar to me, especially a hilly field opposite.
I said to my brother, ‘When I was quite a little girl I lived in a house near here. I remember running down a hill in that field with two grown-ups holding my hands and we all fell down and I hurt my leg badly.’
Here my mother broke in to scold me for telling deliberate untruths. I had never been that way before and certainly never lived there. I insisted that I had, and that when I ran down the hill I was wearing a white frock down to my ankles with little green leaves on it, and the persons holding my hands were wearing blue-and-white checked frocks.
I said, ‘My name was Margaret then.’” (1)
Validation of Gladys’s Past Life Memory of Falling
The source of Gladys’s memories of an apparent past lifetime remained a mystery for the next 17 years. Then, during another trip to Dorset in 1928, when Gladys was 28 years old, she unexpectedly received confirmation of her past life memories. Let us again let Gladys narrate the turn of events:
“I was motoring in 1928 with my then employer through Dorset. While having a tire changed, we went to a cottage not far from Poole where a young woman got us tea.
Spirit Being Guidance: Gladys Sees Herself in an Old Portrait & Receives Validation of her Past Life Memory
While waiting for it, I saw an old portrait on glass, and to my amazement I saw it was myself as I was then, running down that hill, a child of five with a plain, serious face, in a long white dress sprigged with green.
I exclaimed, ‘Why that is me.’ And of course both my employer and the woman laughed. The woman said, ‘Well, that child died years ago, but I guess you were just like her when you were small,’ and my employer agreed.
Seeing I was interested, the woman called her mother to tell me the story of the child.
She said the child was Margaret Kempthorne, the only child of a farmer. The mother of the story-teller at that time was employed at the farm as a dairymaid.
When Margaret was about five she was running down a hill with this dairymaid and another, when one of the grown-ups caught her foot in a rabbit-hole and they all fell, with the child undermost.
Her leg was badly broken. She never recovered and died two months after…’” (2)
Past Life Memory: Location of Margaret’s Past Lifetime, in Yeovil, is Confirmed
Gladys inquired where the farm, where Margaret fell, was located. The old lady replied that she didn’t know the exact location of the farm, but that it was near the market town, Yeovil, where their milk and farm products were sold.
Gladys asked when this happened. The old lady responded by taking the portrait down and handing it to Gladys, who looked at the back of the portrait where a piece of paper with writing was found glued to the portrait. Gladys narrates:
“I read there, ‘Margaret Kempthorne, born January 25, 1830, died October 11, 1835” (3)
Recall that Gladys was also born on January 25, in the year 1900. Given these dates, Gladys was born 65 years after Margaret had died.
Geographic Past life Memory: Gladys’s past life memories were stimulated by traveling through the physical location of her past incarnation in the area around Yeovil, England.
Physical Resemblance: Gladys, her employer and the young woman in Dorset, where the painting of Margaret Kempthorne was found, all agreed that there was a strong physical resemblance between Margaret and Gladys.
Phobia from a Past Lifetime: Margaret died from a fall which resulted in a broken leg, which led to her death. Gladys, as a young girl, had a phobia of falling down.
Spirit Beings: This case was validated by Gladys fortuitously finding the house where a witness to the life of Margaret Kempthorne lived. There, a painting of Margaret was hanging on the wall, which Gladys recognized as herself in a prior incarnation. In this portrait, Margaret was wearing the same frock that Gladys saw in her past life memories, a white frock with green decorations.
The witness to the life of Margaret, described as an “old lady” by Gladys, was the mother of the owner of the house. This old lady’s mother, the grandmother of the owner of the house, was one of the very people that Margaret was with when she was running down the hill and fell, breaking her leg, which led to her death.
What are the odds of finding this house by chance? Gladys found this house because the car she was traveling in with her employer had a flat tire, which required repair.
It is proposed that the flat tire occurred at that very spot because spirit beings caused that incident to happen, which allowed Gladys to validate her past life memories. This type of proposed spirit being intervention was also observed in the cases of Carroll Beckwith | Robert Snow and John B. Gordon | Jeff Keene.
Planning of Future Incarnations: In reviewing this reincarnation case, we observe a common date of birth. Margaret Kempthorne was born on January 25, 1830 and Gladys Deacon was born on January 25, 1900. Though the common date of birth of January 25 could be simply a coincidence, it could also represent Margaret, from the spirit world, planning her birth on that date to draw a tie from her past incarnation to her future one.
There are cases in which the date of an individual’s reincarnation has been predicted from the spirit world. In the reincarnation case of Felix Fresnel | Cristophe Albert, Felix, from the spirit world, predicted the date, place and family of his coming incarnation. In the reincarnation case of Jaako Vuorenlehto | Taru Javi, Jaako, from the spirit world, predicted the date of his reincarnation.
Change of Religion: Gladys was born into a Roman Catholic family and her mother was quite surprised when Gladys, at 11 years of age, started to describe incidents from a past lifetime. In this case, a Roman Catholic girl became a convert to a belief in reincarnation.
Footnotes
1. Stevenson, Ian: European Reincarnation Cases of the Reincarnation Type, McFarland, 2003, pages 52-53
2. Stevenson, Ian: European Reincarnation Cases of the Reincarnation Type, McFarland, 2003, pages 53
3. Stevenson, Ian: European Reincarnation Cases of the Reincarnation Type, McFarland, 2003, pages 53
In his book, Giuseppe did not provide his date of birth, but Stevenson estimated that he was born around the year 1880. Giuseppe grew up in a small town in Italy called Gonzaga, near Mantua. He was trained and worked as an engineer.
Child Past Life Memories of Constantinople and a Military Campaign
Giuseppe Costa’s story started in childhood, when a painting that this parents had in their home triggered memories of a past lifetime. The painting was of the city of Constantinople, now called Istanbul, in Turkey, which is pictured to the right. The painting featured the river that runs through the city, which is called the Bosporus. Ian Stevenson summarized Giuseppe’s memories, stimulated by the painting, as follows:
“Scenes of large numbers of armed men, ships sailing, banners flying, the noise of battle, mountains, the sea stretching to the horizon, hills covered with flowers.” (1)
A Dream of Sailing to Venice and Battle in a Sunny Land
At the age of 10, his father took Giuseppe to Venice, where he experienced a very vivid dream. A description of Giuseppe’s dream is provided below:
“After a long journey in boats, through rivers and canals, we arrived in Venice. We traveled in barques filled with armed soldiers in the clothing of the Middle Ages. I seemed to be about 30 years old and had some kind of command.
After a stay in Venice, we embarked in galleys on which two banners waved: a blue one with the image of the Virgin Mary among golden stars, and that of Savoy, red with a white cross.
On the larger galley, which was more painted and decorated, there was someone to whom everyone showed great respect and who spoke to me with great friendliness. Then came the sea, seemingly endless, stretching beyond the horizon. Then we disembarked in a sunny land with a clear sky of cobalt blue.
Then the army disembarked again and landed in a different place. There the troops were coordinated; there were tents full of soldiers, beneath a city with old towers bristling with armaments.
Then came our assault, a battle of tremendous violence ending when we broke into the city. Then finally came the march of our splendid army into the city with its domes of gold on the wonderful bay. This was the magnificent city, Constantinople, depicted in the painting of in our house in Gonzaga, as I learned later.” (2)
Giuseppe realized that the images of this vivid dream replicated images he had when he was gazing on the painting of Constantinople in his parent’s home, years before. Giuseppe noted that his earlier memories were scattered, while the dream in Venice put the images in logical order.
Giuseppe’s Early Interest in Military Affairs & A Sense of Shame in Church from a Past Lifetime
As a young man, Giuseppe showed an enthusiastic interest in firearms, fencing and horseback riding. He volunteered for military service and was appointed a second lieutenant in the Royal Cavalry of Piedmont. He loved military life. It came naturally to him, as if he had lived the life of a military man before. He was stationed in the city of Vercelli, which is located between Milan and Turin.
In Vercelli, Giuseppe had an unusual emotional experience at the Church of San Andrea, which is pictured to the right. He was walking by the church and was drawn by music that emanated from it. Inside the church, he felt a great sense of repentance, which was very unpleasant. He didn’t know why he had this reaction, but he speculated this feeling of shame may have had something to do with a ceremony that he participated in, perhaps in a past incarnation.
Giuseppe Has an Out of Body Experience
After his term in the army, Giuseppe returned home and focused on caring for and supporting his family. His interest in a past lifetime which involved a military campaign that started in Venice and ended in Constantinople faded.
Unexpectedly, Giuseppe had an out-of-body experience, which reignited his belief in the supernatural. He had been studying for his engineering exams and stayed up late one night. Exhausted, he fell asleep in his bed and during the night, he knocked over an oil lamp, which filled the room with smoke.
The fumes awakened him and he found himself floating over his body. He was surprised to be able to see through the wall into his mother’s room, where Giuseppe saw his mother opening a window to get rid of the oil fumes that had also entered her room. He than saw her run into his room and open the window in his room.
Afterwards, Giuseppe asked his mother if she had indeed opened the window in her room before she came into his room. His mother confirmed that she did, which for Giuseppe verified that his ability to see through the wall that separated their rooms was real. This incident also supports the premise that our consciousness can retain awareness outside of the body; that we are indeed spirit beings.
A Spirit Being Appears to Provide a Clue to Giuseppe’s Past Life
The next chapter in Giuseppe’s reincarnation saga takes place on a vacation trip he took with two friends. They went to see three castles in the valley of Aostas, in Italy, near the border with France. Giuseppe noted that he had three different emotional reactions at these castles. The three castles visited and the associated emotions were as follows:
Castle at Fenis: Giuseppe had no emotional reaction.
Castle at Ussel: Giuseppe felt a sense of sadness and oppression.
Castle at Verres: At this location, pictured above and to the right, Giuseppe was profoundly moved with emotions. The predominant feelings he experienced were great love and significant regrets.
After he and his friends returned to where they were lodging, Giuseppe decided to return to the Verres castle at sunset. A storm then descended on the castle, which forced him to spend the night there.
During the night at the castle at Verres, Giuseppe awoke and saw a phosphorescent light, which enlarged and transformed into a woman. Giuseppe got up from his resting place and walked to the vision of the woman. As he approached her, Giuseppe felt a deep, deep sense of love. The woman then said:
“Ibleto! I wanted to see you again once more before divine death unites us once more…Read near the tower of Albenga an account of one of your past lives…Remember me and that I am waiting for you until the time comes.” (3)
Verification of Giuseppe’s Past Lifetime at the Castle of Albenga
This incident with the apparition made Giuseppe research the possible past lifetime. Having had the experience with a spirit being at the castle at Verres, he researched its history. He learned that a man named Ibleto di Challant had built the castle in 1380 and that Ibleto was a trusted counselor to Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy.
He next decided to follow the advice of the spirit being and Giuseppe visited Albenga, pictured to the right, to find the tower where the woman said a clue to one of his past lifetimes would be found. Giuseppe discovered that there were several towers near Albenga. One of them, though, was owned by a descendant of di Challant family, the family that had owned the castle at Verres, where he had seen the spirit being.
Giuseppe Finds his Past Life Story
Giuseppe met the owner of the tower, the Marquis Del Carretto di Balestrina, who had preserved a biography of Ibleto di Challant, the man who owned the Verres castle. The biography was an unpublished book written by Boniface II, the owner of the Fenis castle, the site where Giuseppe had no emotional reaction.
Giuseppe found that in reading the biography of Ibleto, he found that events in Ibleto’s life corresponded with the images Giuseppe saw in his childhood memories of a past lifetime, in the scenes stimulated by gazing at the painting of Constantinople and in his dream that occurred in Venice when he was ten.
Ibleto di Challant and the Count of Savoy
Ibleto was born in 1330. From childhood, he was involved in the court of Amadeus VI, the Count of Savoy. The Savoy coat of arms is provided to the right. Ibleto later became a military companion and advisor to Amadeus. Eventually, Ibleto inherited the castle at Verres, as well as other properties, such as the castle at Montjovet. Other family members inherited other estates, such as the castle at Ussel.
Ibleto Falls in Love
Ibleto fell in love with the sister of Amadeus VI, who was called Blanche of Savoy. He wanted to marry her, but Amadeus had engineered an arranged marriage for his sister with the Lord of Milan. In the end, Ibelto married Giacometta di Chatillon, a union that his father had arranged. Giuseppe and Giacometta were married on September 28, 1350. Giacometta must have died before Giuseppe, as records indicate that he remarried later in life.
Reincarnation & the Crusades: The Capture of Gallopoli & Constantinople
In 1366, Ibleto went with Amadeus VI on a crusade against the Turks at Constantinople. The Crusades were a series of military campaigns involving European Christian soldiers who sought to free Jerusalem from Islamic forces.
Amadeus organized his army initially in Venice. They then went on to Morea in Southern Greece to regroup. From there, his forces traveled to Gallipoli, which was occupied by Islamic Turks. Amadeus’s troops were victorious in battle and the Turks surrendered Gallipoli. From there, Amadeus and his army marched onto Constantinople, which they took without resistance. From there, Amadeus and his troops turned back and returned to Italy.
The Rebellion in Biella, the Capture of the Bishop of Vericelli & Ibelto’s Excommunication
In 1378, Ibleto was involved in military action once again. Historical records indicate that he put down a rebellion in the city of Biella, which is near the Turin. Amadeus captured the Vatican’s representative, the bishop of Vercelli, who apparently was involved in the rebellion. Ibleto had the bishop imprisoned at his castle at Montjovet. The Pope, in retaliation, excommunicated Ibleto for holding the bishop at Montjovet.
Reincarnation & the Vatican: Ibleto is Humiliated at the Church at St. Andrea, Where Giuseppe Felt Repentance
Later, the Vatican offered to lift the sentence of excommunication if Ibleto publicly expressed his repentance to the bishop of Vercelli in a ceremony to be held in the church of St. Andrea. Ibelto agreed an endured this spectacle of public humiliation.
Recall that Giuseppe had experienced a great feeling of repentance when he visited the church of St. Andrea, when he was stationed in Vercelli during his military career.
Guiseppe’s Sadness at The Castle at Ussel & Ibleto’s Shame
Giuseppe also learned that Ibleto’s family members, who held the castle at Ussel, featured to the right, had brought great shame to him when they began robbing the people who lived in the valley below the castle. The Count of Savoy punished these family members by imposing a fine, but the family name was marred. Giuseppe now understood why he had feelings of sadness and oppression when he visited the castle at Ussel.
Reincarnation & Appearance or Physical Resemblance: Ibleto di Challant & Giuseppie Costa
Giuseppe Costa a found portrait of Ibleto di Challant, which he published in his book. Ernesto Bozzano, a researcher who investigated this case, noted that the faces of Ibelto and Giuseppe were so similar that one may have mistaken one for the other. Both men were very large in stature and both had a military bearing.
Spirit Being Guidance to a Past Life Biography
Giuseppe Costa was able to validate memories of a past lifetime through the biography that he found in the possession of the Marquis Del Carretto di Balestrina, the owner of a tower in Albenga.
Perhaps the most striking aspect of this case is how Giuseppe found the biography. Recall that he was spending the night at the castle at Verres when a female ghost or spirit being welcomed him with great love and told him that he would find information on his past lifetime in a tower at Albenga, which is on the French Riviera.
As such, this spirit being who appeared in a castle in Italy near the French border was advising Giuseppe to go to a tower on the French Riviera approximately 140 miles or 225 kilometers away.
As both Giuseppe and Ian Stevenson, MD have noted, what is the probability of finding the biography at Albenga, 140 miles/225/kilometers away, by chance?
Further, Giuseppe pointed out that between 1300, when it was written, and 1900, when he found the biography in Albenga, the biography could have landed in the hands of one of many relatives. What are the odds that it would land in same place that the apparition told him that he would find information regarding his past lifetime?
This case clearly demonstrates that a spirit being facilitated the investigation of a past lifetime.
Who was the female spirit who appeared to Giuseppe in the Verres castle? Giuseppe’s three primary candidates were Blanche of Savoy, who Ibleto loved, but was not allowed to marry; Giacometta di Chatillon, who became his first wife; and finally, his second wife, who was unnamed in this narrative.
Confirmation of a Past Life Dream
Let us review aspects of Giuseppe’s dream that he experienced in Venice at the age of ten, and events in the life of Ibelto di Challant, as revealed by his biography and other records:
1. Dream: “After a long journey in boats, through rivers and canals, we arrived in Venice. We traveled in barques filled with armed soldiers in the clothing of the Middle Ages. I seemed to be about 30 years old and had some kind of command.”
Biography: In 1366, Ibleto went with Amadeus VI on a crusade against the Turks at Constantinople. Amadeus initially organized his army in Venice.
2. Dream: “After a stay in Venice, we embarked in galleys on which two banners waved: a blue one with the image of the Virgin Mary among golden stars, and that of Savoy, red with a white cross.
On the larger galley, which was more painted and decorated, there was someone to whom everyone showed great respect and who spoke to me with great friendliness. Then came the sea, seemingly endless, stretching beyond the horizon. Then we disembarked in a sunny land with a clear sky of cobalt blue.”
Biography: Amadeus organized his army initially in Venice. They then went on to Morea in Southern Greece to regroup. Morea may be the location that Giuseppe saw in his dream that the army disembarked on. In his dream, the man who people respected and who showed great friendliness to Guiseppe would have been Amadeus VI.
3. Dream: “Then the army disembarked again and landed in a different place. There the troops were coordinated; there were tents full of soldiers, beneath a city with old towers bristling with armaments. Then came our assault, a battle of tremendous violence ending when we broke into the city.”
Biography: From Morea in Southern Greece, the army of Amadeus VI traveled to Gallipoli, which was occupied by Islamic Turks. Amadeus’s troops were victorious in battle and the Turks surrendered Gallipoli. As such, the assault and capture of a city in Giuseppe’s dream was likely the capture of Gallipoli from the Turks by Amadeus, Ibelto and their troops.
4. Dream: “Then finally came the march of our splendid army into the city with its domes of gold on the wonderful bay. This was the magnificent city, Constantinople, depicted in the painting of in our house in Gonzaga, as I learned later.”
Biography: Amadeus and Ibelto did enter Constantinople. One discrepancy is that historical records, Amadeus took Constantinople without resistance. As such, it appears that in Giuseppe’s dream, the capture of Constantinople was confused with the assault on Gallipoli.
Physical Resemblance: Of significance, it was observed from a portrait of Ibleto that the resemblance between Ibleto and Giuseppe was so close that they were indistinguishable. Not only were facial features the same, they both had large builds and military bearing.
Spirit Being Involvement: A dramatic aspect of this reincarnation case is that it was solved through the assistance of the female spirit being who appeared to Giuseppe at the castle at Verres. This spirit being welcomed him with great love and told him that he would find information on his past lifetime in a tower at Albenga, on the French Riviera. As such, this spirit being advised Giuseppe to go to a tower approximately 140 miles or 225 kilometers away from the castle of Verres, where he did find the biography with allowed him to validate his past lifetime.
This is reminiscent of the case of Carroll Beckwith | Robert Snow, as Captain Snow was led from Indianapolis to New Orleans, where he found the painting of the hunchback woman which he had seen in a past life regression. Finding the painting of the hunchback allowed Captain Snow to validate his past life memories objectively.
One difference is that Captain Snow was led to the painting unconsciously, through apparent telepathic communications from the spirit world. In contrast, Guiseppi seems to have had some clairvoyant abilities, as he was able to actually see the female spirit being, who helped him solve his case.
Summary: Past Life Memories, Physical Appearance & Spirit Being in a Fascinating Reincarnation Story
Given that this case involves validation of past life memories, observation of physical resemblance from one lifetime to another and geographic locations stimulating past life memories, emotions and even a spirit being, we owe a great deal of appreciation to Giuseppe Costa for publishing his story and to Ian Stevenson for preserving it in European Cases of the Reincarnation Type. It is indeed a very rich and fascinating reincarnation case.
Footnotes
1. Stevenson, Ian: European Cases of the Reincarnation Type, McFarland, 2003, page 16
2. Stevenson, Ian: European Cases of the Reincarnation Type, McFarland, 2003, page 16
3. Stevenson, Ian: European Cases of the Reincarnation Type, McFarland, 2003, page 18
The story of two Burmese sisters Phyu and Saipai who reincarnated as twin sisters San and Nyunt. A proof of reincarnation emphasized by the exceptionally significant physical resemblance of the persons in both lifetime.
Past Life Stories of Sisters Phyu and Saipai & the Twins San and Nyunt: Sisters Reincarnate as Twins
This set of cases involves two Burmese sisters who reincarnated as twin sisters, in which images demonstrate physical resemblances from one lifetime to another. As their names can be confusing for those who are not Burmese, I will abbreviate them for use in this narrative, utilizing the last word in their sequence of their names. As such, the names that will be used are defined below:
Daw Aye Phyu, the dominant past life sister, will be referred to as Phyu.
Daw Sapai, the younger and married past life sister, will be referred to as Sapai.
Ma Nyunt Nyunt San, the dominant twin, who has been identified as the reincarnation of Daw Aye Phyu, will be referred to as San.
Ma San San Nyunt, who has been identified as the reincarnation of Sapai, will be referred to as Nyunt.
The Lives and of Daw Aye Phyu and Daw Sapai
Daw Aye Phyu was the older sister and was born in 1869 or 1870, in the Burmese village of Seikcho, which had a population of about 500 people. She expected respect from those younger than her and would not allow anyone to talk back to her, which made her appear as a dominant individual. Phyu never married. She died in 1962 at the age of 92.
Her sister, Daw Sapai was born around 1881. She eventually married and lived in the same compound in Seikcho as Phyu, though in a different house. Sapai had a son named U Htun Su who liked to drink and gamble, which his mother did not approve of. Sapai had a grand-daughter named Ma Nge, who she called by the pet name of “Min Nge.” Sapai died in 1961 at the age of 80.
Both sisters were pious Buddhists and were engaged in compassionate acts, such as building shelters for pilgrims and founding a small monastery. They were very close to one another.
They had a distant male relative, U Bo Kay, a policeman, who regarded the elderly sisters as his aunts. During their final illnesses U Bo Kay cared for them, brought physicians to tend to them and bought medicines for them.
Sisters are Reincarnated as Twins
About two years after Phyu and Sapai died twin sisters were born in 1964 to U Bo Kay and his wife, Dwa Thein Yin, who we will refer to Yin. They were named Ma Nyunt Nyunt San and Ma San San Nyunt. Nyunt was born 20 minutes before San. The twins were born in the city of Yanaung, which had a population of 5000 and was about 4 km from Seikcho. Ian Stevenson believed that the twins were fraternal or dizygotic, as they had different facial features, though testing was not performed to confirm this.
Nyunt says She is from the Kokka Tree
When the twins were about two years old, their mother, Yin, ask them in jest,
“How is it that you both came to trouble me?” (11) Nyunt responded that she came from the kokka tree, which in translation means the acacia tree. This puzzled Yin, as there were no kokka trees in their area.
When the twins were three or four years old, someone mentioned the name of the U Htun Su, Sapai’s son. Nyunt then said testily that he should not be allowed to come to Yanaung because he “is a gambler” and “spend up all my property.” (12) Yin, realizing that Nyunt seem to be remembering the lifetime of Daw Sapai, asked her husband whether there are kokka trees in Seikcho. He confirmed that there were.
The Twins Remember their Past Life Names
About this time, the twins themselves said that they came from Seikcho. They said that they had put up water stands for travelers. Recall that Phyu and Sapai had put up shelters for travelers, which could’ve also included water stands.
In 1978, at the age of 5, the twins gave the names of the two sisters, Daw Aye Phyu and Daw Sapai, whose lives they seemed to be remembering. Yin, their mother, then showed the twins a photograph of the sisters. San said that Phyu was her and Nyunt said that the photograph of Saipai was of her. Yin said that subsequently the twins often talked about their previous lives to each other and they seem to be very attached to one another.
Past Life Behavior: Phyu | San have the Same Traits Relative to Sapai | Nyunt
It was noted that of the twins, San was more dominant, darker in complexion and lighter in build than Nyunt. These traits correspond to those of the past life sisters, as Phyu was also dominant, darker in complexion and lighter in build than Sapai. One difference is that in the past lifetimes, Phyu was the older sister, while in their contemporary lifetimes, San, the reincarnation of Phyu, was born 20 minutes after Nyunt.
The Twins visit their Past Life Homes
The twins were eventually taken to Seikcho with their parents and each twin went to their respective past life home. San saw that her past life home was being remodeled and complained, “My house is being demolished” (13) Inside the houses, when they saw photographs of Phyu and Sapai, they said they wanted to keep them.
Nyunt meets her Prodigal Past Life Son and Past Life Granddaughter
During their visit to their past life homes, Sapai’s son, U Htun Su, witnessed the proceedings, including Nyunt identifying herself as Saipai, his deceased mother. Nyunt then said to U Htun Su, “I don’t want to see you.” (14) In November 1980, Ian Stevenson asked Nyunt, when she was six years old, how she felt about U Htun Su. She replied, “I regard him as my son.” She then added that he gambled money. Stevenson asked if she had forgiven him. She replied, “I have gotten over my dislike of him.” In contrast, U Htun Su felt that both twins were unfriendly to him. (15)
In Seikcho, Nyunt made a significant recognition when she saw her past life granddaughter Min Ng approaching. Nyunt then made the statement:
“Min Nge is coming.” (16) Subsequently, the twins showed a strong interest in repeatedly being taken to Seikcho and later in childhood, they often went there on their own. When scolded, they even threaten to leave home and “return” to Seikcho. Nyunt would even pack her possessions to take with her to Seikcho, but the twins were prevented from moving.
Physical Resemblance: There is a marked resemblance between and Daw Aye Phyu and her reincarnation, Ma Nyunt Nyunt San, as well as between Daw Sapai and her reincarnation, Ma San San Nyunt. Though there was thought to be a distant familial relationship between the sisters and the twins, which could account for physical resemblance, it is significant that the twins matched their past life personas specifically in both physical appearance and personality.
Planning of Lifetimes: The sisters not only reincarnated as twins, they were born to the wife of U Bo Kay, who considered the elderly sisters as his aunts and took good care of them during their final illnesses. As such, it appears that from the spirit world, the sisters chose to incarnate into the family of an individual who loved them,
Footnotes
11. Stevenson, Ian: Reincarnation and Biology, A Contribution to the Etiology of Birthmarks and Birth Defects, Volume 2, Praeger, 1997, page 2020
12. Ibid, p. 2020
13. Ibid, p. 2023
14. Ibid, p. 2023
15. Ibid, p. 2023
16. Ibid, p. 2021
A child reincarnation story case of Dr. Ian Stevenson MD. with reincarnation birthmarks and physical resemblance. This is the story of the child Sureh Verma who reincarnated as Titu Singh who has the birthmark on the spot of his past life’s injury which had cut short his young life.
Past Life Case with Physical Resemblance & Reincarnation Birthmarks
BBC Video of Suresh Verma | Titu Singh Reincarnation Case is Posted Below at End of Narrative
Reincarnation Birthmarks & Past Life Scars Provide Evidence of Reincarnation
The case of Titu Singh that appeared in the London-based magazine, Reincarnation International, is one of the more fascinating cases of double birthmarks. This story was first broadcast in 1990 on the BBC TV news program Forty Minutes. The case of Titu who named names and details of his own murder made for exciting TV drama, all true. Place your cursor on images to enlarge.
Titu Singh Remembers his Past Life Name, Wife, Shop & Death
Titu Singh was two and a half years old when he began to tell his family of his other life in Agra, a city in northern India. His memories were quite specific: he said that he had been the owner of a radio, TV and video shop, his name was Suresh Verma, he had a wife named Uma and two children. He also said that he had been shot, then cremated, and his ashes had been thrown in the river.
His parents didn’t take him seriously at first, but his behavior puzzled them–he often behaved as if he wasn’t part of their family. “Titu is just an ordinary child, but sometimes he says and does things that only adults do,” said his father.
Titu Threatens to Run Away to his Past Life Home
Repeatedly, Titu would tell his parents that he was homesick and wanted to go back to Agra. Once, he became so insistent about leaving, that he rolled his clothes into a bundle and threatened to leave home. This behavior was also observed in the: Reincarnation Cases of Burmese Twins
Titu’s Past Life Shop & Wife are Found
Reincarnation Birthmarks Titu Singh
Titu’s older brother decided to travel to Agra to check out his young brother’s claims. He found a TV, radio and video shop called Suresh Radio, which was run by a widow named Uma whose husband had been shot, just as Titu had described. The shop is pictured to the right. The murder occurred in August 1983. The brother approached Uma and explained how his little brother claimed to be her deceased husband. This information made Uma feel very odd.
Titu Spontaneously Recognizes his Past Life Wife, Uma, & Past Life Brothers
She decided to visit the Singh family the next day and see what truth there was in this young child’s report. When the Verma family arrived unannounced, Titu was outside washing at the tap and spotted them first. He recognized them immediately and shouted to his parents that his “other family” had come.
They invited the visitors to sit on the veranda and Titu asked Uma to sit near him–an odd way for a five-year-old in India to relate to a grown woman. He asked about the children, and then stunned the widow by recounting the details of a family outing to a fair in a neighboring village where Suresh had bought her sweets, information that only she could have known. Titu later described burying gold in a hole in the house.
It was then arranged that Titu be taken to Agra. When he and his entourage arrived, it had been arranged for Suresh’s two children to be playing among many other neighborhood children as a test for Titu. Titu recognized them immediately, singling them out from their playmates.
Upon entering the Suresh Radio shop, Titu correctly identified changes made to the shop since Suresh’s death. In the adjacent image, Titu is in his past life radio store with his past life wife, Uma, who is at the far right with hands folded.
Suresh’s Parents are Certain that Titu is the Reincarnation of Suresh
Both families played out the ongoing drama of Titu. Titu’s parents had mixed feelings about his relationship with his former family. His mother, who had five older children, didn’t mind him talking about his other parents and former family. She explained, “I feel as though we are all part of the same family. I am comforted by his childish loyalty, saying that although he has parents elsewhere we will always be his real parents. But Titu complains I wear old clothes. He says he used to buy Uma expensive saris.” Titu’s father said he was afraid that when Titu is older, he might break ties with them and go to live with his other family.
Suresh’s parents are certain that Titu is their dead son Suresh reincarnated. His father said, “Titu clings to us with affection. Once in the street he came across a former nanny. She thought Titu was one of Uma’s sons. Titu got annoyed at her saying, ‘Don’t you know who I am?’” The father of Suresh added, “We talk to each other like father and son. But I don’t encourage it too much because it upsets his real parents.”
Reincarnation Birthmarks: Saresh’s Bullet Wounds are Reflected in Titu’s Birthmarks
Reincarnation Birthmarks & Past Life Scars Provide Evidence of Reincarnation
Back to the murder: Titu accurately described how Suresh had been shot in the head at night while sitting in his car after arriving home from work. This was corroborated by Uma. The TV cameras showed the autopsy report of Suresh Verma, which confirmed that he had been shot in the head and died from a bullet wound to the right temple. The autopsy showed the exact size and location of the wound, and the exit wound on the opposite side of Suresh’s head.
Then they showed Titu’s hair being shaved to reveal a birthmark—”a round, indented shape which coincided exactly with the location of the entry wound of the bullet that killed Suresh Verma. The camera also showed a second birthmark on the other side of Titu’s head that coincided exactly with the exit wound.
Titu told more details of the murder to an Agra court and was able to “convince the authorities that he was the reincarnation of the murder victim.” The outcome of the case was not given in this account, but N. K. Chadha, a professor at Delhi University who researched the case, was quoted as saying, “Because of the police involvement, this is one of the very best documented cases of seeming reincarnation I have seen.”
If this reincarnation is accepted, it demonstrates the following features:
Reincarnation Birthmarks: Titu has an indentation on his right temple. Suresh’s autopsy report revealed that a the bullet had entered Suresh’s head at exactly that place. Where the bullet had exited Suresh’s head, there was a mole on Titu’s head at the same location.
Ian Stevenson, MD studied Suzanne Ghanem, who had validated spontaneous past life memories of being Hanan Monsour, as a child in the 1960’s. Dr. Stevenson revisited Suzanne in 1998. He found that Suzanne, now a full grown adult, has the same facial features as her past life persona, Hanan Monsour.
Hanan was born in Lebanon, in the mid-1930s. When she was twenty, she married Farouk Monsour, a member of a well to do Lebanese family. The couple had two daughters, named Leila and Galareh. Hanan had a brother named Nabih, who became prominent in Lebanese society, but died as a young man in a plane crash.
After having her second daughter, Hanan developed a heart problem and her doctors advised her not to have any more children. Not heeding the warning, she had a third child, a son, in 1962. In 1963, shortly after the death of her brother Nabih, Hanan’s health started to deteriorate. She then started to talk about dying. Farouk, Hanan’s husband, said that Hanan told him that “she was going to be reincarnated and have lots to say about her previous life.”(1) This was two years before her death.
Before her Death, Hanan Tries to Telephone Leila
At age of thirty-six, Hanan traveled to Richmond, Virginia, to have heart surgery. She tried to telephone her daughter Leila before the operation, but couldn’t get through. Hanan died of complications the day after surgery.
Spiritual Communication: An Announcing Dream from the Spirit Realm
Ten days after Hanan died, Suzanne Ghanem was born. Suzanne’s mother told Ian Stevenson that shortly before Suzanne’s birth, “I dreamed I was going to have a baby girl. I met a woman and I kissed and hugged her. She said, ‘I am going to come to you.’ The woman was about forty. Later, when I saw Hanan’s picture, I thought it looked like the woman in my dream.”(2)
In other words, Suzanne Ghanem’s mother had a dream that she would have a child that had the appearance of Hanan Monsour, and this dream became a reality.
Hanan Reincarnates as Suzanne Monsour & Tries to Telephone her Past Life Daughter Leila
At 16 months of age, Suzanne pulled the phone off the hook as if she was trying to talk into it and said, over and over, “Hello, Leila?” The family didn’t know who Leila was. When she got older, Suzanne explained that Leila was one of her children and that she was not Suzanne, but Hanan. The family asked, “Hanan what?” Suzanne replied, “My head is still small. Wait until it is bigger, and I might tell you.”(3)
Past Life Memories: Suzanne Identifies & Names 13 Past Life Family Members
By the time she was two, she had mentioned the names of her other children, her husband, Farouk, and the names of her parents and her brothers from the previous lifetime—thirteen names in all.
In trying to locate Suzanne’s past life family, acquaintances of the Ghanems made inquiries in the town where the Monsours lived. When they heard about the case, the Monsours visited Suzanne. The Monsours were initially skeptical about the girl’s claims. They became believers when Suzanne identified all of Hanan’s relatives, picking them out and naming them accurately. Suzanne also knew that Hanan had given her jewels to her brother Hercule in Virginia, prior to her heart surgery, and that Hanan instructed her brother to divide the jewelry among her daughters. No one outside of the Monsour family knew about the jewels.
Before she could read or write, Suzanne scribbled a phone number on a piece of paper. Later, when the family went to the Monsour’s home, they found that the phone number matched the Monsour’s number, except that the last two digits were transposed. As a child, Suzanne could recite the oration spoken at the funeral of Hanan’s brother, Nabih. Suzanne’s family taped the recitation, though the tape was eventually lost.
Suzanne Still Loves Farouk, her Past Life Husband
At five years of age, Suzanne would call Farouk three times a day. When Suzanne visited Farouk, she would sit on his lap and rest her head against his chest. At 25 years of age, Suzanne would still telephone Farouk.
Suzanne Identifies Past Life Friends from Photos
Farouk, a career policeman, has accepted Suzanne as the reincarnation of his deceased wife, Hanan. To support this conclusion, Farouk points out that from photographs, Suzanne accurately picked out scores of people they had been acquainted with, and knew other information that only Hanan would have known.
In this image comparison, Hanan Monsour is on the left side and Suzanne Ghanem is on the right. A striking physical resemblance is noted, which supports the premise that facial features can remain consistent from one incarnation to another. The image can be enlarged by clicking on it. Use the arrow keys to scroll up and down on the image.
Another Ian Stevenson, MD, reincarnation case which dramatically demonstrates how facial features can remain consistent from one lifetime to another is the case of: Rashid Kaddege | Daniel Jurdi
It is significant to note that Ian Stevenson first studied Suzanne in Lebanon when she was only a small child in the late 1960s. He revisited Suzanne in 1998 when he traveled to Lebanon with Tom Schroder, a journalist with the Washington Post who was writing a book on Stevenson. In 1998, Suzanne was now 35 years old and it was only at this point in time that Stevenson realized that Suzanne has the same facial features as Hanan Monsour. This occurred approximately 30 years after Stevenson first studied Suzanne in the 1960s. The point is that we are continuing to accumulate new evidence involving cases that have been evolving over decades.
An American case in which photos are available over two lifetimes that dramatically shows physical resemblance is:
Spirit Being Involvement: Hanan announced her upcoming birth to her future mother in a dream. In addition, Hanan’s soul appears to have known that Hanan would die prematurely and be reborn with memories of her past lifetime, as Hanan predicted this turn of events to her husband, Farouk. In his series of 1200 validated children’s past life memory cases, announcing dreams were observed in 22 percent of these cases.
Relationships Renewed through Reincarnation: As Suzanne, Hanan was reunited with the Monsours, her past life family, and demonstrated love and affection for Farouk, her past life husband.
Split Incarnation: Suzanne was born only 10 days after Hanan died. If it is assumed that the soul is involved in the development of the fetus, then the soul of Hanan was animating Suzanne’s fetus while Hanan was still alive. This overlap of lifetimes occurred for almost the entire duration of Suzanne’s gestation.
Note to Readers:Ian Stevenson, MD was a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia, who wrote in a very academic style, as his target audience was fellow scientists. On the Reincarnation Research web site, his past life cases are presented as children’s past life memory stories to make his academic work easier to understand. For those interested in appreciating the scientific rigor of his research, such as his use of multiple witnesses to establish corroborated testimony, please refer to the original reports written by Dr. Ian Stevenson.
As a young boy, James Leininger had spontaneous memories of a past lifetime as an American fighter pilot. His father, Bruce, through research, was able to establish Little James’s past life identity as James Huston, Jr. Little James eventually was reunited with this past life sister who validated his past life memories.
From the inside cover of Soul Survivor: “This book reveals stunning drawings from James Leininger illustrating his unshakable memories, photos that portray the eerie resemblance between the young James and the adult James Huston, and the forward from world-renowned past lives expert Carol Bowman.
In SOUL SURVIVOR, readers will come to know and believe in the special child who harbors the soul of a man who died in 1945.”
James Leininger’s story has come to light through four years of research conducted by his parents, Bruce and Andrea. For Bruce, this involved a great personal struggle, for the proposition that his son is the reincarnation of James Huston, Jr. conflicted with his very strong Christian beliefs. Indeed, one of the most fascinating aspects of the Leininger’s story is to witness the conversion of Bruce from a conservative, evangelical Christian, to a Christian who has accepted reincarnation as a reality.
Another WW II Military Pilot Reincarnation Case with Societal Implications
Me 264 V 1, Fernbomber, Aufklärer. Werkfoto Messerschmitt (MBB) 6/264
As a boy, James Leininger remembered a past lifetime as an American fighter pilot who died in combat in World War II. This case has similarities to the case of Carl Edon, a young boy in England who remembered a past life as Nazi pilot named Robert who died in a bombing run in Britain. In both cases, young children had innate knowledge of World War II aircraft and it was their Christian, skeptical fathers who served as the primary researchers.
The Robert-Nazi Pilot | Carl Edon reincarnation case is instructive in that it shows that a soul can change nationality and ethnic affiliation from one incarnation to another. Robert, a German air force pilot who died in England, reincarnated as a British citizen. This case, as well as many other reincarnation cases, demonstrates that one can change nationality, ethnic affiliation, as well as religion, from one lifetime to another. This observation illustrates how in the end, war is senseless and self-defeating from a karmic point of view. A related case involves David Llewelyn.
James Leininger’s Past Life Nightmares of an Airplane on Fire
James was born on April 10, 1998 to Bruce and Andrea Leininger while they were living in the San Francisco Bay area. When Bruce was offered a job has a human resource director for an oil industry company, the family moved to Lafayette, Louisiana, where James would grow up.
After turning two years of age, James started to experience vivid nightmares that would make him scream out from his sleep. On May 1, 2000, when James was just over 2 years of age, Andrea heard her son’s voice pierce the night’s calm:
“Airplane crash! Plane on fire! Little man can’t get out!” Andrea ran to his bedroom and saw James struggling. “He was lying there on his back, kicking and clawing on the covers, like he was trying to kick his way out of a coffin.” (1)
The same nightmare kept recurring four to five times a week. After another nightmare, Andrea noted:
“He was lying there on his back, kicking and clawing on the covers, like he was trapped in a plane.” James was crying out: “Airplane crash! Plane on fire! Little man can’t get out!” (2)
When Andrea asked who the little man in the plane was, James replied: “Me”
When Bruce asked James who shot his plane down, James stated, “The Japanese.” (3)
When he was asked how he knew that it was the Japanese who shot down his plane, James replied: “The big red sun.” (4)
Bruce and Andrea were impressed and puzzled with James’s knowledge regarding Japanese World War II aircraft, as they knew he did not learn this information though normal means. As a result, when the nightmares occurred, they would ask James more detailed questions about his dreams. When his parents asked for the names of other people in the nightmares, James stated that he had friend who was also a pilot, whose name was “Jack Larsen.” (5)
In time, Bruce and Andrea would learn that James Huston, James’s past life persona, did know a Jack Larsen. Eventually, little James would met this man who he knew in a past incarnation.
James Leininger’s Past Life Obsession with Airplanes and Knowledge of WW II Aircraft
In addition to having nightmares about an airplane crash, his parents noted that James had an obsession with airplanes, particularly WW II aircraft with propellers. His parents also noticed that he would crash his toy planes into the coffee table, knocking off the propellers.
In his car seat, James would put on imaginary headphones and facemask, as if he was preparing to fly a plane. James even created a simulated cockpit in one of the family’s closets.
He also continued to demonstrate unusual knowledge about airplanes. For example, when Andrea gave James a toy plane with what looked like a bomb under it, James looked at it and said:
“That’s not a bomb, Mommy, that’s a dwop tank.” (6)
James was referring to a fuel tank, called a “drop tank,” that is attached to the underside of a plane tha is ejected and dropped off when the fuel is spent. His parents reflected:
How did this two-year old know what a drop tank was? He did not learn this from television programs the family watched or books that they read. How did he know about the Japanese and their emblem of the rising sun, the big red sun?
It was Andrea’s mother, Bobbi, who first hypothesized that James’s nightmares could stem from a past lifetime. Bobbi told Bruce and Andrea about Carol Bowman, author of Children’s Past Lives, whom the Leiningers contacted. Carol had been involved in researching children who remember past lives since 1980. She gave valuable advice to Bruce and Andrea on how to handle little James’s nightmares. Carol related that it was important to listen to James in a supportive way and to keep reassuring him that he was safe now.
Over time, little James revealed that the man in his nightmares was also named James, that he flew a plane called a Corsair, that the plane he flew took off from a boat and that the boat’s name was the “Natoma.” He knew that the Corsair would veer to the left on takeoff and that the Corsair had a tendency to blow tires out upon landing. (7)
The Corsair had a distinctive gull-wing, to reduce the height of landing gear.
In addition, James knew that US fliers gave Japanese bombers girl names and Japanese fighters boy names. For example, James said that Japanese fighters were called Zekes and bombers were called Bettys. (8) In researching these statements, his father Bruce was amazed to find that James was correct.
When the family was watching a History Channel program on World War II in which Corsairs were shooting down Japanese planes, the narrator said that the downed Japanese planes were Zeros. Little James corrected that narrator in saying that the Japanese planes were not Zeros, but Tonys. Bruce and Andrea didn’t know what a Tony was. James explained that the Tony was a fighter that was smaller than a Zero. Again, with investigation, his parents found that this statement made by their young son was accurate. (9)
In the coming months, Bruce would also find out that James, in a past lifetime, had himself shot down a Tony.
Past Life Behavior: Little James does a Flight Check around a Corsair
When his parents took him to the Lone Star Flight Museum, they were surprised to see young James walking around a Corsair, conducting a flight check, like a pilot normally does before boarding the aircraft they were about to fly. (10)
Andrea mused that her son was not even potty trained, yet he knew details of World War II and aircraft of that era. She was open to the possibility that James was experiencing memories from a past lifetime.
Bruce Leininger, a Christian, Reluctantly Uncovers Evidence of a Past Lifetime for Little James
While Andrea was comfortable with the idea of reincarnation, Bruce was extremely reluctant to consider that James’s memories could derive from a past incarnation, as it conflicted with his deep Christian beliefs. Still, he started to research statements made by little James. Bruce, for example, found that there was indeed a World War II aircraft carrier named the Natoma Bay, which operated in the Pacific and is pictured to the right.
Bruce obtained a book on aircraft carriers engaged in the Pacific. When Bruce and James leafed through it together and came to a section on the Battle of Iwo Jima, James told his father that it was there, at the Battle of Iwo Jima, that his plane was shot down and crashed.
Bruce then learned that the Natoma Bay had indeed supported the US Marine’s invasion of Iwo Jima. How could James know this, Bruce wondered, of a ship called the Natoma and that the Natoma participated in the battle of Iwo Jima?
Was it possible that it was here, as part of the Battle of Iwo Jima, that James in a past lifetime had the experience of being unable to get out of a cockpit, where he used his legs to try to kick his way out, as his burning aircraft dove down to the sea? (11)
Bruce Leininger identifies his Son’s Past Life Identity
Little James would draw pictures of battle scenes, which featured propeller planes and bombs exploding. He would sign his pictures, “James 3.” These pictures are featured in Soul Survivor. He gave his GI Joe dolls unusual names, including Billy, Leon and Walter, names that his parents never mentioned, names that none of their friends had. How did he choose these names, Bruce and Andrea wondered? (12)
When Bruce asked why he called his dolls these names, James answered, “Because that is who met me when I got to heaven.” (13)
Though Bruce was reluctant to accept that his son’s memories derived from a past lifetime, James’s fund of knowledge of WW II aircraft made him research this possibility in earnest. He searched through military records and archives. Bruce learned that the Natoma Bay crew held reunions. He decided to attend one of these gatherings and Bruce traveled to his first Natoma Bay reunion, held in San Diego on September 11, 2002, one year after the World Trade Center terrorist attacks.
At the reunion, Bruce learned that 18 aircraft carrier pilots from the Natoma Bay had died during service in the Pacific. One of them was named James Huston, Jr. Recall that little James said that his name was also James when, in his nightmares, he was trapped in a burning airplane cockpit. He even he signed his battle pictures, James 3, which could refer to the third James is a series, that is, James Sr., James Jr. and little James 3. Bruce also learned that James Huston was the only pilot to die in the invasion of battle of Iwo Jima. Huston died on March 3, 1945. (14)
James Leininger names his GI Joe Action Figures after Past Life Friends, Fallen Pilots from the Natoma Bay, Who greeted James Huston in Heaven
Gi Joe Leininger Huston Reincarnation Past Life
Bruce also found that Billy, Leon and Walter were the names of three Natoma Bay Navy aviators who had died before James Huston, Jr. Their full names were Billie Peeler, Leon Connor and Walter Devlin. (15)
Recall that James called his GI Joe dolls Billie, Leon and Walter, and that he said that they were waiting for him when he went to heaven. Bruce and Andrea learned that the hair color of each doll matched the hair color of the deceased aviator. Billie Peeler had dark hair, as did James’s Billie doll. Leon Connor had blonde hair, as did the Leon doll and Walter Devlin had reddish hair, as did James’s Walter doll. (16)
Bruce Finds Jack Larson & Other Pilots from the Natoma Bay who Verify James’s Past Life Memories
Bruce also learned that Jack Larsen was indeed another pilot on the Natoma Bay. Larsen was still alive and living in Arkansas. Bruce visited him there. James’s memory of having a friend named Jack Larsen was also thus verified. (17)
Bruce eventually found pilots who witnessed James Huston’s plane go down. Jack Durham, John Provost and Bob Skelton saw that an antiaircraft shell knocked the propeller off of Huston’s plane. This explained why little James would knock propellers off his toy planes. They also validated that Huston’s plane caught fire and that Huston went down with his plane. (18)
Bruce found one discrepancy in James’s version of events in that when Huston crashed and died, he was flying a FM 2 Wildcat, not a Corsair. Bruce later learned from another pilot, Bob Greenwald, that Huston had participated in a program in which Corsairs were tested for aircraft carrier landings. As such, little James was correct in stating he had flown a Corsair. Greenwald also confirmed that Corsairs would veer to the left on takeoff and blow tires on landings, just as little James had said. (19)
Natoma Bay Memorial
In his quest to understand his son’s nightmares, Bruce came to personally know surviving veterans who had served on the Natoma Bay. He also learned about those who did not survive. In the process of validating his son’s memories, Bruce came to greatly admire the Natoma Bay veterans who so bravely and unselfishly served their country. He understood the sacrifices they had made.
Bruce put his feelings into action by creating a memorial to commemorate those on the Natoma Bay who had died in action. This memorial was inaugurated at the Nimitz Museum in Fredricksburg, Texas. Many Natoma Bay veterans attended this inauguration. Enlarge the image of the memorial by clicking on it and use your arrow keys to scroll up and down. On the enlarged image, you can make out the name of James Huston, Jr. in the column above the name Abraham Lincoln.
Little James identifies a Past Life Friend by recognizing his Voice
One of the people who James saw at the Nimitz museum was Bob Greenwald, who he recognized on sight and who he named correctly. When Bruce asked James how he knew that this man was Bob Greenwald, James said he had recognized Bob’s voice.
At the ceremony, young James was also reunited with his past life friend, Jack Larson. Recall that soon after James started to have his nightmares, he told Bruce that a friend he had on the Natoma was named Jack Larson. On an endearing note, at the memorial ceremony, little James wore a miniature pilot’s flight suit. (20)
Friends of James Huston Observe an Uncanny Past Life Physical Resemblance between James Leininger and James Huston, Jr.
Significantly, the veterans at the Natoma Bay memorial inauguration, who knew James Huston, Jr., commented on how little James Leininger looked just like the deceased James Huston, Jr. As such, this represents another case which demonstrates that physical appearance can remain consistent from one incarnation to another.
On a poignant note, his parents observed that James seemed dismayed at the memorial inauguration. When they asked James why, he replied that he was sad because everyone looked so old. Little James remembered how his shipmates looked as young men, not senior citizens. (21)
A Reunion with Anne Barron, James Leininger’s Past Life Sister
Andrea Leininger was able to use census and other records to find the family of James Huston, Jr. She learned a surviving sister, Anne Huston Barron, was living in Los Gatos, California. Anne was 84 years old when Andrea contacted her. (22)
Andrea set up a phone call between Anne and little James. In this conversation, James knew many personal details of James Huston’s life, which Anne confirmed as accurate. Examples include:
James told Anne that he called her Annie. Anne confirmed that only her deceased brother, James Huston, called her Annie
James told Anne that they had a sister named Ruth, which was correct
James said Ruth was four years older than Anne and that Anne was four years older than James, which was correct
James reported that their father was alcoholic and smashed things when drunk, and that he had to go into rehab for alcoholism. Anne corroborated this.
James said that Ruth, who was a society columnist for a local paper, was “mortified” when their mother took a job as a maid for a wealthy family that Ruth was writing about. Anne confirmed this account.
James said that he and Anne, as children, had matching portraits done by the same artist, which were gifts from their mother, whose name was Daryl. Anne confirmed all these statements. (23)
Even a resolute skeptic would have to admit that such specific memories cannot be coincidental. Given the facts of the case, Anne, who has since passed away, accepted James Leininger as the reincarnation of her brother, James Huston, Jr., and she sent him her brother’s remaining artifacts. When James opened the box sent by Anne, he sniffed the model Corsair which was inside and he said that it smelled like an aircraft carrier. Bruce noted a diesel oil smell emanating from the box. (24)
James Huston also had an Early Fascination with Aircraft: A Previous Past Life as an Aviator?
balsa wood models of airplanes
Of interest, Anne related that James loved flying and that even as a young boy, James Huston made balsa wood models of airplanes. When he was old enough, James Huston went flying in biplanes. In other words, just as James Leininger had a fascination with planes as a child, so did James Huston. This raises the question of whether Huston | Leininger had a prior incarnation that involved aviation. (25)
James Leininger can Sing like James Huston: A Past Life Talent
In a personal communication, Bruce Leininger has observed that his son James is a gifted singer, who has performed in a musical at his school. Bruce notes that neither he nor his wife can sing at all, but he learned that James Huston had a beautiful singing voice. As such, it appears that a gift for singing has been carried over from one incarnation to another.
Gratitude to the Leininger Family: The Reincarnation Research Award
We owe a great deal to James, Andrea and Bruce Leininger for researching this case and making it public. James himself has become an advocate for reincarnation, as he should be, given the strength of his reincarnation case.
This case has attracted a great deal of attention, as ABC Primetime in the United States ran a segment on the Leininger case in April 2004 and a Japanese television show took the Leiningers out to the spot where James Huston died. Little James threw out a wreath from the ship onto the water where James Huston’s plane dove into the sea, to commemorate his own past life persona. This scene is featured in the video: Evidence of Reincarnation
For their efforts, we bestow Andrea, Bruce and James Leininger, as well as their past lives counselor, Carol Bowman, Reincarnation Research Award.
Let us close this section with a quote from Soul Survivor:
“The story, Bruce is convinced, is a gift to those who need some tangible proof that there is something beyond death, that life has meaning…It revived his convictions and faith.” (26)
Evidence of Spirit Beings in a Reincarnation Case and the Planning of a Lifetime in the Huston | Leininger Case
In addition to providing strong evidence of reincarnation, there are several incidents relating to James’s story which provide evidence of the existence of spirit beings.
One of the most dramatic involves statements made by James in which he said that he picked Bruce and Andrea as parents, while the soul of little James was still in the spirit world.
Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu
James had told Bruce that he saw Bruce and Andrea when they were vacationing at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu. Little James called it the “big pink hotel” in Hawaii, which the Royal Hawaiian is.
In fact, Bruce and Andrea were at the Royal Hawaiian 5 weeks before Andrea become pregnant with James. Bruce and Andrea had never told James about their Hawaiian vacation. As such, little James knew about their stay at the Royal Hawaiian by paranormal means. I would suggest that the soul of James Leininger was indeed able to observe his future parents from the spirit world and that the souls of Andrea, Bruce and James all agreed to, that is planned, to create the family that they did. (27) Indeed, it is very likely that these three have a prior past life connection.
Reincarnation & Anniversary Events
Anniversary phenomenon can be seen as the interaction of the soul with the physical world. The premise is that when an individual incarnates on Earth, the soul continues to have its own existence in the spiritual world. The soul projects extensions of itself into its incarnations, holographic projections into the physical plane.
When anniversary phenomena occur, we can see this as the soul transmitting the anniversary information to its own incarnation. Alternately, a spirit guide that works with the individual may also orchestrate anniversary phenomena.
Initially, the individual may not even understand the meaning of the event when it occurs. As an example, in the reincarnation case of John B. Gordon | Jeff Keene, Jeff experienced severe jaw pain on an anniversary date of Gordon incurring gunshot wounds to the jaw. Jeff was taken to the emergency room of a hospital, as he was concerned that he was having a heart attack. Only years later did Jeff become aware that the jaw pain could be interpreted as an anniversary event from his lifetime as John B. Gordon. Jeff found that Gordon was shot in the jaw when he was 30 years old, while Jeff experienced the severe jaw pain on his thirtieth birthday.
In the Huston | Leininger case, Bruce and Andrea noted in Soul Survivor that James’s nightmares of dying in a plane crash had resolved for several months. They hoped that the phase of James’s life in which he had these nightmares had ended. Yet on March 3, 2003, James had another plane crash nightmare. James Huston had died in the battle of Iwo Jima on that same day, March 3, 1945.
If this is accepted as an anniversary event, then the soul of James Huston | James Leininger had communicated awareness to little James of the significance of March 3 while he slept. Note that this anniversary event occurred before Bruce, through research, determined the date of James Huston’s death. (28)
Another possible synchronistic event or events involves Bruce, who twice traveled by airplane on September 11 to do research on his son’s reincarnation case. Bruce made note of these eerie coincidences in Soul Survivor.
Though traveling twice on September 11 may just be a coincidence, there may be meaning in this date, as evidence of reincarnation may help prevent future September 11 type attacks. As noted above, reincarnation research shows that one can change religion, nationality and ethnic affiliation from one incarnation to another. This powerful realization can help create a more peaceful world.
Spirit Beings & Spiritual Communication
Another event that provides evidence of communication by spirit beings involves Anne Huston Barron, the sister of James Huston. Anne related to Andrea that on the day that James Huston was killed, on March 3, 1945, she was cleaning her house in California when she felt the presence of her brother, James. Anne even started talking to him. She remembered the incident distinctly. Anne learned several days later that her brother had died at that exact moment in the Pacific. As such, the spirit of James Huston appears to have been in contact with his sister, Anne, at the time of his death. (29)
Similarly, on March 3,1945, a family friend of the Huston’s, Lydia Eastman, had a dream in which James came to her and said, “I just want to say goodbye.” Lydia later learned that James Huston had died on that day. Again, it appears that the soul of James Huston was in contact with Lydia Eastman on the day of his death. (30)
Another account involves Jack Durham, who served with James Huston as a pilot. Durham’s plane had been shot down during World War II and when this occurred, he lost his teeth and dislocated his shoulder. Relatives of Jack Durham informed the Leiningers that on the day that Durham was injured, thousands of miles away, his relatives heard Jack cry out. As such, it appears that the spirit of Durham was communicating with his loved ones. (31)
This very compelling reincarnation case demonstrates the following features:
Physical Resemblance in Reincarnation Cases: When James Huston’s shipmates met James Leininger at the Natoma Bay memorial inauguration, they commented on how little James looked so much like James Huston. On this page, four image comparisons at different stages of life are presented. Other cases in which photos are available across two lifetimes that dramatically show physical resemblance include:
Past Life Knowledge and Talent: As a young boy, James Leininger had an impressive fund of knowledge regarding WW II aircraft, which appears to derive from his past life as a WW II fighter pilot.
In addition, James has demonstrated a natural talent for singing, as did James Huston. In contrast, James’s parents do not have a gift for singing.
Spiritual Communication in Reincarnation Cases and Planning Lifetimes: James told Bruce and Andrea that he picked them as parents when they were at the pink hotel in Hawaii. Indeed, Bruce and Andrea were at the Royal Hawaiian hotel five weeks before Andrea became pregnant with James. As such, it appears that James was observing Bruce and Andrea from the spirit world, prior to his birth, and made the plan to born to them.
Another example of spirit beings involves Anne Huston Barron, the sister of James Huston, who stated that she felt the presence of her brother on the very day that he died. Similar episodes occurred regarding Lydia Eastman and Jack Durham. As discussed above, anniversary phenomenon can also be seen as occurring through spirit being intervention.
Conclusion
The James Huston, Jr. | James Leininger case is one of the most compelling reincarnation cases in existence. Evidence of spirit beings is also provided in this rich case. We thank the Leininger family for doing this very important reincarnation research and making it public, even when it conflicted with the tenets of their religion. You are heroes in the search to understand the mechanism and meaning of human existence. As noted before, for your efforts, we are pleased to give you the: Reincarnation Research Award
1. Leininger, Bruce and Andrea, with Ken Gross, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, Grand Central Publishing, NY, NY, 2009, p 11
2. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 47
3. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 54-56
4. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 59
5. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 79
6. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 16
7. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 109
8. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 105
9. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 239
10. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 114
11. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 91
12. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 104
13. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 156
14. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 118, 122, 132, 133
15. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 157
16. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 170-185
17. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 143
18. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 222
19. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 240
20. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 243-244
21. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 247
22. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 194, 196
23. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 236
24. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 237
25. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 197
26. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 256
27. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 153-154
28. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 256
29. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 297
30. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 198, 237
31. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 225
One of the most culturally significant reincarnation cases involves Barbro Karlen, who I have had he honor of doing joint presentations with since 2001. I first met Barbro in 2000 and I now consider her a very good friend. I would like to share her experiences with you. At the end of this article, a video may be viewed in which Barbro tells her story in her own words. Enlarge images by clicking on them.
A Toddler’s Past Life Memories of being Anne Frank
Anne Frank died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. Less than ten years later, in 1954, Barbro Karlen was born to Christian parents in Sweden. When she was less than three years old, Barbro told her parents that her name was not Barbro, but “Anne Frank.” Barbro’s parents had no idea of who Anne Frank was, as they were unaware of the book, Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl, also known as The Diary of Anne Frank.
During her childhood, Barbro told her parents details of her life as Anne, which her parents thought were fantasies. In addition, Barbro had nightmares in which men ran up the stairs and kicked in the door to her family’s attic hiding place. An image of the exterior of the Frank family’s attic hiding place, which has the red tile roof, is provided below and to the right.
Barbro is evaluated by a Psychiatrist
Attic Hiding Place of Frank Family
Barbro’s past life memories worried her parents and at one point, when she was a child, they had her evaluated by a psychiatrist. Barbro, though, by this time, had learned that it was not wise to talk about the other world she lived in, the world of Anne Frank, as she noticed that everyone “got tense” when she described her memories to them. When she saw the psychiatrist, she made no mention of her memories of being Anne and was deemed a perfectly normal little girl.
Barbro’s Elementary School Teacher Discusses Anne Frank
When Barbro was seven or eight years of age, she became confused when her schoolteacher began talking about Anne Frank in class. Barbro thought to herself, “How could my teacher know about Anne Frank?” Barbro knew that she was Anne Frank. Barbro began to realize that Anne Frank was a famous person. “How could that be,” she thought? Describing her confusion as a child, Barbro has related “all this didn’t work for me.”
Imagine how hard it must have been for Barbro to have spontaneous memories of a past lifetime and to have no one to talk to, no one who could help her with her confusion, traumatic memories and nightmares.
Barbro’s Past Life Phobias Related to Anne Frank’s Holocaust Experience
Since childhood, Barbro has had a fear of men in uniforms. Even as an adult, if stopped for a traffic violation by a police officer, Barbro would have such anxiety that she would consider fleeing. In order to get over her phobia of uniforms, as well as to work with horses, Barbro in adulthood, decided to become a mounted Swedish police officer. After completing her training with the Swedish Police Authority, Barbro did become a mounted police officer and she worked with police horses for over a decade.
In addition, Barbro has had an aversion to eating beans since childhood, which the Frank family existed on for nearly two years. Barbro would also only take baths, not showers. In concentration camps, Nazi’s would bring prisoners into large rooms telling the prisoners that they would be given showers. Instead of water, poison gas was piped into the room to kill the prisoners. Anne was first taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where such gas chambers were used to kill those too feeble to perform forced labor. Later, she was transferred to the Bergen-Belsen camp, where she died.
Aerial View of Amsterdam
Barbro also resisted having her hair cut. In concentration camps, new arrivals were stripped naked and heads were shaved, followed by a process of disinfection.
At 10 Years of Age, Barbro’s Geographic Past Life Memory Leads her Parents to the Anne Frank House
Barbro received her first validation of being Anne Frank when she was ten years old, when she was able to find her way directly to the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam without directions.
The graphic to the right, which can be enlarged, shows how circular the streets of Amsterdam are. It is easy to get lost wandering the streets of this city, yet Barbro’s past life memories of the streets of Amsterdam were clear. I will now describe the scene, utilizing excerpts from And the Wolves Howled.
When she was ten, Barbro’s parents took her on a tour of the major cities in Europe, including Amsterdam, the city where the Frank family lived. During World War II, Otto Frank and his family had to go into hiding in the attic of the building where Otto had his business, for the Nazi’s had invaded the Netherlands and were persecuting Jews. The Frank family hid in this attic for about two years, until they were discovered by the Nazis, arrested and sent to concentration camps.
The only survivor was the father, Otto Frank, who subsequently was given Anne’s diary, which he later had published. After the war, the hiding place was made into a museum, which is called The Anne Frank House.
Anne Frank House
By the time Barbro was ten, the Diary of Anne Frank had been published and distributed in Sweden and her parents had become aware of who the historical Anne Frank was. While in Amsterdam, her father wanted to visit the Anne Frank House. At their hotel, he took the phone off the hook and asked for a taxi to take them there.
Barbro suddenly exclaimed: “We don’t need a taxi, it’s not far to walk from here.” Barbro was so certain that it didn’t occur to her parents to object, they just meekly followed her as she walked off.
“We’ll soon be there, it’s just round the next corner,” Barbro told her parents. She herself wasn’t at all surprised when they arrived at the Anne Frank House after a ten minute walk through the twisting streets of the city. An image of the Anne Frank House is provided to the right. Upon their arrival, her parents stood there speechless and just looked at one another.
Past Life Memories: Barbro Knows Where Anne Frank’s Pictures should have been Found
“That’s strange,” Barbro said, when they stood in front of the steps up to the house. “It didn’t look like this before.” She looked wonderingly and her parents didn’t know what to say. They entered the house and went up the long narrow staircase. Barbro, who had been so carefree when showing them the way, suddenly went white in the face. She broke out in a cold sweat and reached for her mother’s hand. Her mother was horrified when she felt Barbro’s hand, which was as cold as ice.
When they entered the hiding place, the same terrors overcame Barbro that she had experienced so many times in her dreams. She found it hard to breathe and panic spread through her body. When they went into one of the smaller rooms, she suddenly stood still and brightened up a little.
Barbro looked at the wall in front of her and exclaimed, “Look, the pictures of the film stars are still there!” The pictures of the movie stars that Anne had clipped and affixed to the wall, which Barbro saw at that moment, made her feel happy, almost as if she had come home.
Pictures Affixed by Anne Frank
Her mother stared at the blank wall and couldn’t understand this at all. “What pictures? The wall is bare?” Barbro looked again and she saw that this was true. The wall was bare! Her mother was so confounded that she felt driven to ask one of the guides whether there had been pictures on the wall at one time.
“Oh yes,” the guide replied, “they had only been taken down temporarily to be mounted under glass so that they wouldn’t be destroyed or stolen.” Barbro’s mother didn’t know what to say.
“How in the world could you find your way here first of all, then insist that the steps outside were different and then see the pictures on the wall when they weren’t there?”
Barbro’s mother was full of questions, but Barbro was quite incapable of saying even a single word. She just wanted to get out of there; she couldn’t stand it a moment longer.
Her legs felt like jelly as she went down the stairs. She had never before in her life felt so wretched. The tears ran unrestrained down her face, and her legs would not carry her. When she reached the bottom step her legs folded under her and she fell.
Barbro’s Parents Accept that She had a Past Life as Anne Frank
Barbro relates that these incidents in Amsterdam finally made her parents believe that she is the reincarnation of Anne Frank. After all, how else could she know how to get to the Anne Frank House on the family’s first trip to Amsterdam, and without directions? How could she know that the stairs had been modified? How did she know that pictures of movie stars, which Anne Frank had clipped from magazines, should be found on a specific wall inside the house, when these pictures had been removed so that they could be mounted behind glass?
In time, Barbro’s mother responded by becoming very spiritual and a believer in reincarnation. Barbro’s father, on the other hand, seemed annoyed. Barbro relates that her father responded by saying: “I can’t deny that you have somehow been here before. Perhaps you have lived before and have reincarnated, but you are the only one!”
Barbro understood that by being faced with the reality of reincarnation, her father’s Christian world view, where “everything was set right,” was threatened. Barbro was much happier, though, as from this point on as she could talk to her mother about her past lifetime as Anne Frank. She had her mother’s support.
Past Life Talent: Barbro Karlen is a Childhood Writing Prodigy, like Anne Frank
Anne Frank was a childhood writing prodigy. She is not the most famous victim of the Holocaust because she had the worst death. Rather, she become the most famous victim because as a teenager she wrote a book, a diary, that was readable and addressed universal themes, such as the nature of man and man’s tendency to be good or evil. Children around the world have been instructed to read The Diary of Anne Frank to learn about prejudice, which has made Anne’s diary the second most read book in the world, next to the Bible.
Like Anne Frank, Barbro Karlen was a childhood writing prodigy. Barbro relates that learning to write was a great gift. As a child, she could not speak to anyone about her past life memories, but once she learned to write, she could have discourses on her writing tablet.
One day, when she was eleven or so, a family friend read a few of her compositions and realized that this was worthy prose. Barbro was asked if her casual writings could be sent to a publisher, which she agreed to.
Published when Barbro was 12 years of age
At the age of twelve, her first book of prose was published. This book, Man on Earth, became the best-selling prose/poetry book in Swedish history. Barbro became a child celebrity, debating theology with ministers and theologians on television programs. In her teenage years, she had a total of nine books published. These books, written in her youth, have been translated into multiple languages, much like the Diary of Anne Frank.
Barbro’s Past Life Memories Recede, then Reemerge when She encounters Reincarnated Nazi Guards
After her adolescence passed, Barbro’s past life memories began to fade, which was a relief to Barbro, as now she could finally lead a normal life. As she pursued her career with the Swedish Police Service, Barbro thought that she never would be public regarding her memories of being Anne Frank. As Barbro wistfully states in her video interview, though, “never say never.”
It was not until she was in her forties that past life memories began to emerge again. Barbro began having negative interactions with another mounted police officer, who seemed to be persecuting her. It was these interactions that triggered the rekindling of her memories of being Anne Frank and in particular, she recalled scenes from a concentration camp. Barbro realized that this police officer was a reincarnated Nazi guard from the Bergen-Belsen concentration.
Though these past life memories were painful, they gave Barbro the will to write her book, And the Wolves Howled. Barbro relates that she wanted to show that though these guards, these wolves, participated in her persecution in the Anne Frank lifetime, she would not allow them to hurt her again in contemporary times. She wanted to share with others that the soul perseveres and in this way, to provide comfort to others.
Barbro Meets her Past Life Cousin, Buddy Elias, President of the Anne Frank Foundation
As she prepared her book, And the Wolves Howled, for publication, Buddy Elias, President of the Anne Frank Foundation and at the time, the last living relative of Anne Frank, heard about Barbro’s claim to be the reincarnation of his cousin, Anne Frank. Through her publisher, Buddy invited Barbro to his home for dinner, though he asked Barbro’s publisher not to reveal who he was in relation to Anne Frank or the Anne Frank Foundation. Buddy advised the publisher to tell Barbro that their dinner host was a fan of the books she wrote as a child and adolescent. Though he did not believe in reincarnation, Buddy wanted to meet this person who claimed to be the reincarnation of Anne. Buddy and Anne Frank, as cousins, played together in their youth.
Barbro describes her first face to face meeting with Buddy, which occurred in 1995, in the Barbro Karlen: Reincarnation of Anne Frank video, which is provided at the bottom of this web page.
Barbro relates that when they first saw each other, she and Buddy fell into each others arms and cried together. Barbro says she had instant recognition that Buddy was someone she knew and loved from the Frank lifetime. They spoke for two hours at the time of this first meeting and they continued to be very good friends for 20 years, until Buddy’s death in 2015. Barbro would stay at Buddy’s home in Switzerland when she visited Europe and Buddy had stayed in Barbro’s home when he visited her in the United States.
Buddy Elias Speaks at Barbro Karlen’s And the Wolves Howled Book Event
An article from the leading German magazine, Zeitspiegel, was published regarding this event on May 19, 1998:
“Buddy Elias, actor in Basel, is the cousin of Anne Frank and the President of the Anne Frank Foundation. Buddy Elias met with Anne Frank the last time just before the war broke out. She mentions him as “Bernd” in her Diary many times.
Anne’s father, Otto Frank, returned to Amsterdam after his liberation from Aushwitz. He then lived with his nephew, Buddy Elias, in Basel until his death.
Two years ago, Buddy Elias and Barbro Karlen met for the first time. At the presentation of the autobiography by Barbro Karlen, Buddy Elias read parts of it for the audience.
Bruckenbauer: “Buddy Elias, what memories do you have of your cousin, Anne Frank?”
Buddy Elias: “She was a very pleasant person, a lively child with her head full of ideas how to live. We loved each other very much, when the war began, we corresponded with each other.”
“Do you believe in reincarnation?”
Buddy Elias: “Yes, I do.”
“So how is it for you when a woman claims she is the reincarnation of your cousin? Barbro Karlen is not the only one!”
“I have been very skeptical, but Barbro is different from everybody else.”
“How was the first meeting with Barbro?”
“It was very emotional. First time I saw her, I had heard about her. I had a very strange feeling, a very positive impression. It felt like we had a soul connection. Barbro seemed absolutely trustworthy to me. I could very well imagine she was Anne. More than that I can not say. I have Anne too close in my memory to say anything more.”
“Do you see any similarities between Anne and Barbro?”
“The black hair is obvious!”
“Will you stay in touch with Barbro?”
“Of course, I have developed a very deep friendship with her.”
To view a video of Buddy Elias talking about his relationshp with Anne Frank, please go to:
Barbro Moves to California, where Walter Semkiw, MD observes that Anne Frank and Barbro Karlen have the Same Facial Features
Barbro and a female friend of hers took a vacation to experience California’s coastal Highway 1. While on that trip, based on an intuition, Barbro decided to open a Swedish import shop in Carmel, even though she had no prior experience in business or retail sales. Barbro moved from Sweden to Northern California, where I met her. When I first received the phone call in 2000, in which I was told about a woman who claimed to be the reincarnation of Anne Frank, I was very skeptical. When I met her and listened to her story, I came to believe that she is genuine and that I had truly met the reincarnation of Anne Frank.
In her book, Barbro never mentions that she has the same appearance as Anne Frank, as her memories are what are most meaningful to her, not appearance. Upon meeting her, I realized that Barbro has the same facial features as Anne.
In the image comparison featured on this website, Barbro as a seven year old girl is featured on the left side, Anne Frank as a teenager is in the center and Barbro as an adult is on the right side. It appears that we are looking at images of one person in three stages of life. In actuality, we are looking at one soul in two different lifetimes.
Anne Frank & Barbro Karlen: Reincarnation & Similarities in Personality
In addition to facial features, there are many character similarities between Barbro and Anne. These include:
“Spiritual insight rarely falls from the lips of a thirteen or fourteen year old girl. Indeed, as many of the new entries in the diary will show, Anne Frank was essentially a physical being, a lover of nature, intrigued with her own sexuality.”
These traits are reflected in Barbro Karlen, who at sixteen years of age used her book earnings to purchase a cottage in the woods. She soon populated her property with her horse, two dogs, two cats, a sheep and a flock of hens and chicks. Barbro especially loved her horse and horseback riding, which eventually led her to pursue a career as a mounted policewoman.
Her sexuality is evidenced by an early marriage and her pregnancy at the age of 18. Indeed, many of Anne’s desires seem to have come to fruition early in the life of Barbro Karlen.
B. Natural literary skills
Anne Frank had natural gifts as a writer. Similarly, Barbro Karlen was a childhood literary prodigy. Her first book, Man on Earth, which was published when she was 12 years of age and became the all time best-selling poetry book in Sweden. Between ages 12 to 17, nine books written by Barbro, including When the Storm Comes and a Moment in the Blossom Kingdom, were published.
It is interesting to note that Anne Frank always hoped to be a published writer. On May 11, 1944, Anne wrote that her “greatest wish” was to become a journalist, “and later on, a famous writer.” Once again, it appears that Anne’s desires were fulfilled early in the life of Barbro Karlen.
C. Similar Writing Themes
Similar themes are found in the writings of Frank and Karlen. Though one may argue that these similarities are intentional, Barbro Karlen maintains that she has not studied Anne Frank’s works.
Anne Frank, due to the persecution of the Jews by the Nazis, reflected extensively on issues of good and evil. Anne also had a tendency to personify human qualities, as seen in the quotation cited below regarding “Lies.” Anne’s legacy is based on her ability to maintain hope in the face of dismal circumstances. Anne Frank’s most famous quote affirms the basic goodness of man.
Barbro Karlen also writes of good and evil in her book, And the Wolves Howled, in part due to her memories of the Frank lifetime and in part due to persecution experienced in this lifetime while working for the Swedish Police Service. Barbro also has a tendency to personify human qualities, like Anne. Let us compare passages written by Frank and Karlen regarding evil:
Anne Frank-On Evil
“There’s in people simply an urge to destroy, an urge to kill, to murder and rage.”
“I get frightened myself when I think of close friends who are now at the mercy of the cruelest monsters ever to stalk the earth. And all because we are Jews.”
“Yesterday evening, before I fell asleep, who should suddenly appear before my eyes but Lies! I saw her in front of me, clothed in rags…Her eyes were very big and she looked so sadly and reproachfully at me that I could read in her eyes: Oh Anne, why have you deserted me? Help, oh help me, rescue me from this hell!”
Barbro Karlen-On Evil
“If only she could write about how important, even vital it is never to give up in the face of evil, regardless of how dark and wretched everything may seem. Evil was present on the earth and would probably always be there. It would always try to conquer Good.”
Anne Frank-On Good
“In spite of everything, I still really believe that people are really good at heart.”
Barbro Karlen-On Good
“But the more people there were who believed in Good, and in the Good Force within themselves, the greater the possibility of keeping evil under control. If only they could believe in Good, and in the presence of the inner Force, many unhappy people would be able to fight their way up from the darkness.”
“Most people on earth were not yet aware that they could find the Good Force within themselves and that it could help them if they only sought it out.”
Annette Lantos meets Barbro Karlen & Invites Barbro & Me to Washington, DC
Annette Lantos is the wife of the late Tom Lantos, who served in the United States Congress for 27 years. Tom, whose picture is featured to the right, was the only Holocaust survivor to be elected to the US Congress. When President George W. Bush traveled to Germany for a Holocaust memorial, he took Tom with him. U2 singer Bono was a close friend, as he admired Tom’s dedication to bringing justice to the darkest corners of the world.
It was Annette and Tom who nominated the 14th Dalai Lama for a Nobel Prize, which he won.
When Annette heard about Barbro’s case, she wanted to meet Barbro, as Annette is also is a Holocaust survivor. Annette, Barbro and I spent almost 3 hours in Tom’s Congressional office in San Mateo, California. Tom and Annette were very much in love and while we were in a conference room, Tom repeatedly poked his head into the room to ask his beloved wife whether she was finished. Annette, fascinated with Barbro’s story, kept sending Tom away.
Barbro and Walter Meet Condolezza Rice & Charity Sunshine
By the end of our meeting, Annette was intrigued enough by the proposal that Barbro is the reincarnation of Anne Frank that she asked us to attend a “by invitation only” benefit concert at the Kennedy Center, in Washington DC. At this event, Tom and Annette’s granddaughter, Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick, would sing and Condoleezza Rice would accompany Charity on the piano. We did attend, sat in the front row and later met Dr. Rice at a reception.
Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice and the Tom Lantos Tunnels
Annette now serves as the Chairman of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice. In honor of Tom, recently constructed tunnels along Highway 1 between San Francisco and Half Moon Bay have been named the Tom Lantos Tunnels. Every time I traverse these tunnels, I fondly reflect on Tom, Annette and Charity, and our experiences in Washington, DC.
Children’s Past Life Author Carol Bowman supports the Anne Frank | Barbro Karlen Reincarnation Case
A person who supports Barbro’s case is Carol Bowman, who is a pioneer in studying children who spontaneously recall past lives. In 2006, Carol and Barbro attended a reincarnation conference in Colorado Springs. In addition to Carol learning about Barbro’s case, Carol and Barbro had the opportunity to spend an afternoon together horseback riding. Carol has stated that she judges Barbro’s reincarnation case to be a strong one.
Carol shared an amusing anecdote regarding the time they spent together. To go horseback riding, Carol and Barbro had to take a taxi from the hotel to the stables. Carol was raised Jewish and both women were taken aback when their taxi driver turned out to be a bearded Hasidic Jew wearing the traditional black hat and clothing. Carol reflected, “What are the odds of getting a taxi driver who is a Hasidic Jew in Colorado Springs?”
Anne Frank & Possible Reincarnation Prophecy: God Will Raise Us Up Again
I will cite one last quotation from Anne Frank’s diary, which refers to the perseverance of the Jewish faith and people. It also has a poetic ring of truth regarding reincarnation, perhaps not intended by Anne, yet beautiful all the same.
“Who has inflicted this upon us?
Who has made us Jews different from all other people?
Who has allowed us to suffer so terribly up till now?
It is God who had made us who we are,
but it will be God, too, who will raise us up again.”
Past Life Physical Resemblance: Anne Frank and Barbro Karlen have the same facial features. It is of interest that Barbro never mentions this physical resemblance to Anne in her book And the Wolves Howled, though others had told her that she looks like Anne Frank. The physical resemblance between Anne and Barbro was first published in 2006 in my book: Born Again
Past Life Talent: Barbro Karlen was a childhood writing prodigy, as was Anne Frank.
Phobias from a Past Lifetime: Barbro had an irrational fear of men in police uniforms, which seems to stem from Anne’s experience with Nazi soldiers and concentration camp guards. Barbro also had an aversion to showers, did not want to eat beans and resisted having her hair cut, which also reflect incidents in Anne Frank’s life, as described above.
Geographic Memory: On her first visit to Amsterdam at the age of ten, Barbro was able to spontaneously lead her parents from their hotel to the Anne Frank House, without directions.
If the Nazi’s during World War II knew that one could be born Jewish in one lifetime and Christian in another, the Holocaust could never have happened. Similarly, when Muslim Palestinians realize that then can be reborn as Israeli Jews, when Sunni’s know they can reincarnate as Shiites, Christians understand they can be reborn into an Islamic culture and vice versa, then conflict based on these cultural differences of identity will be mitigated.
Barbro Karlen’s case dramatically demonstrates how reincarnation research and evidence of reincarnation can transform the world in a positive way.
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When she was 11 years old, Gladys and her brother were taken on a trip by their mother from Northamptonshire, where they were living, to Dorset. They were going to visit relatives over Christmas. Gladys describes a scene that occurred during their journey:
The source of Gladys’s memories of an apparent past lifetime remained a mystery for the next 17 years. Then, during another trip to Dorset in 1928, when Gladys was 28 years old, she unexpectedly received confirmation of her past life memories. Let us again let Gladys narrate the turn of events:
Seeing I was interested, the woman called her mother to tell me the story of the child.
Past Life Behavior: Little James does a Flight Check around a Corsair
In time, Barbro’s mother responded by becoming very spiritual and a believer in reincarnation. Barbro’s father, on the other hand, seemed annoyed. Barbro relates that her father responded by saying: “I can’t deny that you have somehow been here before. Perhaps you have lived before and have reincarnated, but you are the only one!”
