This Professor at the University of Virginia Claimed That Out of 225 Cases Studying Reincarnation, 75 Had Birthmarks Corresponding with Past Life Memories.
In his book Reincarnation and Biology, Ian Stevenson documented 75 cases of people with birthmarks and defects on the head and neck, which he believed might be linked to past lives.
Stevenson's cases with 19 similar cases found in a systematic review by Laura Borges Kirschnick and her colleagues. Stevenson's reports were much longer and more detailed than those found in journal publications (averaging 9 pages vs. 2.1 pages). Additionally, the cases in the journals didn't represent the same variables Stevenson used in his research.
Reincarnation research is unusual because it relies heavily on books rather than just journal articles. Stevenson's books are considered key resources in this field, and literature reviews should include books alongside journal papers. Finally, a trustworthiness scale is suggested to help researchers evaluate reincarnation case studies.
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Ian Stevenson (October 31, 1918 – February 8, 2007) was a Canadian-born American psychiatrist, the founder and director of the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He was a professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine for fifty years.
Stevenson began studying children who claim to remember previous lives— an endeavor that will surely be remembered as the primary focus of his life’s work—almost by accident.
Recently in this journal, Laura Borges Kirschnick and colleagues published a review of birthmarks and birth defects of the head and neck region in reincarnation cases, following the 2020 PRISMA guidelines for systematic reviews.
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Birthmarks and birth defects have different causes, and many of these causes are not fully understood. Some people believe that certain birthmarks might come from past lives, even though this idea sounds strange.
In a study of newborns in Thailand, which is often studied for reincarnation, the most common birthmarks were Mongolian spots (66.7%) and sebaceous gland hyperplasia (60.9%). The most common vascular birthmarks were salmon patches (36%), while infantile hemangiomas (1.1%) and port wine stains (0.7%) were much rarer.
Birthmarks thought to be linked to reincarnation are mostly large spots and moles, sometimes lighter or darker than the skin around them, and areas without hair, especially on the head. Birth defects that seem connected to reincarnation are usually very rare types.sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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This British Woman claimed that she lived and served at the court of Pharaoh Seti around 3,300 years ago. She even knew the details that had never been published.
Reincarnation is a debated idea, but it seems interesting in cases where birthmarks match the location and look of fatal wounds or scars on people who have died. Some people also remember details about the lives of these deceased individuals, which adds to the belief in reincarnation. Additionally, they may show behaviors, emotions, and personality traits similar to those who have died, making the idea feel even more real.
The main researcher on this topic was Ian Stevenson from the University of Virginia. He spent the latter part of his career studying what he called "cases of the reincarnation type."
In 1997, he published a large two-volume work called Reincarnation and Biology, focusing on physical differences in these cases. This study included reports of 225 cases from places like Asia, Africa, North America, and Europe. Most of the birthmarks and defects matched fatal injuries, but some were related to other scars, like earring holes or tattoos. A few were linked to marks made after death, which is a common practice in South Asia.
Ian Stevenson outlines his views on evidence for life after death in this video from 2004, emphasizing that his findings go beyond the accounts of children who claim to remember past lives.
Stevenson identifies six significant sources of evidence for life after death:
Apparitions: He refers to these as "hallucinations of the mentally well." These are experiences where individuals claim to see or sense the presence of someone who has died. Stevenson considers these phenomena important in the discussion of life after death.
Near-Death Experiences (NDEs): He mentions experiences of individuals who come close to death but survive. These experiences have gained significant public interest, as many report profound and transformative insights during such moments.
Statements from the Dying: Stevenson points out that those who are nearing death often make comments or express thoughts that deserve attention. These statements may reflect insights or awareness beyond the ordinary understanding of life.
Possession Experiences: He describes instances where a person's personality seems to disappear, replaced by the characteristics of another individual. This phenomenon raises questions about the nature of identity and consciousness.
Mediumship: Stevenson discusses people who claim to communicate with the deceased. He refers to these deceased individuals as "discarnate personalities." He believes that some mediums can relay credible messages from those who have died, suggesting a form of continued existence after death.
Vivid Dreams: Finally, he intends to share accounts of significant dreams experienced by a colleague, which he believes provide additional evidence supporting the idea of life after death.
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Ian Stevenson wrote a synopsis, Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect, that contained color photographs of some of the marks and defects along with far fewer pages than the two-volume set (Stevenson, 1997b). Cases with such lesions continued to be found, and several of us, led by Ian, later published a paper of additional birthmark/birth defect cases that included two American cases (Pasricha et al., 2005).
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He was interested in how certain children acted. He wrote a paper about fears, called phobias, that many of these children had, often connected to how they said they died in a past life. In his study of 387 cases, he found that 36% of the children showed these fears. These fears often appeared when the kids were very young, sometimes even before they talked about their past lives.
For example, he mentioned a baby girl in Sri Lanka who was so scared of baths that three adults had to hold her down to give her one. By six months old, she was also afraid of buses. Later, she talked about the life of another girl who had died after stepping back to avoid a bus and falling into floodwater. Ian observed that the fears often lessened as the children stopped discussing their past lives, but this didn’t always happen.med.virginia.edu/perceptual-stu…
Stevenson wrote about children’s play in a study he did. He found that in 278 cases, nearly a quarter of the children played in ways that connected to lives they described, even though these lives were different from their families and had no role models. For example, one boy played as a biscuit shopkeeper so much that he fell behind in school, while a girl in India enjoyed sweeping and even cleaned up after her younger brothers, surprising her Brahmin parents.
He also looked at Burmese children who said they lived as Japanese soldiers during World War II. Many of these kids showed behaviors that were unusual in Burma but typical of Japanese soldiers, like wanting to wear Japanese clothes instead of traditional Burmese attire and preferring raw fish over spicy Burmese food. Some also displayed traits like being hardworking and, like the soldiers, being cruel.
He believed this research was very important because it suggested there might be a third factor in how personalities develop. He pointed out that not all unusual behaviors can be explained by genetics or the environment alone; he thought some personality traits of the deceased people might have influenced the children in ways that couldn’t be easily explained.
Question: If reincarnation were widely accepted, how would it change the world?
Ian Stevenson answered:
It would lessen guilt on the part of parents. They wouldn't have as much of a burden that, whatever goes wrong with a child is all their fault, either through genes or mishandling during the child's infancy. People themselves would have to take more responsibility for their own destinies. . . . I don't expect any great moral transformation. On my first trip to India I met a respected Indian monk, a swami. I told him I had come out to see what evidence there was in India for reincarnation. He remained silent for a long, long time. Then he said, ''We here in India regard it as a fact that people are reborn, but, you see, it doesn't make a difference because we have just as many rogues and villains in India as you have in the West.''
There is a Great legend told by Ancient Hopi that when we see a Blue Star Kachina in the night sky, the Day of Purification will begin. Then, the Fourth Age will end, and the Fifth Age will begin (5D Ascension).
According to Frank Waters, 'The Blue Star Kachina' is a spirit in Hopi legends. It is believed that when it appears as a blue star, it will signal the start of a new world. This is said to be the last sign before a big disaster that will destroy the world.
The origin of the Kachinas remains a profound mystery for scholars. No one knows where they come from, but according to local legends of the Hopi, the Kachinas are benevolent spiritual beings who came to the Hopi tribe through the underworld.
In the Hopi culture, the meaning of Kachina is a “carrier of life” which could be anything that exists in the natural world. The life of Hopis is mostly centered around the legendary Kachinas, whom they call “highly respected knowing ones” or “Watchers,” which became part of their everyday life. For the native American tribe Zuni, Kachinas are the Gods who came down from heaven, leading the Zunis to Earth.
There are three different aspects that make the Kachina concept: “the supernatural being, the kachina dancers (masked members of the community who represent kachinas at religious ceremonies), and kachina dolls, small dolls carved in the likeness of kachinas given as gifts to children.”
The masked individuals represent the Hopi legend of the return of these spirit beings (Kachinas) every year. The pueblos Indians celebrate the Kachinas’ arrival on Earth by organizing a ceremony when they dress in traditional costumes. The colorful masks worn by them during the ceremony represent the bringers of life. According to ancient astronaut theorists, the Kachina masks and costumes resembles a type of suit that reflected the appearance of the otherworldly visitors.
“The Hopi remember three worlds.
The First World, Tokpela, was destroyed by fire.
The Second World, Tókpa, was destroyed by a pole shift and a subsequent ice age.
The Third World, Kuskurza/Kásskara, was destroyed by water.”
But there is a fourth world, according to the “Book of Hopi” by Frank Waters, that we currently inhabit.
Hopi said that they had been brought to the fourth world by the Kachinas because they had obeyed the laws since the first world. Austrian NASA engineer Josef F. Blumrich once asked the Hopi where the Kachinas had come from. They looked at the sky and pointed at the Ursae Majoris (Polar Bear star constellation). The tribe believed that the Kachinas had come from another planetary system.
In his book, “Kásskara und die sieben Welten (Kásskara and the Seven Worlds), Blumrich explained: “The Kachinas can be visible, but sometimes they are invisible. They come to us from outer space. They do not come from our own planetary system, but from other planets far away. It would take generations for our astronauts to get there. The Hopi name for these planets is Tóonáotakha; this means that they belong closely together, not in a physical sense, but in a spiritual sense, because all their inhabitants have the same responsibility, they all work closely together.”
This Man, clinically dead, claims he saw the other dimension filled with massive, glowing, colorful stars. These appeared to him as energetic beings. He found that life on Earth is like an illusion—a trick or a game designed to forget who humans truly are. He saw Aliens similar to those shown in the film Communion.
Bill Letson is a retired firefighter living on the Central Coast of California. He talks about having a powerful near-death experience (NDE) in 1994 while he was on duty. At the time, he didn’t know how to explain it or where to find answers, so he kept it to himself for about 15 or 16 years.
After retiring, the memory of the experience came back strongly, pushing him to start searching for answers. His search led him to explore ancient knowledge, including the teachings of shamans and Native American beliefs. He mentions that these older traditions seem to tell a different story from the history, religion, and science we've been taught in the last few hundred years.
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Bill then begins to describe what happened during his NDE. He was working as a paramedic firefighter at Station 11 in Goleta, California, during a flu epidemic that overwhelmed Santa Barbara’s hospitals. He and his team were constantly responding to emergency calls.
One call brought them to a woman trapped in a dark room with the curtains shut, suffering badly. Bill acted quickly to help her. He climbed over her to put an oxygen mask on her face. Just as he adjusted the mask, she exhaled, and he accidentally inhaled her breath. He immediately felt something was wrong.
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There is another wild theory that says you can control things if you understand which frequency they vibrate at & the same they did with huge Pyramid stones.
On the Joe Rogan show two years ago, Randall Carlson explained that everything vibrates at a certain frequency—a fundamental truth in physics. He gave an example: if you turn on an electric razor and place it on a table, it vibrates and moves around. That movement happens because of the vibrations.
He suggests that if you can determine the right frequency for an object, you might be able to control it—maybe even move or shape it. Carlson hints that ancient civilizations might have used this method to move or cut massive stones, possibly using some lost knowledge or technology based on understanding these vibrations.
He also mentions that this idea ties into "ancient numbers," suggesting that old civilizations might have discovered and used these frequencies in ways we don’t fully understand today.
Carlson suggests that ancient civilizations might have understood and even used levitation — not as magic, but as a kind of advanced science we don’t fully understand yet. He talks about the Ark of the Covenant, a sacred object described in the Bible, which was covered in gold and incredibly heavy. It was carried on long poles, and no one was allowed to touch it directly, or they’d supposedly die.
He points out something interesting: the only tribe allowed to carry the Ark was the Levites. He plays with the word “Levites” and connects it to "levity" or "levitation," hinting that maybe the Ark could float or become lighter somehow — perhaps using lost technology or scientific principles that people back then might have known.
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This Man who claimed to have worked in the US army said that humans were created using DNA from 22 different Alien species. In 1996, he claimed a "dimensional collapse" had begun, marked by changes in sound and color, with "rods" — streaks of light on video being alien craft from higher dimensions passing through ours.
In his 1994 interview, Alex Collier, who claims to have worked in military service as a helicopter pilot in the United States, recalled many secrets of Mars told to him by his mentors from Andromedan named Vissaeus and Moranay. The Andromedans have stressed that Earth and Mars were biological and genetic experiments.
Collier said that the sudden appearance of fully-formed reptiles, birds, mammals, etc, indicates the seeding and colonization of Earth and Mars by the different extraterrestrial groups mentioned earlier. The primates or monkeys were brought to Mars and then to Earth by the Draconians and Orion explorers. They were genetically created in laboratories on the spaceship.
Alex Collier, in one of his 1996 conferences, described how a “dimensional collapse” had already begun, marked by changes in sound and color. He mentioned that people would soon start hearing about “rods” — streaks of light captured on video. According to him, these were etheric, fourth- and fifth-dimensional craft moving through space, unaware that they were passing right through our dimension. He explained this as a sign of an ongoing implosion between dimensions.
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Collier said more ghosts and apparitions would become visible as Earth's frequency rose. Souls trapped between the third and fourth densities would appear more frequently, and unless healed, many of these souls would eventually transition out of this plane.
On the topic of angels, Collier warned people to be cautious of anyone claiming to be an angel. He shared the Andromedan perspective that archangels, like Michael and Gabriel, weren’t beings but actually fleets of spacecraft. The “Mikael” fleet, he said, once patrolled the northern hemisphere when Orion forces were present, and Gabriel was the name of another fleet. He believed these original ideas had been distorted into religious figures meant to control and mislead people.
This Man from China Mysteriously vanished from his home at night on multiple occasions, only to reappear in cities thousands of miles away—far faster than should have been possible given the distance.
Huang Yanqiu was born in 1956 in a small village in China. He was a farmer, and not much is known about his early life. His mother passed away when he was young.
On July 27, 1977, Huang, who was 21 years old, finished working on his farm and went to sleep in his unfinished home. The next morning, he was gone. His family and neighbors searched everywhere, but he was nowhere to be found.
Ten days later, the village received a message from Shanghai, saying Huang was at a deportation center and needed to be picked up. The message was sent the morning after he disappeared, meaning he had arrived in Shanghai—almost 900 km (560 miles) away—in less than half a day, which should have been impossible.
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When Huang returned home, he explained that he went to bed as usual but woke up in a big city with tall buildings, cars, and neon lights. He saw signs that said "Nanjing Shopping Center" and "Nanjing Restaurant" and realized he was in Nanjing, a city 780 km (485 miles) away.
Huang wandered around in shock until two police officers stopped him. He told them he was lost, so they gave him a train ticket to Shanghai and told him to go there. When he arrived in Shanghai, the same two officers were already waiting for him—even though they never got on the train, and the train was the fastest way to travel. This made no sense.
At a deportation camp, Huang told a soldier his story. Because he had no ID and the message sent to his village contained a mistake, it took longer for his family to get him back.
People in the village were confused. Trains at that time were too slow to get him to Nanjing that fast. Other transportation, like airplanes or cars, was either too expensive or unavailable in the village. Huang also had no reason to run away, and he had never talked about Nanjing or Shanghai before. Some people thought he was lying, but others couldn’t explain how he got there.
Then, something similar happened again.
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The woman claimed she traveled to another planet after she died through a velvety void where souls plan their Earth journeys. She saw herself living a parallel life on another planet as a mantis creature and also had visions of Earth's future.
Angela Rose Harris talks about her near-death experience (NDE) in 2015. At the time, she was a teacher and a mother to young children, dealing with serious health issues. She was in the hospital undergoing a test on a tilt table, which is designed to make patients pass out. After 18 minutes, her vital signs dropped dramatically, and she went into seizures—essentially dying in front of her husband.
At that moment, she had an out-of-body experience. She "ejected" from her body and found herself looking down at her own face, but she didn’t feel any fear or concern. Instead, she felt completely free from pain, as if she had returned to her true self. She was overwhelmed with love and peace.
At the same time, she was aware of her husband in the room, watching her die and feeling deep sorrow. She could feel his emotions intensely and understood that their connection was more than just a regular marriage—it was something deeper and more spiritual. She also saw the doctor and nurse reacting to her condition. With 360-degree vision, she could see everything at once, including the nurse moving past her to lower the tilt table and bring her back to life.
As this was happening, she became aware of a new space near her, something different from the hospital room. She turned her focus toward it and found herself slipping into what she calls the "black velvety void." It wasn’t just complete darkness—it had a softness and depth to it, almost like a tunnel with a gentle, comforting texture. It felt peaceful, quiet, and safe. She also saw an entity there, appearing in human form, though she wasn’t sure if it was truly human or just presenting itself that way.
This was her experience on the "other side" before she returned to life.
Angela still felt at peace, full of love, and completely comfortable. There was no fear—just a deep sense of calm.
Beside her was a woman named Melanie, moving alongside her as if they were walking together. What struck Angela as strange was that they were in the middle of a conversation, as if they had been talking for a long time. Yet, before she died, she had no memory of Melanie at all. But here, in this place, it felt like they had known each other forever—like best friends chatting naturally.
Their conversation wasn’t about the fact that Angela had just died. Instead, it was more of an understanding between them. Melanie reassured her, explaining that she had been released from her body and was now moving forward into a new space.
Angela could clearly see Melanie’s appearance. She had long, dark hair and deep, chestnut-colored eyes. She was conventionally beautiful and wore a creamy-colored robe, similar to what others who’ve had near-death experiences describe. In her arms, Melanie carried a book. Angela never saw a title, and Melanie never opened it, but Angela strongly felt that it was the book of her life—holding the story of everything she had experienced.
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This Man, who was the Program Manager of DARPA, once encountered a 7-foot-tall Humanoid Being who told him the human body is merely a 'Soul Housing group' or a machine designed to house a soul for a lifetime.