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"All the world continues coming and going in reincarnation."

 Sri Guru Granth Sahib

James McDougal of Edinburgh (pictured), current age 19, claimed at age 15 to remember being a rice farmer from the Tamil Nadu village of Tannil named Anurag Sankar. This is a very interesting case in that the past life memories became manifest at adolescence (similar to Evan Michaels account) as opposed to most past life cases where children recount past memories as soon as they are able to speak. 

 

 Mr. McDougal reached out to us directly to assist in verifying his memories as Anurag Sankar.  We researched records from the village and found detail of a single man named Anurag Shankar, who died a most violent death in 1988, being stabbed in the neck by his younger brother Sunil.  Our researchers were able to find Anurag's home based on James McDougal's description, though the Shankar family no longer lived there. 

Another interesting feature of this case is the distinctive birthmark on the neck of Mr. McDougal.  Similar to and consistent with the famous birthmark & past life research of our beloved colleague Dr. Ian Stevenson of University of Virginia, Mr. McDougal has a distinctive birthmark on his neck consistent with the late Anurag Shankar's mortal injury. 

Mr. McDougal was able to successfully identify Sunil Shankar, Anurag's murderer, from a series of 20 photographs [of Tamil Nadu prison inmates].

We have invited Mr. McDougal to join us at this year's South Asian Wheel of Life workshop and discuss his experiences.

 

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