Have you ever wondered if you lived as someone else in the past?

Medical and academic researchers have investigated thousands of possible cases of reincarnation. This includes the team at the University of Virginia School of Medicine’s Division of Perceptual Studies.

The strongest cases share eight characteristics. Read the list below and find out how many apply to you!

You’re obsessed with a different time period.

Has anyone ever told you that you were born in the wrong time? Maybe you have a passion for classic cars. You might prefer to wear vintage clothing. Perhaps you only listen to hits from decades ago. You could also spend incredible amounts of time watching The History Channel.

Clinical hypnotherapist John McGrail explains that these preferences may come from intuitive feelings. You might feel like you’re someone else, somewhere else, at another time. In other words, you may be channeling a past life.

You have an unusual birthmark.

Do you have a strange mark on your body that almost looks like a healed wound?

The late Dr. Ian Stevenson of the University of Virginia Medical School Division of Perceptual Studies documented hundreds of cases. In these cases, people had a birthmark matching a fatal injury they remembered suffering in a past life.

Under hypnosis, one man remembered an enemy spearing him through the chest. This patient had a triangular splotch right over his heart.

You get déjà vu when visiting a particular place.

Have you ever visited somewhere new and had an overpowering feeling that you’ve been there before?

70% of people have experienced déjà vu, according to the Cleveland Clinic.

The eerie sensation is most common among adults aged 15 to 25 years. However, anyone can experience this fleeting feeling of unnerving familiarity. This is according to the Clinic’s researchers.

Some neuroscientists think déjà vu is caused by temporarily crossed circuits in the brain’s hippocampus, the region that controls memory.

Essentially, they hypothesize we are simply “remembering the present.”

But what if we’re remembering something else entirely? Some experts in past-life hypnotherapy believe you may be accessing a memory from a former life.

You have an irrational fear.

Are you afraid of something that people don’t typically find frightening?

Dr John McGrail said one of his patients was terrified to look directly at the sky.

The woman had no idea what could be causing her fear, which had become quite debilitating.

Then, through hypnotic regression, she remembered being accused of murder and hung at the gallows for the crime in a former life.

Just before the floor dropped and the rope cracked her neck, she’d looked up at the clouds. 

You strongly identify with another culture.

Do you have a deep love for a culture other than the one you were born into?

Beyond general interest, you might immerse yourself in that culture further. Perhaps you wear its traditional clothing. You could also learn its language, cook its signature dishes, or listen to its music.

Experts in past-life hypnotherapy recommend visiting that culture’s country or area of origin. This can help you immerse yourself in its heritage. It may possibly trigger specific memories of a past life.

You demonstrated an extraordinary skill as a young child.

Were you a child prodigy in any particular field? Researchers call this the ‘phenom effect’, when a child expresses a near superhuman talent without a clear explanation.

Renowned psychiatrist Dr Ian Stevenson documented a case about a young girl. She was able to repair her family car’s broken alternator.

She had no mechanical or automotive training.

And then, of course there was Mozart, who composed his first piece of music at age four.

Some experts believe these individuals were accessing expertise obtained over the course of many previous lifetimes.

‘You don’t need faith to believe in God, because there are plenty of signs available of His existence. Mozart wrote a symphony as a child.

Heredity cannot account for this. There is only one explanation. The Creator chooses people as His instruments. They produce some beauty in a world that is all too ugly.’  – Herbert von Karajan.

You often dream about something specific.

Do you have a recurring dream, so vivid it feels completely real? Hypnotherapist Dr McGrail says, “Recurring dreams focused around a given historic period could indicate a memory of a past life.

These are dreams in which you are the same character interacting with the same cast of other characters.”

Your partner is your soul mate.

Deeply in love, do you share a metaphysical connection with your partner on a deep emotional level?

Through his medical practice, hypnotherapist Dr Brian Weiss discovered his patients actually recognized current family members in past-life incarnations.

The relationships changed. Sometimes the mother was a daughter or a sister. Yet, these souls seemed to be drawn to one another.

‘In one case, Dr Weiss said, ‘Michelle lost her mother when she was a small child. Michelle was comforted to find that she and her mother had been together before in the Middle Ages. They were husband and wife at that time.’

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