I
was born as a little baby girl named "Thong Phang"
-expensive gold, during the second world war. My mom's
sister was very fond of me at first look, therefore,
she had taken most of her times with me. I had died when I was less than one
year old.
Cases of the Reincarnation
Types: An Evaluation of Some Indirect Evidence with Examples of
"Silent" Cases
by Jurgen Keil, Phychology Department,
University of
Bussakorn Sumrongthong Case
This case is a particularly
interesting one because Bussakorn has a very striking
"experimental" birthmark which is in good agreement with a mark that
was made (after the death of the TP) on the arm of the TP ( who was less than
one year old at death) by Bussakorn's mother. After
the TP had died, Bussakorn's mother has marked the
arm of the PP in the hope that a child would be born with a similar mark,
indicating that this child was the TP reborn. This is a traditional custom
seldom practiced in
A separate report about
this case will be prepared for publication at a futuredate.
The paranormality question in conection
with the birthmark will then be discussed in some detail. At present this case
is only included because it is also a silent case.
Bussakorn's mother died a few years ago before I
became aware of this case. When in 1992 I interviewed Bussakorn
and her father in
The TP's
mother as well as the S's mother's sister, Samorn,
also confirmed that Bussakorn,s
mother had marked the TP's arm. The TP's mother knew about it when it happened and Samorn had heard about it before Bussakorn
was born. During visits in 1994 and 1995 we received further confirmations that
Bussakorn's mother had spoken about the
"experimental" mark on the TP BEFORE HER CHILD WAS BORN.
Bussakorn was born about 10 years after the TP had
died. She was the second child. She had one older brother. She had no contact
with relatives of the TP until she was 10 years old. At that time when Bussakorn visited the TP's
relatives for the first time, she had a feeling of familiarity in the TP's house she did not recognize any relatives of the TP
and she has never spoken about a previous life. Bussakorn
told me she has no memories which connect her to a previous life. The TP had
died as a young child before she was one year old.
Comment
Parents and relatives of
and S who is regarded as a rebirth of a rebirth of a TP (who on account of
early death never learnt to speck) may not have strong expectations that the S
will speak about a previous life from their families by normal means, then a S
(separately connected to a TP who died very young) should also incorporate the
normal information ( available through family members
of the S) into fantasies about a PL.
The expectation by Bussakorn's mother that her child was the TP reborn was
particularly high. She had marked the dead body of the TP in order to recognize
the rebirth of the PP and she had expressed the wish that the TP might be
reborn as her own child. On account of the distinct birthmark(in
agreement with the mark which Bussakorn's mother had
made on the TP's arm) she was convinced that her
child was the TP reborn. However since the TP was less than one year old when
she died, it is not clear to what extent Bussakorn's
mother expected her child to speak about the PL. Apparently Bussakorn's
behavior- with on exception- did not indicate any connection with a PL. The one
exception, her feeling of familiarity with the TP's
home, is difficult to evaluate and not particularly persuative.
The Bussakorn
Sumrongthong case also suggests that the high expectation of a close relative
did not exert an influence on her which resulted in verbal or other behavior
related to a PL.
See picture of my birthmark with finger tips
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