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Volume 12: Number 2: Article 3
Cases of the Reincarnation Type in Northern India with Birthmarks and Birth Defects
Satwant K. Pasricha, Department of Clinical Psychology National Institute
of Mental Health, and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bungalore 560 029, India
In an effort to contribute to the understanding of the origin of birthmarks
and birth defects from the perspective of reincarnation, cases of children
with memories of previous life and congenital anomalies were investigated
in India, mostly in the 1990s. Reports of ten such cases are presented.
The principal methods of investigation were interviews with several
firsthand informants on the subject's side of the cases as well as on
the side of the deceased person whose life the subject claimed to remember.
The birthmarks or birth defects were carefully examined. Their correspondence
with the supposedly matching wounds on the concerned deceased person
was independently verified, mostly from the medical records. Two subjects
had major birth defects. One was born without his right hand and right
forearm; another had a severe malformation of the spine (kyphosis) and
prominent birthmark on the head. The remaining eight subjects had birthmarks
corresponding to gunshot wounds, knife wounds, burns, and injuries in
a vehicular accident. The birthmarks and birth defects closely corresponded
to the injuries of the concerned deceased persons. The interpretations
of chance, maternal impressions, super-psi, possession, and reincarnation
were considered to explain the birthmarks and birth defects. The hypothesis
of reincarnation seems best to explain all features of cases.
Keywords: birth defects, birthmarks, reincarnation
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Cases of the Reincarnation Type in Northern India with Birthmarks and Birth Defects
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