Episode 20 Reincarnation

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!

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00:00 - Topic Intro

0:03:37 - Ian Stevenson

I was wrong about Ian Stevenson writing the NDE book and having an NDE, it was actually Eben Alexander and Chat GPT confused me about it live on air.

0:08:40 - Life Before Life

0:17:36 - Common Reincarnation Features

0:26:18 - Dorothy Eady

0:34:26 - Music Break

0:35:59 - Not a Beer Review

0:39:22 - Past Life Statements

0:51:30 - Behavior

1:03:19 - Music Break

1:05:26 - "Beer" Review

1:07:15 - Case Requirements

1:13:36 - Explaining The Abby Swanson Case

1:27:43 - Paranormal Explanations

1:36:58 - Music Break

1:40:34 - Choice in Reincarnation?

1:45:00 - Case: Patrick Christenson

1:52:53 - Other Cases from a Why Files Video

1:58:45 - Outro