Holocaust Past Life Story with Phobias, Religion Change & Soul Plan: Reincarnation Case of a Jewish Concentration Camp Victim | Teuvo Koivisto

Teuvo Koivisto was born a Lutheran Christian, in Helsinki, Finland on August 20, 1971 but he was the reincarnation of a Jew who had the misfortune of dying in a concentration camp. The reincarnation was announced to his mom in a dream by a man who was holding a copy of the Kabbalah who said “The baby you are expecting is a Jew, and I will save your life.”

How Derived: Memories in Childhood

Researched by Rita Castren and Ian Stevenson, MD

From: European Cases of the Reincarnation Type, by Ian Stevenson, MD

Article by Walter Semkiw, MD

Soul Plan: A Pregnant Christian Woman has an Announcing Dream Indicating her Child is a Jew

 

Holocaust reincarnation Teuvo Koivisto was born into a Lutheran Christian family in Helsinki, Finland on August 20, 1971. His father’s name was Jan and Lusa was his mother.

During her pregnancy with Teuvo, Lusa had dream in which she was in a line of prisoners that was moving forward. Someone then told Lusa, “Take shelter under the straw.” (1)

She then found herself with a man who was holding a copy of the Kabbalah, an ancient Jewish book of mystical teachings. In the background, there were men shooting guns. The man with the Kabbalah then said to Lusa, “The baby you are expecting is a Jew, and I will save your life.” (2)

Past Life Memories: Teuvo Remembers Scenes from a Nazi Concentration Camp: Bathrooms, Furnaces & Barbed Wire

reincarnationpastliferesearchholocaustfurnaceWhen Teuvo was 3 years old, he told his mother that he had been alive before. He then told Lusa about “the big furnace,” in which people were piled in layers in a haphazard fashion. He said that some were lying on top of others. (3) Teuvo used his hands to show Lusa the shape of the oven.

Teuvo explained that he was told that he was being taken to the “bathroom,” but he was taken to the furnace instead. (4) People were then told to undress and gold teeth and eyeglasses were taken from them. People were then put in the furnace. Teuvo then related that gas came out of the walls and he could not breathe. Teuvo also described an “oven” with children in it. (5)

Breathing Difficulties from a Past Life Gas Exposure

reincarnationpastliferesearchholocaustbarbedwireWhen describing these scenes of a German concentration camp in World War II, Lusa said that Teuvo was “extremely frightened” and “terrified.” (6) In addition, Teuvo would experience breathing difficulties when describing the furnace, ovens and the gas.

It appeared to Lusa that Teuvo was experiencing pain when he tried to breath. These attacks lasted for 10-15 minutes. Lusa even took Teuvo to a medical doctor, who could not find anything physically wrong with Teuvo. The doctor specifically told her that Teuvo did not have asthma.

Later on, Teuvo told Lusa, “I was caught on barbed wire. Come and get me off.” (7) Lusa noted that Teuvo seemed depressed when she spoke of the barbed wire.

Lusa Testifies Teuvo Didn’t Learn of Concentration Camps by Normal Means

Starting at 3 years of age, Teuvo repeatedly spoke of these concentration camp memories over a period of 6 months.

Lusa firmly told investigators that Teuvo did not learn of scenes from concentration camps by normal means. Teuvo was rarely allowed to watch television and he was never allowed to watch programs containing any violence. No one in the family spoke of the Holocaust or concentration camps, and they had no social relationships with any Jewish people.

Teuvo’s Past Life Memories: Accurate Descriptions of Nazi Concentration Camps

In researching this case, Ian Stevenson confirmed that the scenes Teuvo described were accurate for German Concentration camps. Germans separated children under 14 years of age from other prisoners, as these young children were deemed to young to be useful workers. The children were killed by being place in ovens or burned in open pits.

Gas chambers were also used to kill Jews, who were indeed told that they were being taken to a “bathroom.” Prisoners were undressed and eyeglasses taken, so that their clothing and glasses could be used by the Germans after they were dead. Once the prisoners were placed in the gas chambers, hydrogen cyanide gas was used to kill them. Gold teeth and eyeglasses were removed from the corpses, which where then piled one on top of each other in furnaces, where they were cremated. Barbed wire surrounded the camps and divided different sections of the camp. In sum, Teuvo’s memories were accurate for German concentration camps of World War II.

Past Life Hiding Behavior from the Holocaust

reincarnationpastliferesearchholocausthidingAs a young child, Teuvo would often hide himself, so that his parents could not find him. The walls of their apartment complex were very thin and Tuevo would break down walls that separated rooms so that he could hide in the empty space between rooms.

Teuvo’s hiding behavior continued until he was 13 to 14 years old. When Ian Stevenson spoke to him in 1999, when Teuvo was 28 years of age, he told Stevenson that he always wanted to feel safe and that even at the age of 28, he didn’t like his residence because it lacked a hiding place.

Ian Stevenson noted Teuvo’s hiding behavior could be related to strategies Jews used to hide themselves from the Nazis. In the Warsaw Ghetto, Jews would break down walls between apartments so that they could move from one apartment to another without being seen. In this way, they could move their possessions and supplies throughout an entire apartment complex in a clandestine way. They could also hide from the Nazi’s in shelters created between apartment walls.

A Past Life Phobia of Nazi Uniforms and Swastikas

reincarnationpastliferesearchholocaustswastikaWhen Ian Stevenson interviewed him in 1999, Teuvo told him that he continued to have fear and anxiety when he saw Nazi uniforms or the swastika. Teuvo would even stand still with fear at these times. In contrast, Teuvo had no fear of British or French flags or uniforms.

Teuvo’s phobia of uniforms is reminiscent of the case of Anne Frank | Barbro Karlen, as Barbro too had a fear of uniforms, though in her case, it was of any uniforms. Barbro describes that if she was stopped by police for a traffic violation, she would become so terrified she would even contemplate trying to escape from the police. Barbro herself eventually became a Swedish police officer, in part, to overcome her fear of uniforms.

Principles of Reincarnation & Understanding Past Lives

First of all, I would like to comment on the extremely compelling nature of this case. Though Teuvo’s past lifetime could not be historically validated, his accurate descriptions, at the age of 3, of life in a German concentration camp cannot be dismissed. His mother, Lusa, insisted that Teuvo had no way to learn about these camps through normal means. As such, a past lifetime in which he experienced a concentration camp is the only way to explain his memories and knowledge.

If accepted, this reincarnation case demonstrates the following features:

Soul Plan & Spirit Being Involvement: From the spirit world, Teuvo seems to have planned his upcoming incarnation, as evidenced by the dream that his mother had when she was pregnant. As such, this case shows that souls can plan lifetimes and convey their plans through announcing dreams.

In this dream, Lusa saw herself with a group of prisoners. A man with a copy of the Kabbalah then told her that the baby she was expecting was a Jew. As Lusa and her husband were Christians, this was an unusual dream, yet it appears to have come true with Teuvo’s birth and his past life memories of being a Jew in a German concentration camp.

Past Life Phobias from Holocaust: Teuvo experienced fear and anxiety when he saw a German uniform, flag or swastika. Teuvo would even stand still with fear at these times. In contrast, Teuvo had no fear of British or French flags or uniforms.

As noted, Barbro Karlen also had a fear of uniforms related to her past life experiences as a Jewish girl in World War II, who was persecuted by the Nazis.

Change of Religion: The vast majority of people killed in Nazi concentration camps were Jewish. If it is accepted that Teuvo had a past incarnation in which he was a Jew imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, then this represents another landmark case showing that a soul can change religion from one lifetime to another, as Teuvo was born to Christian parents.

This same phenomenon was observed in the case of Anne Frank | Barbro Karlen, as Barbro remembered being persecuted as a Jew in her past lifetime as Anne Frank, yet in contemporary times, she was born to Christian parents. I have often pointed out that if the German people in the 1930’and 1940’s knew that one could be born Jewish in one incarnation and Christian in another, then the Holocaust could never have happened.

Note to Readers: Ian Stevenson. MD was a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia who wrote in a very academic style, as his target audience was fellow scientists. On the Reincarnation Research web site, his past life identity cases are presented as children’s past life-reincarnation stories to make his academic work easier to understand. For those interested in appreciating the scientific rigor of his research, such as his use of multiple witnesses to establish corroborated testimony, please refer to the original reports written by Dr. Ian Stevenson.

 

Footnotes

(1) Stevenson, Ian: European Reincarnation Cases of the Reincarnation Type, McFarland, 2003, page 159
(2) Stevenson, Ian: European Reincarnation Cases of the Reincarnation Type, McFarland, 2003, page 159
(3) Stevenson, Ian: European Reincarnation Cases of the Reincarnation Type, McFarland, 2003, page 160

(4) Stevenson, Ian: European Reincarnation Cases of the Reincarnation Type, McFarland, 2003, page 160
(5) Stevenson, Ian: European Reincarnation Cases of the Reincarnation Type, McFarland, 2003, page 160
(6) Stevenson, Ian: European Reincarnation Cases of the Reincarnation Type, McFarland, 2003, page 160
(7) Stevenson, Ian: European Reincarnation Cases of the Reincarnation Type, McFarland, 2003, page 160

Soul Survivor: Past Life Story of World War II Fighter Pilot James Huston, Jr. | James Leininger

As a young boy, James Leininger had spontaneous memories of a past lifetime as an American fighter pilot. His father, Bruce, through research, was able to establish Little James’s past life identity as James Huston, Jr. Little James eventually was reunited with this past life sister who validated his past life memories.

James Leininger | James Huston

Derived: Past Life Memories in Childhood

Researchers: Bruce and Andrea Leininger, video provided below

From: Soul Survivor

Article by: Walter Semkiw, MD from Born Again

Soul Survivor: A Past Life Story

From the inside cover of Soul Survivor: “This book reveals stunning drawings from James Leininger illustrating his unshakable memories, photos that portray the eerie resemblance between the young James and the adult James Huston, and the forward from world-renowned past lives expert Carol Bowman.

In SOUL SURVIVOR, readers will come to know and believe in the special child who harbors the soul of a man who died in 1945.”

James Leininger’s story has come to light through four years of research conducted by his parents, Bruce and Andrea.  For Bruce, this involved a great personal struggle, for the proposition that his son is the reincarnation of James Huston, Jr. conflicted with his very strong Christian beliefs.  Indeed, one of the most fascinating aspects of the Leininger’s story is to witness the conversion of Bruce from a conservative, evangelical Christian, to a Christian who has accepted reincarnation as a reality.

Another WW II Military Pilot Reincarnation Case with Societal Implications

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Me 264 V 1, Fernbomber, Aufklärer. Werkfoto Messerschmitt (MBB) 6/264

As a boy, James Leininger remembered a past lifetime as an American fighter pilot who died in combat in World War II. This case has similarities to the case of Carl Edon, a young boy in England who remembered a past life as Nazi pilot named Robert who died in a bombing run in Britain.  In both cases, young children had innate knowledge of World War II aircraft and it was their Christian, skeptical fathers who served as the primary researchers.

The Robert-Nazi Pilot | Carl Edon reincarnation case is instructive in that it shows that a soul can change nationality and ethnic affiliation from one incarnation to another.  Robert, a German air force pilot who died in England, reincarnated as a British citizen. This case, as well as many other reincarnation cases, demonstrates that one can change nationality, ethnic affiliation, as well as religion, from one lifetime to another.  This observation illustrates how in the end, war is senseless and self-defeating from a karmic point of view.  A related case involves David Llewelyn.

James Leininger’s Past Life Nightmares of an Airplane on Fire

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James was born on April 10, 1998 to Bruce and Andrea Leininger while they were living in the San Francisco Bay area.  When Bruce was offered a job has a human resource director for an oil industry company, the family moved to Lafayette, Louisiana, where James would grow up.

After turning two years of age, James started to experience vivid nightmares that would make him scream out from his sleep.  On May 1, 2000, when James was just over 2 years of age, Andrea heard her son’s voice pierce the night’s calm:

“Airplane crash!  Plane on fire! Little man can’t get out!”  Andrea ran to his bedroom and saw James struggling.  “He was lying there on his back, kicking and clawing on the covers, like he was trying to kick his way out of a coffin.” (1)

The same nightmare kept recurring four to five times a week.  After another nightmare, Andrea noted:

“He was lying there on his back, kicking and clawing on the covers, like he was trapped in a plane.” James was crying out: “Airplane crash! Plane on fire! Little man can’t get out!” (2)

When Andrea asked who the little man in the plane was, James replied: “Me”

When Bruce asked James who shot his plane down, James stated, “The Japanese.” (3)

When he was asked how he knew that it was the Japanese who shot down his plane, James replied: “The big red sun.” (4)

Leininger Huston Reincarnation Past Life drop tank LBruce and Andrea were impressed and puzzled with James’s knowledge regarding Japanese World War II aircraft, as they knew he did not learn this information though normal means.  As a result, when the nightmares occurred, they would ask James more detailed questions about his dreams.  When his parents asked for the names of other people in the nightmares, James stated that he had friend who was also a pilot, whose name was “Jack Larsen.” (5)

In time, Bruce and Andrea would learn that James Huston, James’s past life persona, did know a Jack Larsen.  Eventually, little James would met this man who he knew in a past incarnation.

James Leininger’s Past Life Obsession with Airplanes and Knowledge of WW II Aircraft

In addition to having nightmares about an airplane crash, his parents noted that James had an obsession with airplanes, particularly WW II aircraft with propellers.  His parents also noticed that he would crash his toy planes into the coffee table, knocking off the propellers.

In his car seat, James would put on imaginary headphones and facemask, as if he was preparing to fly a plane. James even created a simulated cockpit in one of the family’s closets.

He also continued to demonstrate unusual knowledge about airplanes.  For example, when Andrea gave James a toy plane with what looked like a bomb under it, James looked at it and said:

“That’s not a bomb, Mommy, that’s a dwop tank.” (6)

James was referring to a fuel tank, called a “drop tank,” that is attached to the underside of a plane tha is ejected and dropped off when the fuel is spent.  His parents reflected:

How did this two-year old know what a drop tank was?  He did not learn this from television programs the family watched or books that they read. How did he know about the Japanese and their emblem of the rising sun, the big red sun?

It was Andrea’s mother, Bobbi, who first hypothesized that James’s nightmares could stem from a past lifetime.  Bobbi told Bruce and Andrea about Carol Bowman, author of Children’s Past Lives, whom the Leiningers contacted.  Carol had been involved in researching children who remember past lives since 1980.  She gave valuable advice to Bruce and Andrea on how to handle little James’s nightmares.  Carol related that it was important to listen to James in a supportive way and to keep reassuring him that he was safe now.

Leininger Huston Reincarnation Past Life Corsair HLOver time, little James revealed that the man in his nightmares was also named James, that he flew a plane called a Corsair,  that the plane he flew took off from a boat and that the boat’s name was the “Natoma.”  He knew that the Corsair would veer to the left on takeoff and that the Corsair had a tendency to blow tires out upon landing. (7)

The Corsair had a distinctive gull-wing, to reduce the height of landing gear.

In addition, James knew that US fliers gave Japanese bombers girl names and Japanese fighters boy names.  For example, James said that Japanese fighters were called Zekes and bombers were called Bettys. (8) In researching these statements, his father Bruce was amazed to find that James was correct.

When the family was watching a History Channel program on World War II in which Corsairs were shooting down Japanese planes, the narrator said that the downed Japanese planes were Zeros.  Little James corrected that narrator in saying that the Japanese planes were not Zeros, but Tonys.  Bruce and Andrea didn’t know what a Tony was.  James explained that the Tony was a fighter that was smaller than a Zero. Again, with investigation, his parents found that this statement made by their young son was accurate. (9)

In the coming months, Bruce would also find out that James, in a past lifetime, had himself shot down a Tony.

Reincarnation CorsairPast Life Behavior: Little James does a Flight Check around a Corsair

When his parents took him to the Lone Star Flight Museum, they were surprised to see young James walking around a Corsair, conducting a flight check, like a pilot normally does before boarding the aircraft they were about to fly. (10)

Andrea mused that her son was not even potty trained, yet he knew details of World War II and aircraft of that era.  She was open to the possibility that James was experiencing memories from a past lifetime.

Bruce Leininger, a Christian, Reluctantly Uncovers Evidence of a Past Lifetime for Little James

Natoma Bay Leininger Huston ReincarnationWhile Andrea was comfortable with the idea of reincarnation, Bruce was extremely reluctant to consider that James’s memories could derive from a past incarnation, as it conflicted with his deep Christian beliefs.  Still, he started to research statements made by little James.  Bruce, for example, found that there was indeed a World War II aircraft carrier named the Natoma Bay, which operated in the Pacific and is pictured to the right.

Bruce obtained a book on aircraft carriers engaged in the Pacific.  When Bruce and James leafed through it together and came to a section on the Battle of Iwo Jima, James told his father that it was there, at the Battle of Iwo Jima, that his plane was shot down and crashed.

Bruce then learned that the Natoma Bay had indeed supported the US Marine’s invasion of Iwo Jima.  How could James know this, Bruce wondered, of a ship called the Natoma and that the Natoma participated in the battle of Iwo Jima?

Was it possible that it was here, as part of the Battle of Iwo Jima, that James in a past lifetime had the experience of being unable to get out of a cockpit, where he used his legs to try to kick his way out, as his burning aircraft dove down to the sea?  (11)

Bruce Leininger identifies his Son’s Past Life Identity

Little James would draw pictures of battle scenes, which featured propeller planes and bombs exploding.  He would sign his pictures, “James 3.” These pictures are featured in Soul Survivor.  He gave his GI Joe dolls unusual names, including Billy, Leon and Walter, names that his parents never mentioned, names that none of their friends had. How did he choose these names, Bruce and Andrea wondered?  (12)

When Bruce asked why he called his dolls these names, James answered, “Because that is who met me when I got to heaven.” (13)

Though Bruce was reluctant to accept that his son’s memories derived from a past lifetime, James’s fund of knowledge of WW II aircraft made him research this possibility in earnest.  He searched through military records and archives.  Bruce learned that the Natoma Bay crew held reunions.  He decided to attend one of these gatherings and Bruce traveled to his first Natoma Bay reunion, held in San Diego on September 11, 2002, one year after the World Trade Center terrorist attacks.

At the reunion, Bruce learned that 18 aircraft carrier pilots from the Natoma Bay had died during service in the Pacific.  One of them was named James Huston, Jr.  Recall that little James said that his name was also James when, in his nightmares, he was trapped in a burning airplane cockpit.  He even he signed his battle pictures, James 3, which could refer to the third James is a series, that is, James Sr., James Jr. and little James 3.  Bruce also learned that James Huston was the only pilot to die in the invasion of battle of Iwo Jima.  Huston died on March 3, 1945. (14)

James Leininger names his GI Joe Action Figures after Past Life Friends, Fallen Pilots from the Natoma Bay, Who greeted James Huston in Heaven

Gi Joe Leininger Huston Reincarnation Past Life
Gi Joe Leininger Huston Reincarnation Past Life

Bruce also found that Billy, Leon and Walter were the names of three Natoma Bay Navy aviators who had died before James Huston, Jr.  Their full names were Billie Peeler, Leon Connor and Walter Devlin. (15)

Recall that James called his GI Joe dolls Billie, Leon and Walter, and that he said that they were waiting for him when he went to heaven.  Bruce and Andrea learned that the hair color of each doll matched the hair color of the deceased aviator.  Billie Peeler had dark hair, as did James’s Billie doll.  Leon Connor had blonde hair, as did the Leon doll and Walter Devlin had reddish hair, as did James’s Walter doll. (16)

Bruce Finds Jack Larson & Other Pilots from the Natoma Bay who Verify James’s Past Life Memories

Bruce also learned that Jack Larsen was indeed another pilot on the Natoma Bay.  Larsen was still alive and living in Arkansas.  Bruce visited him there.  James’s memory of having a friend named Jack Larsen was also thus verified.  (17)

Bruce eventually found pilots who witnessed James Huston’s plane go down.  Jack Durham, John Provost and Bob Skelton saw that an antiaircraft shell knocked the propeller off of Huston’s plane.  This explained why little James would knock propellers off his toy planes.  They also validated that Huston’s plane caught fire and that Huston went down with his plane. (18)

Bruce found one discrepancy in James’s version of events in that when Huston crashed and died, he was flying a FM 2 Wildcat, not a Corsair.  Bruce later learned from another pilot, Bob Greenwald, that Huston had participated in a program in which Corsairs were tested for aircraft carrier landings.  As such, little James was correct in stating he had flown a Corsair.  Greenwald also confirmed that Corsairs would veer to the left on takeoff and blow tires on landings, just as little James had said.  (19)

Natoma Bay Memorial
Natoma Bay Memorial

In his quest to understand his son’s nightmares, Bruce came to personally know surviving veterans who had served on the Natoma Bay.  He also learned about those who did not survive.  In the process of validating his son’s memories, Bruce came to greatly admire the Natoma Bay veterans who so bravely and unselfishly served their country.  He understood the sacrifices they had made.

Bruce put his feelings into action by creating a memorial to commemorate those on the Natoma Bay who had died in action.  This memorial was inaugurated at the Nimitz Museum in Fredricksburg, Texas.  Many Natoma Bay veterans attended this inauguration.  Enlarge the image of the memorial by clicking on it and use your arrow keys to scroll up and down.  On the enlarged image, you can make out the name of James Huston, Jr. in the column above the name Abraham Lincoln.

Little James identifies a Past Life Friend by recognizing his Voice 

One of the people who James saw at the Nimitz museum was Bob Greenwald, who he recognized on sight and who he named correctly.  When Bruce asked James how he knew that this man was Bob Greenwald, James said he had recognized Bob’s voice.

At the ceremony, young James was also reunited with his past life friend, Jack Larson.  Recall that soon after James started to have his nightmares, he told Bruce that a friend he had on the Natoma was named Jack Larson.  On an endearing note, at the memorial ceremony, little James wore a miniature pilot’s flight suit. (20)

Friends of James Huston Observe an Uncanny Past Life Physical Resemblance between James Leininger and James Huston, Jr. 

3-huston-leininger-lo-resSignificantly, the veterans at the Natoma Bay memorial inauguration, who knew James Huston, Jr., commented on how little James Leininger looked just like the deceased James Huston, Jr.  As such, this represents another case which demonstrates that physical appearance can remain consistent from one incarnation to another.

On a poignant note, his parents observed that James seemed dismayed at the memorial inauguration.  When they asked James why, he replied that he was sad because everyone looked so old.  Little James remembered how his shipmates looked as young men, not senior citizens. (21)

A Reunion with Anne Barron, James Leininger’s Past Life Sister

Andrea Leininger was able to use census and other records to find the family of James Huston, Jr.  She learned a surviving sister, Anne Huston Barron, was living in Los Gatos, California.   Anne was 84 years old when Andrea contacted her. (22)

Andrea set up a phone call between Anne and little James.  In this conversation, James knew many personal details of James Huston’s life, which Anne confirmed as accurate.  Examples include:

  • James told Anne that he called her Annie.  Anne confirmed that only her deceased brother, James Huston, called her Annie
  • James told Anne that they had a sister named Ruth, which was correct
  • James said Ruth was four years older than Anne and that Anne was four years older than James, which was correct
  • James reported that their father was alcoholic and smashed things when drunk, and that he had to go into rehab for alcoholism.  Anne corroborated this.
  • James said that Ruth, who was a society columnist for a local paper, was “mortified” when their mother took a job as a maid for a wealthy family that Ruth was writing about. Anne confirmed this account.
  • James said that he and Anne, as children, had matching portraits done by the same artist, which were gifts from their mother, whose name was Daryl.  Anne confirmed all these statements. (23)

Even a resolute skeptic would have to admit that such specific memories cannot be coincidental.  Given the facts of the case, Anne, who has since passed away, accepted James Leininger as the reincarnation of her brother, James Huston, Jr., and she sent him her brother’s remaining artifacts.  When James opened the box sent by Anne, he sniffed the model Corsair which was inside and he said that it smelled like an aircraft carrier.  Bruce noted a diesel oil smell emanating from the box. (24)

James Huston also had an Early Fascination with Aircraft: A Previous Past Life as an Aviator?

balsa wood models of airplanes
balsa wood models of airplanes

Of interest, Anne related that James loved flying and that even as a young boy, James Huston made balsa wood models of airplanes.  When he was old enough, James Huston went flying in biplanes.  In other words, just as James Leininger had a fascination with planes as a child, so did James Huston.  This raises the question of whether Huston | Leininger had a prior incarnation that involved aviation. (25)

James Leininger can Sing like James Huston: A Past Life Talent

In a personal communication, Bruce Leininger has observed that his son James is a gifted singer, who has performed in a musical at his school. Bruce notes that neither he nor his wife can sing at all, but he learned that James Huston had a beautiful singing voice. As such, it appears that a gift for singing has been carried over from one incarnation to another.

Gratitude to the Leininger Family: The Reincarnation Research Award

We owe a great deal to James, Andrea and Bruce Leininger for researching this case and making it public.  James himself has become an advocate for reincarnation, as he should be, given the strength of his reincarnation case.

This case has attracted a great deal of attention, as ABC Primetime in the United States ran a segment on the Leininger case in April 2004 and a Japanese television show took the Leiningers out to the spot where James Huston died.  Little James threw out a wreath from the ship onto the water where James Huston’s plane dove into the sea, to commemorate his own past life persona. This scene is featured in the video: Evidence of Reincarnation

For their efforts, we bestow Andrea, Bruce and James Leininger, as well as their past lives counselor, Carol Bowman, Reincarnation Research Award.

Let us close this section with a quote from Soul Survivor:

“The story, Bruce is convinced, is a gift to those who need some tangible proof that there is something beyond death, that life has meaning…It revived his convictions and faith.” (26)

Evidence of Spirit Beings in a Reincarnation Case and the Planning of a Lifetime in the Huston | Leininger Case

In addition to providing strong evidence of reincarnation, there are several incidents relating to James’s story which provide evidence of the existence of spirit beings.

One of the most dramatic involves statements made by James in which he said that he picked Bruce and Andrea as parents, while the soul of little James was still in the spirit world.

Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu
Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu

James had told Bruce that he saw Bruce and Andrea when they were vacationing at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu.  Little James called it the “big pink hotel” in Hawaii, which the Royal Hawaiian is.

In fact, Bruce and Andrea were at the Royal Hawaiian 5 weeks before Andrea become pregnant with James.  Bruce and Andrea had never told James about their Hawaiian vacation.  As such, little James knew about their stay at the Royal Hawaiian by paranormal means.  I would suggest that the soul of James Leininger was indeed able to observe his future parents from the spirit world and that the souls of Andrea, Bruce and James all agreed to, that is planned, to create the family that they did. (27) Indeed, it is very likely that these three have a prior past life connection.

Reincarnation & Anniversary Events

Anniversary phenomenon can be seen as the interaction of the soul with the physical world.  The premise is that when an individual incarnates on Earth, the soul continues to have its own existence in the spiritual world.  The soul projects extensions of itself into its incarnations, holographic projections into the physical plane.

John Gordon | Jeff Keene

When anniversary phenomena occur, we can see this as the soul transmitting the anniversary information to its own incarnation.  Alternately, a spirit guide that works with the individual may also orchestrate anniversary phenomena.

Initially, the individual may not even understand the meaning of the event when it occurs.  As an example, in the reincarnation case of John B. Gordon | Jeff Keene,  Jeff experienced severe jaw pain on an anniversary date of Gordon incurring gunshot wounds to the jaw.  Jeff was taken to the emergency room of a hospital, as he was concerned that he was having a heart attack.  Only years later did Jeff become aware that the jaw pain could be interpreted as an anniversary event from his lifetime as John B. Gordon.  Jeff found that Gordon was shot in the jaw when he was 30 years old, while Jeff experienced the severe jaw pain on his thirtieth birthday.

In the Huston | Leininger case, Bruce and Andrea noted in Soul Survivor that James’s nightmares of dying in a plane crash had resolved for several months.  They hoped that the phase of James’s life in which he had these nightmares had ended.  Yet on March 3, 2003, James had another plane crash nightmare.  James Huston had died in the battle of Iwo Jima on that same day, March 3, 1945.

If this is accepted as an anniversary event, then the soul of James Huston | James Leininger had communicated awareness to little James of the significance of March 3 while he slept.  Note that this anniversary event occurred before Bruce, through research, determined the date of James Huston’s death. (28)

Another possible synchronistic event or events involves Bruce, who twice traveled by airplane on September 11 to do research on his son’s reincarnation case.  Bruce made note of these eerie coincidences in Soul Survivor.

Though traveling twice on September 11 may just be a coincidence, there may be meaning in this date, as evidence of reincarnation may help prevent future September 11 type attacks.  As noted above, reincarnation research shows that one can change religion, nationality and ethnic affiliation from one incarnation to another.  This powerful realization can help create a more peaceful world.

Spirit Beings & Spiritual Communication

Another event that provides evidence of communication by spirit beings involves Anne Huston Barron, the sister of James Huston.  Anne related to Andrea that on the day that James Huston was killed, on March 3, 1945, she was cleaning her house in California when she felt the presence of her brother, James.  Anne even started talking to him.  She remembered the incident distinctly.  Anne learned several days later that her brother had died at that exact moment in the Pacific.  As such, the spirit of James Huston appears to have been in contact with his sister, Anne, at the time of his death. (29)

Similarly, on March 3,1945, a family friend of the Huston’s, Lydia Eastman, had a dream in which  James came to her and said, “I just want to say goodbye.”  Lydia later learned that James Huston had died on that day.  Again, it appears that the soul of James Huston was in contact with Lydia Eastman on the day of his death. (30)

Another account involves Jack Durham, who served with James Huston as a pilot.  Durham’s plane had been shot down during World War II and when this occurred, he lost his teeth and dislocated his shoulder.  Relatives of Jack Durham informed the Leiningers that on the day that Durham was injured, thousands of miles away, his relatives heard Jack cry out.  As such, it appears that the spirit of Durham was communicating with his loved ones. (31)

Principles of Reincarnation & Understanding Past Lives

4-huston-leininger-lo-resThis very compelling reincarnation case demonstrates the following features:

Physical Resemblance in Reincarnation Cases: When James Huston’s shipmates met James Leininger at the Natoma Bay memorial inauguration, they commented on how little James looked so much like James Huston.  On this page, four image comparisons at different stages of life are presented. Other cases in which photos are available across two lifetimes that dramatically show physical resemblance include:

Reincarnation Case of Hanan Monsour | Suzanne Ghanem

Reincarnation Case Rashid Khaddege | Daniel Jurdi

Past Life Knowledge and Talent: As a young boy, James Leininger had an impressive fund of knowledge regarding WW II aircraft, which appears to derive from his past life as a WW II fighter pilot.

In addition, James has demonstrated a natural talent for singing, as did James Huston.  In contrast, James’s parents do not have a gift for singing.

Spiritual Communication in Reincarnation Cases and Planning Lifetimes: James told Bruce and Andrea that he picked them as parents when they were at the pink hotel in Hawaii. Indeed, Bruce and Andrea were at the Royal Hawaiian hotel five weeks before Andrea became pregnant with James.  As such, it appears that James was observing Bruce and Andrea from the spirit world, prior to his birth, and made the plan to born to them.

Another example of spirit beings involves Anne Huston Barron, the sister of James Huston, who stated that she felt the presence of her brother on the very day that he died.  Similar episodes occurred regarding Lydia Eastman and Jack Durham.  As discussed above, anniversary phenomenon can also be seen as occurring through spirit being intervention.

Conclusion

The James Huston, Jr. | James Leininger case is one of the most compelling reincarnation cases in existence.  Evidence of spirit beings is also provided in this rich case.  We thank the Leininger family for doing this very important reincarnation research and making it public, even when it conflicted with the tenets of their religion.  You are heroes in the search to understand the mechanism and meaning of human existence.  As noted before, for your efforts, we are pleased to give you the: Reincarnation Research Award

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Footnotes

1. Leininger, Bruce and Andrea, with Ken Gross, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, Grand Central Publishing, NY, NY, 2009, p 11

2. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 47

3. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 54-56

4. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 59

5. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 79

6. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 16

7. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 109

8. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 105

9. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 239

10. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 114

11. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 91

12. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 104

13. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 156

14. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 118, 122, 132, 133

15. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 157

16. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 170-185

17. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 143

18. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 222

19. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 240

20. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 243-244

21. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 247

22. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 194, 196

23. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 236

24. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 237

25. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 197

26. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 256

27. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 153-154

28. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p  256

29. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 297

30. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 198, 237

31. Leininger, Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot, p 225