Shanti Devi - the girl who convinced scientists that reincarnation is real

How did a little girl in India manage to convince not just her family, but some of the world’s biggest skeptics, that she had clear memories of a past life? From the age of four, she recognised words and places that there was no way she could know. She knew intimate details about the man she insisted was once her husband, and recognised people she’d never met, right down to knowing their names and secrets. She knew her way around the detailed streets of a town she’d never been to, and easily pointed out which house she’d once lived in. After studying her for years and putting her to the test time and time again, experts kept coming back to one conclusion: Shanti Devi was the first person to offer real proof that reincarnation is real. 

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

Shanti Devi’s biography “I Have Lived Before”, written by a former skeptic who came to be a believer: 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/601269.I_Have_Lived_Before 

Or you can just read a summary of it here:

https://www.reincarnationresearch.com/reincarnation-case-of-lugdi-chaubey-shanti-devi-mathur-and-the-orb-phenomenon/ 

Get to know more about the career of Dr Ian Stevenson, one of the psychiatrists who examined and interviewed Shanti and concluded her story was true: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Stevenson 

And read about cases he studied, in which children were born with physical traits that mirrored their past life or even their death: 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/716499/reincarnation-REAL-proof-life-after-death 

If you’d like a jumping off point to find out more about research that scientists are conducting into reincarnation and paranormal activity, here’s a good start:

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/02/there-is-a-paranormal-activity-lab-at-the-university-of-virginia/283584/ 

Pooseum article in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/14/pooseum-tasmanian-museum-dedicated-to-poo-wins-three-year-heritage-battle-with-council-over-sign

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