…the Turkish city of Adana. His family belonged to the Alevi sect, which believes in reincarnation. He is thought to have died between the ages of forty and fifty, placing his birthdate between 1907 and 1917. A vegetable farmer, he had become prosperous enough to own two houses. As his…
This is one of a handful of reincarnation cases in which written records were made of a child’s statements about a previous life before an investigation was attempted. Before she was two years old, Dilukshi Nissanka began to speak about a life in a village about eighty miles distant from…
…proof is on proponents of reincarnation to provide evidence. He pointed to lack of corroboration as a major weakness: It is striking how many of the supposed corroboratory stories and anecdotes flow through Dorothy Eady herself – in her diaries, and in her stories told to Egyptologists, journalists, and friends….
…become reincarnated in the wrong family there. James G Matlock Literature Sahay, K.K.N. [1927]. Reincarnation: Verified Cases of Rebirth after Death. Bareilly, India: Gupta. Stevenson, I. (1997). Reincarnation and Biology: A Contribution to the Etiology of Birthmarks and Birth Defects. Vol. 2: Birth Defects and Other Anomalies. Westport, Connecticut, USA:…
…Reincarnation researcher KM Wehrstein first saw posts by Will and interacted with him on reincarnation-themed internet forums in the early 2000s. Information on several of his past lives was gathered from forum posts, emails, instant-messaging conversations and interviews with him and other witnesses, as well as in-person interviews with Will…
…Haraldsson, E., & Matlock, J.G. (2016). I Saw a Light and Came Here: Children´s Experiences of Reincarnation. Hove, UK: White Crow Books. Stevenson, I. (1980). Cases of the Reincarnation type. Vol. III: Twelve Cases in Lebanon and Turkey. Charlottesville, Virginia, USA: University Press of Virginia. 53 Endnotes 1 Haralddson &…
…It seems that Swedenborg had in mind what Whiteman termed loose reincarnation. The treatment of undesirable consequences of this kind of association has been discussed by Palmer as spirit release therapy. Whether such occurrences are termed ‘association’, ‘possession’ or ‘loose reincarnation’ is a moot point. Strict reincarnation would not have…
In this 1960 Lebanese reincarnation case investigated by Ian Stevenson, the child experienced most of his memories of the previous life between the ages of eleven and thirteen, not as a preschool child, as is more typical. Abdallah Abu Hamdan Abdallah Abu Hamdan was born around 1877 and lived his…
…notes that Cayce’s past-life readings and teachings have had a profound impact on New Age ideas about reincarnation, including cementing a strong association of reincarnation with karma, and promoting the concept of the Akashic Records, as Cayce claimed to have derived all information on his clients’ past lives from them.17Matlock…
