Ian Stevenson’s Case for the Afterlife: Are We ‘Skeptics’ Really Just Cynics?

[this is from an article published in Scientific American in 2013 by Jesse Bering]
If you’re anything like me, with eyes that roll over to the back of your head whenever you hear words like “reincarnation” or “parapsychology,” if you suffer great paroxysms of despair for human intelligence whenever you catch a glimpse of that dandelion-colored cover of Heaven Is For Real or other such books, and become angry when hearing about an overly Botoxed charlatan telling a poor grieving mother how her daughter’s spirit is standing behind her, then keep reading, because you’re precisely the type of person who should be aware of the late Professor Ian Stevenson’s research on children’s memories of previous lives.
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People who identify with races and cultures other than their own


There are many cases of people who identify with cultures they don't have any "biological" connection to. "Iron Eyes" Cody, the Italian-American actor who portrayed Native Americans all his life (and insisted he was one) is an example that immediately springs to mind. More recently, there's the puzzling story of Rachel Dolezal. Dolezal was a NAACP leader whose white parents say she misrepresented her identity by masquerading as a black woman. Dolezal told the “Today” show that, despite the criticisms, she identifies as black. She ended up writing a book about it. You have to wonder where stuff like this comes from. Could reincarnation explain it? I think it does. Here's another interesting case: White boy dreams of being a Zulu sangoma

Here's a video that reminds me that we're all connected, regardless of what color we are. Spirit is deeper than what lies on the surface. Johnny Clegg And Savuka - Scatterlings Of Africa (1987):