#20 – Reincarnation Pt. I

Today’s episode is all about reincarnation. Dean shares what he’s been reading in Jim B Tucker MD’s book ‘Life After Life’. Jim worked with the reincarnation research OG, Ian Stevenson. We discuss multiple cases as well as the scientific study of reincarnation. We discuss the most common features reported in reincarnation cases. Drew relates the tale of Dorothy Eady who believed that she had a previous life as an Egyptian priestess. We spend some tie focused on the biggest phenomena associated with reincarnation which has to be the past life statements that many children make. They also tend to exhibit strange behaviors that seem to be best explained by reincarnation. In his studies, Dr. Tucker has established certain criteria that a case must meet to be included in their database which includes over 2500 cases. We zoom in on the rather unremarkable case of Abby Swanson who only made a few statements, only one time, and only to her mother alone. The case is a great tool to use to then go into the various normal and paranormal explanations for these cases. We go over a couple more cases and also play a bit of the Why Files reincarnation video. Enjoy this episode as the first in a series on reincarnation!Topics include dark matter and dark energy. We spend some time talking about the mysteries of gravity, quantum physics and the theories that try to combine them together into a grand “theory of everything.” We talk about consciousness, teleportation and reincarnation. We have fun trying out some different illusions to show how crazy the brain is. We compare hard sciences to soft sciences and then discuss fields like psychology and egyptology. We lament over all the deliberately destroyed knowledge. We round out the episode discussing the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis and the replication crisis in science. Links: Life Before Life: Children’s Memories of Previous Lives by Jim B. Tucker, MD Follow Us on Social Media: Ian Stevenson, MD wrote a bunch of books on reincarnation. Here are some:Children Who Remember Previous LivesWhere Reincarnation and Biology IntersectTwenty Cases Suggestive of ReincarnationEuropean Cases of the Reincarnation TypeReincarnation and BiologyI should also mention that in the episode I confused Ian Stevenson with someone else when I was introducing him. Ian Stevenson didn’t have a book about near death experiences where he talks about himself dying. That was actually from a book called Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander. Sorry for the confusion! Dorothy EadyDorothy claimed to remeber a previous life as an Egyptian priestess. This book Omm Sety’s Egypt is about the topic. And here is a link to a shorter article about it.Below is the Why Files episode we talked about that covers Dorothy Eady and reincarnation. Timestamps: 0:00:00 – Topic Intro0:03:37 – Ian Stevenson0:08:40 – Life Before Life0:17:36 – Common Reincarnation Features0:26:18 – Dorothy Eady0:34:26 – Music Break0:35:59 – Not a Beer Review0:39:22 – Past Life Statements0:51:30 – Behavior1:03:19 – Music Break1:05:26 – “Beer” Review1:07:15 – Case Requirements1:13:36 – Explaining The Abby Swanson Case1:27:43 – Paranormal Explanations1:36:58 – Music Break1:40:34 – Choice in Reincarnation?1:45:00 – Case: Patrick Christenson1:52:53 – Other Cases from a Why Files Video1:58:45 – Outro Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | TikTok | YouTube | Rumble