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Some bodily malformations attributed to previous lives

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posted on 2023-05-16, 17:12 authored by Pasricha, SK, Keil, HHJ, Tucker, JB, Stevenson, I
Bodily malformations that are unusually large or otherwise unusual in shape or location occur somewhat rarely. Sometimes a young child having such an abnormality speaks about the life of a deceased individual who suffered a wound that is said to have corresponded somehow to the abnormality. We aimed at investigating the justification for attributing malformations to wounds in a particular deceased person. Cases of this type occur frequently in Asia, but also in Western countries. The principal method of investigation is interviews with firsthand informants for the subject and concerned deceased person. Medical reports, such as postmortems, are examined when available. In Part I we present three reports of skin anomalies and tabular summaries of an additional five cases. We have obtained evidence of a close correspondence between the skin anomalies and the wounds on the concerned deceased person, although the evidence is not conclusive. In Part II we report four cases of birth defects attributed to previous lives. We present and discuss some evidence, again not conclusive, that tends to support this attribution.

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Publication title

Journal of Scientific Exploration

Volume

19

Pagination

359-383

ISSN

0892-3310

Department/School

School of Psychological Sciences

Publisher

Society for Scientific Exploration

Place of publication

USA

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  • Restricted

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Expanding knowledge in human society

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