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Summary: Please.....
Review: ....dont waste your time and money reading this book.Science of reincarnation? What science? The only science in this book is on the same intellectual level as "guess the weight and age" at the carnival... maybe not even as good... its all based on gigo (garbage in, garbage out) and the supposed correspondence between the features and character of the American revolutionary and his/her current 'version'... what a load of manure! The combinations arent even any good... how can an MD, with an active imagination be the reincarnation of John Adams, lawyer and rationalist.... The author of this book knows nothing about the historical figures he purports to find reincarnated, mostly among a motely group of psychics and metaphysicians, etc.... as if Adams, Rittenhouse, Franklin, etc would even believe in this nonsense and come back as two bit circus acts in the future. What the author needs to do is read a good book actually by these figures, instead of someone discussion of them somewhere else (and which I freely admit I am afraid to imagine), or reputable book about, say, Adams, like David McCullough's biography.... then he can tell me about his link.... Finally, a question that was first posed by Crash Davis in the movie Bull Durham.... why is it everyone was someone famous in their past lives... why wasnt anyone Joe Schmo?
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Summary: Please.....
Review: ....dont waste your time and money reading this book. Science of reincarnation? What science? The only science in this book is on the same intellectual level as "guess the weight and age" at the carnival... maybe not even as good... its all based on gigo (garbage in, garbage out) and the supposed correspondence between the features and character of the American revolutionary and his/her current 'version'... what a load of manure! The combinations arent even any good... how can an MD, with an active imagination be the reincarnation of John Adams, lawyer and rationalist.... The author of this book knows nothing about the historical figures he purports to find reincarnated, mostly among a motely group of psychics and metaphysicians, etc.... as if Adams, Rittenhouse, Franklin, etc would even believe in this nonsense and come back as two bit circus acts in the future. What the author needs to do is read a good book actually by these figures, instead of someone discussion of them somewhere else (and which I freely admit I am afraid to imagine), or reputable book about, say, Adams, like David McCullough's biography.... then he can tell me about his link.... Finally, a question that was first posed by Crash Davis in the movie Bull Durham.... why is it everyone was someone famous in their past lives... why wasnt anyone Joe Schmo?
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Summary: Why Is Everyone Famous in a Past Lifetime?
Review: A prior reviewer criticized Return of the Revolutionaries because many of the subjects were famous in past lives. In truth, most people are not famous in prior lifetimes. In researching objective evidence of reincarnation, though, for a person to be found in a historical record, they must have had some impact on society. As such, there is a selection bias in cases that can be researched. If the person was not of some repute in a prior era, there would not be a historic record.
Several independently researched cases in Return of the Revolutionaries do not involve famous people. These include the cases of Penney Peirce/Alice Cary, Robert Snow/Carroll Beckwith and cases researched by Ian Stevenson, MD, at the University of Virginia. These Stevenson cases include Suzanne Ghanem/Hannah Monsour and Daniel Jurdi/Rashid Kaddege.
Further, Neale Donald Walsh, author of the Conversations with God series, is identified as a little known minister in Boston. A spirit guide channeled through Kevin Ryerson made this past life match involving Mr. Walsch. A record of this minister was subsequently found and facial features and personality traits matched. Mr. Walsch subsequently agreed to be featured as a reincarnation case in Revolutionaries.
Rather than criticizing the use of a medium in this work, one must conclude that the number of seemingly accurate matches made by Kevin Ryerson's spirit guide makes this spirit guide a valuable resource. Only close minded individuals, who do not look at the reincarnation cases with an open mind and heart, would summarily reject the use of someone like Kevin Ryerson.
There are reasons why people believe they are someone famous, and why psychics tell people they were someone famous, in prior lifetimes. These include the following:
1. Landmark Associations-Most people who think that they are someone famous, or who have been told by a psychic that they are a famous personage, are not the famous person in question. Rather, the famous person acts as a landmark for the era. For example, someone who resonates with Cleopatra was not necessarily the queen, but rather, this person may have simply lived in Egypt during that time, they may have been a servant to Cleopatra, or perhaps even a relative.
Since the person or psychic cannot come up with the name of this individual in the past lifetime, the name that represents the lifetime symbolically, i.e., Cleopatra, is drawn upon. In general, getting accurate names and historical data is the most difficult thing to get in regressions and in psychic readings. Images and general location, time of a past lifetime are easier to access.
2. Guidance Incarnations--People do have spiritual guides, who can influence people on the earth plane. Generally, guides have a karmic relationship with the person. In prior lifetimes, the spirit guide may have been a family member, teacher or close friend when both individuals were incarnate. For example, an individual may have been an art student of Leonardo da Vinci. In this lifetime, da Vinci may be acting as a guide to this person, who is again an artist. The person my get inspiration from da Vinci and even think he or she is da Vinci, but it is not the case. In a true reincarnation case, the person would have to look like Da Vinci, have the same personality traits, passions and karmic group around them.
A reviewer also argues that the research is not scientific. The reviewer failed to mention that the limitations of the research are discussed in the book and the intent is that research involving hard science will follow. In addition, it should be noted that several people of genius caliber, including neurosurgeon Norm Shealy, who invented the TENS unit, Kary Mullis, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, and Dean Brown, a physicist who worked with Albert Einstein at Princeton, support the reincarnation research found in Revolutionaries.
Finally, one must keep in mind that great social change and benefit that objective evidence of reincarnation can bring. This evidence shows that people can change religious, ethic and racial affiliation from lifetime to lifetime. If people realize that one can be born Jewish in one lifetime and Muslim or Christian in another, then conflicts based on these differences would dissolve.
A case in point involves Barbro Karlen, who has had memories since childhood of being Anne Frank (the Anne Frank/Barbro Karlen case can be reviewed at www.johnadams.net). Barbro was born into a Christian family in contemporary times. I like to point out that if 60 years ago, the German people knew that one could be born Jewish in one lifetime and Christian in another, then there could never have been a Holocaust.
This is why research on objective evidence of reincarnation is so important and why it will eventually transform the world in a positive way.
Walter Semkiw, MD
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Summary: Return of the Revolutionaries
Review: Return of the Revolutionaries is a look into reincarnation. If everyone knew that they were here before and would return again then maybe everyone would be kinder, more compassionate, and much less violent towards each other. Dr. Semkiw then uses physical appearance (along with other comparisons) to match American revolutionaries to present day people. Some of these people are famous today. Others are not. I found the reincarnations fascinating and believable, and feel this book is an eye-opener to say the least.
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Summary: Return of the Revolutionaries
Review: Return of the Revolutionaries is a look into reincarnation. If everyone knew that they were here before and would return again then maybe everyone would be kinder, more compassionate, and much less violent towards each other. Dr. Semkiw then uses physical appearance (along with other comparisons) to match American revolutionaries to present day people. Some of these people are famous today. Others are not. I found the reincarnations fascinating and believable, and feel this book is an eye-opener to say the least.
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Summary: A Compelling Read
Review: Return Of The Revolutionaries: The Case For Reincarnation And Soul Gro-ups Reunited by Walter Semkiw (Occupational Medicine Physician and the Founder of the Pluto Project) makes a strong and compelling case for reincarnation, claiming that key figures of the American Revolution have come back to us as modern-day figures ranging from such as Oprah Winfrey to Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Jesse Ventura, Jesse Jackson, -- and even himself as the present-day incarnation of John Adams. A deftly written and engaging presentation embracing the concept that all of us have been "the other" in race and/or gender during the transition of lifetimes, Return Of The Revolutionaries is an engaging read concerning the metaphysical issues of life cycles and eternal karma.
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Summary: A Compelling Read
Review: The most interesting book I've read this year! The photos speak for themselves, but add the author's narratives about the continuity of interests, symbols, and even writing styles among some of the cases and it's a book you can't put down. The cases featuring Shirley MacLaine, Ralph Nader, and Marianne Williamson are particularly fascinating. For anyone interested in eliminating the violence that is fueled by differences in religion and race, read this book.
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