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Satwant Pasricha: Reincarnation Research Award

The following biography is from Wikipedia:

Satwant Pasricha is the head of Department of Clinical Psychology at NIMHANS, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences at Bangalore. She also worked for a time at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in the USA.  Pasricha investigates reincarnation and near-death experiences. Pasricha co-authored the 2011 book Making sense of Near-Death experiences, which was Highly Commended in the Psychiatry category at the 2012 British Medical Association Book Awards.

Pasricha has investigated and participated in about 500 cases of reincarnation involving children (referred to as subjects) since 1973 who claim to remember previous lives. She became interested in working in parapsychology because she was not satisfied with the conventional explanations of certain paranormal or unusual behavior.

Pasricha studies not just the characteristics of reincarnation prevalent in India, but also suggests ways they are similar or different from those of people in other countries. She collaborated with Ian Stevenson in reincarnation research beginning in the 1970s.

She joined NIMHANS as a faculty in December 1980 as a lecturer in Clinical Parapsychology; and then was promoted to Assistant professor, Associate professor and Additional Professor of Clinical Psychology. She is also involved in clinical work such as patient care and teaching and research in the areas of her interest at NIMHANS.

Roy Stemman: Reincarnation Research Award

Article by Walter Semkiw, MD

Roy Stemman is the author of The Big Book of Reincarnation and is attributed to have done more to spread the word regarding evidence of reincarnation in Great Britain than anyone else. I had the great pleasure of meeting Roy when Barbro Karlen, who has had memories since childhood of being Anne Frank in a past lifetime, and I did a presentation in London years ago. I am honored that Roy has included my work in The Big Book of Reincarnation.  The following description of this book is from Amazon.com.

In The Big Book of Reincarnation, Roy Stemman attempts to answer one of the big questions of existence: Is death the end? Or, is it the merely the end of a chapter in the book of existence?

A self-described “skeptical believer,” Stemman uses his skills as a professional journalist to perform an in-depth exploration of reincarnation. Using case studies, anecdotes, and physical evidence from the best-documented cases from around the world, Stemman shines a bright light on this subject, inviting readers to decide for themselves on the basis of facts, rather than on the basis of hearsay, speculation, and superstition.

Stemman finds fascinating examples of evidence of reincarnation in the nightmares of a Louisiana bayou boy, the past-life recall of a renowned neurosurgeon, the research of a highly respected university professor, and the unique system of governance in the mountains of Tibet, to name just a few. He examines the lives of those affected by reincarnation, such as children who can actually remember their previous lives. Instead of shying away from the skeptics, Stemman evaluates their leading theories and compares them to the findings that he has accumulated throughout his global research.

The Big Book of Reincarnation is thorough, well researched, engaging, and the most comprehensive book ever published on this fascinating subject.

Readers who love Brian Weiss’s Many Lives, Many Masters and Only Love is Real will appreciate the depth of study that the author brings to this work.

Topics that have long been scoffed by skeptics, past lives and reincarnation are enjoying a revival of mainstream interest after prominent medical professionals and scientists have added their personal experiences and research to a growing chorus of proof that the afterlife is no myth for the weak minded. Neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander’s book, Proof of Heaven, is one such example.

The truth is, a deeper exploration of the human psyche and transpersonal psychology offers a frontier for the brightest minds of our day.

Reincarnation Virginia атындагы Йен БАЛДАРГА изилдөө жана Балдар Past Life Memories

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Reincarnation изилдөө жетишкендиктер: Ian БАЛДАРГА үчүн алым

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Dr. Ian Нагал, MD 2007-жылы каза болгон, Virginia атындагы психиатрия бөлүмүнүн төрагасы болуп кызмат кылган, дары мектеби. Ошондой эле ал мекемеде психиатрия Карлсон окутуучу катары болду. кырк жыл бою, доктор Нагал өзүнөн-өзү иш жүзүндө далилдениши мүмкүн өткөн өмүрүн эстеп балдарды изилденген. Ал балдар өткөн өмүр эстеп ойлоп күмөн экенин талкуу гана балдарды изилдөөнү чечтим. Жалпысынан, доктор Нагал өткөн өмүр эстеп билдирди дээрлик 2500 бала окуган. Мындай учурларда болжол менен 1200-жылы, доктор Нагал Калыс баланын өткөн өмүр эстеп тастыктоо үчүн алган.

БАЛДАРГА катталгандарын жалпы санынын көпчүлүк Азия, Индия, же өтөт доктрина кабыл алынган башка райондордон келген. тирилишкен кабыл ишеним системасы эмес, жайгашкан, ал ата-өткөн-эскерүүлөр бир баланын сөздөр токтойт деп эсептелет. Ian БАЛДАРГА тарабынан изилденген балалык учурлар төмөнкүдөй өзгөчөлүктөр менен белгиленген жалпы үлгү бар:

1 . Көп өтпөй эле бала сүйлөшө алышат, ошондой эле, бала өткөн өмүрүн айтып баштайт . Адатта, бала өзүнүн аты-жөнү, анын биологиялык ата-энеси балага берилген аты башкача келгенин жарыя кылат. Бала азыркы учурда үй-бүлөсү менен, анын чыныгы үй-бүлөсү, бирок ал өзүнүн чыныгы үй-бүлө башка айылда же шаарда жашаган эмес экенин айтууда. Бала ар кандай үй-бүлө мүчөлөрү менен өткөн өмүр тартып Geographic жайгашкан аттарын эскерет. Өткөн өмүр үйүндө жашаган дене өзгөчөлүктөрү кайра чакыртып алынышы мүмкүн.

2. Бала чейин жашаган, анын өлүм-чүйдөсүнөн бери эсинде сактайт . Доктор БАЛДАРГА бала кезинен эле тирилишкен учурда болжол менен 50 пайыз эле, зордук-зомбулукка же мезгилсиз өлүм өткөн өмүр болгон. Dr. Stevenson Азыр, мисалы, октон же бычактан жарадар болуп, жаракат алган жараатынан каза болгон адамдардын, көбүнчө менен кийинки Денеде-жылы туулган деп тапкан отпечатогын же өткөн өмүр бою тарткан жаракат чагылдырат кетем . Азыркы жашоодо-жылы бала болушу мүмкүн, баягы эле мурунку жашоосунда өлүмгө себеп менен байланышкан.

келечектеги өмүр пландаштыруу3. биологиялык үй-бүлөсү, бала тарабынан берилген маалыматтардын негизинде, баланын чейин денеде келген үй-бүлөсү, акыры, аныкталган . Бала биринчи жолу үй-бүлө жооп бергенде, баланын аты менен же мамилеси менен үй-бүлө мүчөлөрүн аныктап алат. Баланын чейин үй-бүлөнүн гана мүчөлөрү билип турган үй-бүлө сырларды билет +. Натыйжада, өткөн өмүр чейин үй-бүлө көп учурда каза болгон тууганы түргө катары баланы кабыл алат.

Учурдагы Денеде келген бала биологиялык ата-энелер, адатта, бала бала менен өткөн өмүр үй-бүлөнүн ортосундагы өз ара байланыш ушунчалык күчтүү болот деп, алдын ала денеде келген үй-бүлөсү үчүн, аларды таштап калат деп чочулашат. Бул коркуу баланын жана учурдагы ата-энелердин ортосундагы мамиле оошкон сайын, негизсиз болуп калат. Узак мөөнөттүү мамилелер, бирок, адатта, алдын ала көзү бала жана үй-бүлө арасында мындай бир маек болот.

4. сапаттарды, жеке жана адаттары көп учурда бир денеде башкасына сакталып .

5. гендердик, адатта, ошол эле бойдон калат . Доктор БАЛДАРГА катталгандарын жалпы санынын 90 пайызын түзөт, мында бала өткөн өмүрүндө эле жыныстык киришип жатып, кайра. Ошентип, учурда он пайызга, гендердик бир өмүр чейин калыбына келтирилүүгө тийиш. Тирилишкен учурлардын байкоо гендердик гана 10 пайызга өзгөрсө, гомосексуализм, transsexuallism жана гендердик иденттүүлүк көйгөйлөрү боюнча түшүнүк бере алат.

6. Дене көрүнүшү дагы бир өмүр бою ушу сыяктуу болушу мүмкүн
Нагал учурларда физикалык көрүнүшү бир денеде ошол бойдон кала аларын көрсөтүп турат. Атап айтканда, эки учурлар кескин бетинин бир өмүр чейин туруктуу бойдон кала алабыз болору көрсөтүлсүн. Ian Нагал изилдеп Сюзанн Ганемдин жана Даниел Jurdi кичинекей бала кезде, 1960-жылдын аяк ченинде болгон. Алардын алдын ала катары атагы бул адамдардын сүрөттөрү бар эле. Stevenson Азыр 1998-жылы Сюзанды, Даниелди кайра, бул эки киши, азыр толук улуу өсүп, алардын акыркы катары атагы эле бет түзүлүшү болду. Бул учурлар Том Шредер китебинде жарыяланган Эски Жандардын. Салыштыруу анын бар Сүрөт болгон (жана укук берген) сыяктуу келбеттин далилдейт, башка эки Ian Нагал тирилишкен иши: Бирмалык Twins

Өзүнүн китебинде Reincarnation жана биология, кесилишүү , доктор Нагал изилдөөчүлөр системалуу изилдөө деп насыйкат айткан: “субъекттеринин жана мурунку инсандар ортосундагы бет окшошуусу.”

7. мамилелер десек аркылуу кайрадан жатат

Past Life мамилелер
Бирмалык Sisters жашоонун бөлөк катары Twins

Жогоруда айтылгандай, физикалык кандай окшошпогондугун көрсөткөн Нагал учурлар кирет Бирмалык эгиз , алардын өткөн өмүрүндө эже болгон. Алар бир бөлүгү болгон эгиз 31 комплект тартуу менен изилдөө мурунку жашоосу калыс бааланып, ал. Мындай учурларда 100% болсо, эгиз чокум жан башка түргө өтүшү жакындары менен жолугушат үчүн өмүр пландап жатканын көрсөтүп, маанилүү өткөн өмүр өткөргөн.

Илимий чалгындоо Коом

Ошондой эле, мен доктор кызы Univeristy жыл 2001-жылы Charlottesville боюнча БАЛДАРГА Ал баруу мүмкүнчүлүгүн алышты абдан жылуу кабыл алды эле, ал да Мени менен бир күн кечке экенин айткым келет. Мен аябай сапарынын аягында, ал мүчө болуу үчүн мени демөөрчү айткан болду Илимий чалгындоо коому , анын уюштуруучуларынын академиялык уюм. Мен МБС кылышкан жана жогорку бул уюм сунуштайбыз.

Дүйнө, ал көп жыл кызмат кылган үстүнөн маанилүү иши үчүн доктор БАЛДАРГА үчүн көп карызы. Биздин сайт аркылуу Reincarnation изилдөөлөр, жана биздин уюм, илим, баам-байкоонун жана Рухтун бүтүндүк институту, анын салымы менен сый-урмат жана таануу бир-жырым катары куруу үчүн үмүт, парзы Reincarnation изилдөө Award Бёрч берилди . Нагал. Reincarnation изилдөө Virginia атындагы жетекчилиги астында уланууда Джим Такер, MD .

Ian БАЛДАРГА анын Reincarnation изилдөө Балдар Reincarnation үлгүлөрү катары көрсөтүлдү

Ian Нагал. Анын максаттуу аудитория окумуштуулар эле MD, абдан академиялык стилде жазылган. ReincarnationResearch.com интернет барагында, анын мурунку жашоосу учур катары берилген балдардын тирилишкен окуяларды өз академиялык иш түшүнүүгө жардам үчүн. Ошол баалабагандар да кызыкдар, анткени , анын изилдөө илимий праграммасын , мисалы, бир нече күбөлөрдүн, анын пайдалануу расталады көрсөтмө түзүү, доктор БАЛДАРГА түзүүчү баштапкы отчетту таба аласыз.

Police Captain Robert Snow-Reincarnation Research Board Member and Treasurer

Reincarnation Board Member RobertRobert Snow worked as a police officer with the Indianapolis Police Department for over 38 years, retiring with the rank of captain. During his time there he served in such capacities as Police Department Executive Officer, Captain of Detectives, and Commander of the Homicide Branch. Robert’s wife, Melanie, is also a retired police officer

Robert has also been a publishing writer for almost 30 years. He has had over 100 articles and short stories published in such magazines as Playboy, Reader’s Digest, The Writer, the National Enquirer, The Saint Detective Magazine, and many others. In addition, he has had thirteen books published, most of them giving readers the benefit of his knowledge of law enforcement so that they can protect themselves and their loved ones.

Robert is also the author of Portrait of a Past-Life Skeptic: The True Story of a Police Detective’s Reincarnation, which documents how he was able to historically validate a past lifetime for himself, which he discovered through a past life regression. Indeed, The Reincarnation Case of Carroll Beckwith | Robert Snow is a landmark case which demonstrates that past life regression can lead to accurate past life information. His reincarnation story also shows that facial features remain consistent from one incarnation to another.

In September 2013, Captain Snow shared his past life story on Katie Couric’s national TV show, Katie.

The major influence on Robert’s writing life was his mentor: Professor Mary Louise Rea of Indiana University. She saw a hint of talent and nurtured it. Robert received a Bachelors of Arts (BA) from Indiana University, graduating Summa Cum Laude.

Mary Fong, PhD-Spiritual Communication and University Liaison

mary-fong-csu-professor-iisis-reincarnation-research-boardMary Fong is a professor of Communication Studies at California State University, San Bernardino. Her teaching and research interests are in Cultural and Intercultural Communication, Ethnography of Communication, Instructional Communication and Language & Social Interaction. Mary’s primary research interests include the communication patterns of the Chinese (from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mainland China, and U.S.) in cultural and intercultural interactions.

Mary also is interested in and teaches a course on Spiritual Communication. Scientific research conducted by Gary Schwartz, PhD at the University of Arizona has demonstrated that Spiritual Communication is a valid phenomenon.

She has been recognized for her three research presentations on Top Paper panels in the Language and Social Interaction Division and the Intercultural and International Division at the National Communication Association (NCA) and Western States Communication Association (WSCA) conventions. She is the former chair of the Asian Pacific American Communication Division (APAC) affiliated with NCA and also has chaired the APAC Caucus of NCA. In addition, she is the Past President of the Association for Chinese Communication Studies of NCA. She also chaired the Spiritual Communication Division of NCA (2016). At CSUSB, she has served as Ethnic Studies Coordinator (2003-06) and Teaching Associate Coordinator (2002-07). She has been a recipient of the University Diversity award and the university-wide Outstanding Adviser award.

She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Southern California, Master’s degree at Long Beach State University and her PhD at the University of Washington.

Mary has co-edited and co-authored a textbook, Communicating Ethnic and Cultural Identity. Articles she has written have been published in the Howard Journal of Communication, Journal of Pragmatics, Intercultural Communication Studies, Intercultural Communication: A Reader, Our Voices, Intercultural Encounters, China Media Research, New Directions In Teaching and Learning, and others.

Mary has recently published her memoir, Two Heart Nuts to Crack! (2019, 2022)which is the first book of her trilogy entitled, A Magnificent Mess!  and her second memoir, A Beautiful Blueprint (2020, 2022).  Her first memoir covers her cultural, intercultural and spiritual experiences in the first 27 years of her life. Her second memoir covers the afterlife and the plandemic.  Take a look inside of her memoir on Amazon:

Wayne Peterson Reincarnation Research Award

Reincarnation Case Study Wayne PetersonMr. Peterson graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, with a major in International Relations. He is also a graduate of the Foreign Service Institute used by State Department diplomats.

Mr. Peterson became a Peace Corps Volunteer immediately after completing his college work and was sent to Brazil for a two-year assignment. There, he worked to create the first privately funded welfare program in Brazil which today functions across the country and is supported by municipal governments. Upon completing this work, Mr. Peterson was appointed to the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967 by the President of the United States and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate. He then returned to work in Brazil as a diplomat with the American Embassy in that country. His diplomatic career eventually included assignments in South America, Africa and East Asia.

In 1980 Mr. Peterson resigned from the Foreign Service Corps and entered the U.S. Civil Service. He was a policy officer for the United States Information Agency (USIA) and later a manager of economic programs with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of that agency. USIA was an independent agency of the White House. Mr. Peterson spent his last 14 years in government service as a Director of the Fulbright Scholarship Program that funds an exchange of scholars worldwide.

In 1997 Mr. Peterson retired from government service and moved to Henderson, Nevada. There he wrote his book, Extraordinary Times, Extraordinary Beings, that tells of his personal experiences with Maitreya and the various spiritual Masters of Wisdom. Since then, he has lectured across the United States, Canada, and Europe on the Masters, esoteric wisdom and the evolution of the soul. Mr. Peterson passed away on April 20, 2017.

Wayne Peterson Reincarnation Cases

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Ryerson-Semkiw Reincarnation Research Sessions with Spirit Guide or Spirit Being Ahtun Re

By: Walter Semkiw, MD

Kevin Ryerson & Meaning of Life, Walter Semkiw MD IISIS Reincarnation Case StudyCelebrity and historic figure reincarnation cases have been derived through my work with Kevin Ryerson, who is pictured to the right. In contrast, all cases presented under categories of Principles of Reincarnation, such as Physical Resemblances, Birthmarks, etc, were derived through independent researchers, with a focus on the work of Ian Stevenson, MD.

Kevin Ryerson is a world-renowned trance medium, whose fame began when Shirley MacLaine wrote about her collaboration with Kevin in her pioneering book, Out on a Limb. Subsequently, when the movie version of Out on a Limb was produced, Kevin played himself in that film. Kevin is the author of Spirit Communication: The Soul’s Path.

As a trance medium, Kevin goes into a meditative state to allow spirit beings to utilize his body to communicate with human beings. When a spirit being speaks through Kevin, the personality and voice of the spirit being emerges, which is different from Kevin’s voice and personality. After a session in which Kevin “channels” a spirit being, Kevin has no memory of what happened during the session.

In 2001, I began having sessions with Kevin and found that he channels a spirit guide named Ahtun Re, who has the ability to make accurate reincarnation matches. In my assessment, Ahtun Re was able to accurately identify past lives of individuals, as well as identify contemporary incarnations of individuals from history.

In a section of the Reincarnation Research website, I present five core reincarnation cases which serve as examples of Ahtun Re’s abilities to make accurate matches. Perhaps the most dramatic and entertaining example of Ahtun Re’s talents involve the reincarnation cases of Laurel and Hardy | Josh and Danny Bacher. When Ahtun Re confirmed this match, I knew next to nothing about Josh and Danny and more specifically, I had no knowledge that they had any affinity with Laurel and Hardy.

When I contacted Danny Bacher to tell him that he was the reincarnation of Oliver Hardy, I was amazed to learn that Josh and Danny had begun pretending that they were Laurel and Hardy almost as toddlers. From money they had earned from their newspaper route, they bought a movie camera and started to make slapstick movies as children. When they bought their first car, they made a tape of Laurel and Hardy movie music, which they played as stanlaureljoshbacherreincarnationcasethey drove around Manhattan and New Jersey. In their first Off-Broadway show, they created their own silent movie, replicating the comedic development of Laurel and Hardy. Further, Danny has been a lifetime collector of Laurel and Hardy memorabilia and he even has a pair of pants and a suit that Ollie wore displayed in his home. In other words, Danny has acquired his own clothing from a past lifetime. In addition, Josh and Danny have the same facial features as Stan and Ollie.

These correspondences between Oliver and Hardy and Josh and Danny Bacher are too great to be attributed to coincidence. I call these types of cases in which individuals are unconsciously attracted to their own past life personas as “affinity cases.” Another such case is the Dorothy Dandridge | Halle Berry reincarnation case.

Please review the Laurel & Hardy | Bacher Boys cases in detail and enjoy the Bacher Boys silent movie, entitled The Wrong Arm of the Law. In addition, view a reincarnation television pilot they have created entitled, Reincarnation Exploration, in which you will see Josh and Danny pretending to be Laurel and Hardy as children, hear testimony from their parents regarding their boys’ obsession with Laurel & Hardy, observe their childhood slapstick movies and see Danny’s collection of Laurel and Hardy memorabilia.

Please keep in mind that the Bacher Boys’ obsession with Laurel and Hardy and related behaviors occurred long before I contacted Josh and Danny in 2005 to inform them that they are the reincarnations of Laurel and Hardy. Further, when I made this contact, I had no knowledge of their lifelong obsession with Laurel and Hardy. For me, these observations, along with established principles or patterns of reincarnation, validate Ahtun Re’s ability to make accurate reincarnation matches. Their cases can be reviewed at:

The Laurel and Hardy | Josh and Danny Bacher Reincarnation Cases

I have worked with Kevin Ryerson since 2001 and Ahtun Re has demonstrated the uncanny ability to make what appear to be accurate reincarnation matches over this duration of time. To learn more about how I met Kevin Ryerson and to review the five core cases which I have posted to demonstrate Ahtun Re’s abilities, please go to the following links:

Introducing Kevin Ryerson and Ahtun Re with the Proposed Reincarnation of John Adams

Core Cases that Demonstrate Ahtun Re’s Ability to make Accurate Reincarnation Matches

To schedule a session with Kevin, which is done over the phone, go to:

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Disclosure Regarding Ryerson-Semkiw Reincarnation Cases

WalterSemkiw PresidentReincarnation cases presented in this section are based on my work with Kevin Ryerson, as well as my own evaluation, analysis and commentary regarding these cases. No affiliation, endorsement or sponsorship by the individuals mentioned as reincarnation cases is claimed or implied, except where such endorsements are specifically given.

The fact that I discern evidence of past lives of various living individuals is not meant to suggest that these individuals share my beliefs, except where specifically noted.

Some of the cases presented in the Ryerson-Semkiw section were proposed by individuals who are supporters of ReincarnationResearch.com and credit is given to these individuals at the top of the case page. All cases proposed by others were subsequently affirmed in sessions that I have had with Kevin Ryerson. I thank all those who have contributed to this body of work, which will serve to help create a more evolved and peaceful world.

Reincarnation Research of Ian Stevenson at the University of Virginia & Children’s Past Life Memories

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Advances in Reincarnation Research: A Tribute to Ian Stevenson

Another Egg, Another Life by Gordon Keirle-Smith: A Book designed to Stimulate Children’s Past Life Memories

Article by Walter Semkiw, MD

Dr. Ian Stevenson, MD, who died in 2007, served as Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia, School of Medicine.  He was also honored as the Carlson Professor of Psychiatry at that institution.  Starting in 1961, for forty years, Dr. Stevenson investigated children who spontaneously remember past lives that could be factually validated.  He chose to only study children as he reasoned that children were unlikely to fabricate past life memories. Jim Tucker, MD has taken over for Dr. Stevenson at the University of Virgina.

As of 2018, Dr. Tucker has related to me that Stevenson and his colleagues compiled “over 2500” childhood past life memory cases. In 1567 of these cases, the past life personality was identifed through research. In another 150 cases, the past life personality has been “tentatively” identified.

As such, in my opinion, the number of validated childhood past life memory cases is best represented by the number 1567.

Most of Stevenson’s cases come from Asia, India or other areas where the doctrine of reincarnation is accepted. In locations where reincarnation is not an accepted belief system, it is thought that parents inhibit a child’s expression of past-life memories. The childhood cases studied by Ian Stevenson have a common pattern, marked by the following features:

1. As soon as the child can communicate, the child starts to describe a previous lifetime. Often, the child declares that his or her name is different from the name given to the child by its biologic parents. The child insists that the current family is not its true family, but that his or her real family lives in a different village or town. The child remembers the names of various family members and geographic locations from the past lifetime. Physical features of the past life house and neighborhood may be recalled. In Dr. Stevenson’s series of cases, the average age at which the child starts speaking about a past lifetime is 3 years of age and the average age when children stop talking about a past lifetime is 7. 5 years of age.

2. The child remembers details of its death in the prior lifetime. In approximately 66 percent of Dr. Stevenson’s childhood reincarnation cases, a violent or premature death occurred in the previous lifetime. Dr. Stevenson has found that individuals who died of traumatic wounds, such as bullet or knife wounds, often are born in a subsequent incarnation with birthmarks or scars that mirror the wounds incurred in the past lifetime. In the contemporary lifetime, the child may have a phobia related to the cause of death in the past life. It has been calculated that of the children who remember a violent past life death, 35 percent have a phobia related to the cause of death.

Planning future lifetimes3. Based on information provided by the child to the biologic family, the child’s family from the prior incarnation is eventually identified. When the child meets this family for the first time, the child is able to identify family members by name or by relationship. The child often knows family secrets that only members of the prior family would know. As a result, the family from the past lifetime often accepts the child as the reincarnation of their deceased relative.

The biologic parents of the child in the current incarnation often fear that the child will leave them for the family from the prior incarnation, as the mutual bond between the child and past life family becomes so strong. This fear turns out to be unwarranted, as the bond between the child and the contemporary parents endures. A long-term relationship, though, typically ensues between the child and family from the prior lifetime.

4. Personality traits, personal preferences, and habits often persist from one incarnation to another.

5. Gender usually stays the same.  In 90 percent of Dr. Stevenson’s cases, the child returns assuming the same sex as in the past lifetime. Thus, in ten percent of cases, gender is reversed from one lifetime to another. The observation that gender only changes in 10 percent of reincarnation cases can bring insights on homosexuality, transsexuallism and gender identity problems.

6. Physical appearance can be similar from one lifetime to another
Stevenson cases show that physical appearance can remain the same from one incarnation to another. Two cases in particular dramatically demonstrate how facial features can remain consistent from one lifetime to another.  Ian Stevenson studied Suzanne Ghanem and Daniel Jurdi in the late 1960’s, when they were small children.  Photographs of these individuals from their prior incarnations were available.  Stevenson revisited Suzanne and Daniel in 1998 and found that these two people, now full grown adults, had the same facial features as in their past incarnations.  These cases were published in Tom Shroder’s book, Old Souls. Two other Ian Stevenson reincarnation cases, in which photo comparison’s are available (and provided to the right) that demonstrate similar facial features involve: Burmese Twins

In his book, Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect, Dr. Stevenson advised that researchers systematically study “facial resemblances between subjects and previous personalities.”

7. Relationships are Renewed through Reincarnation

Past Life Relationships
Burmese Sisters Reincarnate as Twins

As noted above, Stevenson cases that demonstrate physical resemblance involves Burmese twins, who were sisters in their past lifetimes.  They were part of a study involving 31 sets of twins, whose past lives were objectively validated. In 100% of these cases, the twins had significant past life relationships, concretely demonstrating that souls plan lifetimes to be reunited with loved ones through reincarnation.

8. Children remember the interval in-between lifetimes. In 20 percent of Stevenson’s cases, children report memories of what happened in-between lifetimes in the spirit world. These reports are found on this website under the category:

Spirit Beings in Reincarnation Cases

Of interest, the median interval between the past life death and rebirth is 16 months or about 1.5 years. The average interval between death and rebirth is 4.5 years. For reincarnation cases involving suicide in the prior lifetime, the median interval between death and rebirth is only 3 months.

Society for Scientific Exploration

I also would like to share that I had the opportunity to visit Dr. Stevenson at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in the year 2001.  He was a very gracious host and he spent an entire day with me.  I was very honored that at the conclusion of my visit, he offered to sponsor me for membership in the Society for Scientific Exploration, an academic organization that he co-founded. I did join the SSE and I highly recommend this organization.

The world owes a great debt to Dr. Stevenson for the important work he did over his long career.  Through our website, ReincarnationResearch.com, and our organization, the Institute for the the Integration of Science, Intuition and Spirit, we hope to build upon his contributions and as a gesture of respect and acknowledgement, a posthumous  Reincarnation Research Award has been given to Dr. Stevenson. As noted, reincarnation research continues at the University of Virginia under the guidance of Jim Tucker, MD.

Ian Stevenson’s Reincarnation Research presented as Children’s Reincarnation Stories

Ian Stevenson. MD wrote in a very academic style, as his target audience was fellow scientists. On the ReincarnationResearch.com web site, his past life cases are presented as children’s reincarnation 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. Stevenson.

The validated childhood past life memory  cases compiled at the University of Virginia, along with other important reincarnation cases, allow us to comprehend how reincarnation works. To learn more, please go to:

Evidence and Principles of Reincarnation: Understanding Past Lives

 

Reincarnation Research International Board-Indonesia: Brenda ie McRae, English Version

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Brenda ie-McRae, CCHt was born and grew up in Jakarta, Indonesia. After spending six years in California in the Oceanside area, she returned to Jakarta in June 2009. There, Brenda and her husband, Scott McRae, CHt, who is also a Certified Master Hypnotherapist, have opened a hypnotherapy and past life regression practice

Brenda is a Certified Regression Specialist & Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist through the Hypnotherapy Training Institute (HTI) and she is a member of the American Certified Hypnotist Examiners (ACHE). She is also a Certified Regression Hypnotherapist by International Association for Regression Research & Therapies (IARRT). Brenda has also trained at the Newton Institute for Life Between Lives in the United States.

Brenda has been one of the pioneers in the past life regression therapy in Indonesia. She was the sole speaker at a very successful past life regression and hypnotherapy seminar held in Jakarta, in 2004, which was attended by about 800 people. Topics Brenda addressed included soul mate search, phobia issues, weight control and life understanding.

Among Brenda’s areas of specialities are past life regression therapy, including life between lives regressions, overcoming phobias (of water, heights, fire, closed spaces, etc), stress reduction, getting rid of bad habits (smoking, nail-bitting, alcohol abuse, sleepwalking, etc), finding and understanding life purpose, releasing negative emotions and energy, enhancing talents and skills, relationship issues, working with natural healing energies, therapeutic guided imagery and pain management.

She learned meditation techniques from wonderful teachers who have helped her become a grounded, caring and compassionate facilitator for her clients. She is humbled by having had the opportunity to have studied with such teachers.

Brenda is passionate about learning and applying combined therapeutic methods to help heal her clients of suffering. On a personal level, Brenda loves butterflies as they are a symbol of life transformation. Just as a caterpillar transforms to a beautiful butterfly which enjoys freedom, she hopes to help her clients transform in a similar way.

Of interest, Brenda and Handaka Vijjananda organized a Indonesian tour on past life regression therapy and evidence of reincarnation, which included Scott McRae and Walter Semkiw, MD, in 2009.

Brenda’s Contact Information

Phone +62-0816-764510

E Mail: brenda.iemcrae@gmail.com

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