Presents evidence--including photographs--that John Adams, Thomas Paine, Samuel Adams, and numerous other American Revolutionaries have been reincarnated as the political and spiritual leaders of today, including George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Marianne Williamson, Shirley MacLaine, and others, in order to begin a Spiritual Revolution.
Outstanding book!July 30, 2008 Return of the Revolutionaries is an excellent read! It is full of truth and history and also has validation. I found myself going slowly at the end of the book just so I wouldn't finish it as fast! The case histories have been researched thoroughly by Dr. Semkiw and he also has Ahtun Re to validate accuracies. The stories ring true, in my heart, and it is not a surprise that these souls have returned to continue their helpfulness to mankind in their current incarnations. The people who give this book a low rated review, are just young souls that are ignorant and have not realized the truth of the world and the universal human. But it is exactly these type of people that need to read this type of book, and it is just icing on the cake for those of us that already know the truth. I would highly recommend this book to everyone!
Self-Aggrandizing BullMay 10, 2008 I do believe in reincarnation, but am always skeptical of people claiming to be famous in past lives. The author's claim to be the reincarnation of John Adams immediately made me wary. There have been more slave collars than crowns to wear throughout human history. Why does no one claim to be a pig farmer? I know the author addressed this in his own 5-star review, but it still doesn't ring true. I wanted to like this book, but just couldn't swallow it. As an artist, I found many of the claims of facial architecture "similarities" to be bogus or wishful thinking or both. It should also be noted that the almost 7 billion of us here now are descended from about 2,000 individuals, as recently found through mDNA studies. We're all cousins, genetically. As to the author's claim that we tend to incarnate as the same sex most of the time, and that souls are "gendered"...well, he has a right to his opinion. Sounds like the author's bias/issues to me. The book is well-written and entertaining, which is why I gave it 2 stars instead of the 1 star I was inclined to give, but failed in its objective of "proof". Read it as entertainment, but not "scientific proof"--which I doubt we will ever achieve, anymore than we will achieve "proof" of an afterlife, or God. It's a matter of belief. Basically the whole book was written to bolster the author's claim to a famous past life. If the soul who incarnated as John Adams were incarnate today, no doubt he or she would have better things to do than writing this book.
Fascinating food for thought and further exploration.May 12, 2007 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As the author states in the preface, that his is an invitation for more research and further investigation of his premise - which if found viable would make for a "kinder gentler world". -- He makes his arguments for reincarnation and knowing about his, and your own, past lives very plausable. Spirituality is not a exact science - you must "know that you know" or go on faith. -- This book presents valid points for your own decision making. -- I would reccommend it to anyone interested in furthering their own information base on the subject. -- It is well written, current, and the most complete book on this subject that I have read.
Objective Evidence/ Practical Application Of ReincarnationApril 17, 2006 9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Hello my name is Kevin Ryerson I am a colleague of Dr. Walter Semkiw and my work is mentioned in the book Return of the Revolutionaries ,the topic is the practical uses of the objective evidence of reincarnation as a tool for spiritual growth. The following is in appreciation based on the content of Dr Semkiws' book, I was honored to participate in with Dr. Walter Semkiw author of Return of the Revolutionaries. Jeff Keene a person who shares a remarkable story of his past life during the American Civil War is another person and a case in Dr.Semkiws book who tells his own story in "Some One Else's Yesterday" reviewed by Dr. Jeffery Mishlove PHD. As you proceed through Walters' book you will read information that is intended to ask questions about our Planet and its various cultures and what it would be like as objective evidence of reincarnation is documented by the scientific method. Walter is very clear that further scientific research is needed and that the data represented in the book is qualitative evidence. I hope that you add Dr.Semkiws' classic research on the subject material of reincarnation to your collection.
One of the matters of reincarnation to keep in mind is that out side of the West reincarnation is not only a given,it is an applied value system in a wide range of cultural areas. One of these is the use of past life profiles in medicine,psychology, spiritual practice, occupational choice etc. Walter Semkiw in a reference in the book makes a heart felt statement that reincarnation maybe used as a tool to guide nations and humanity to a more enlightened way of conduct.
It is my proposal that reincarnation is already a provable phenomena and that we are in a position to apply this natural human resource to the betterment of individuals and society. I invite folks to look at societies and cultures who already make open use of reincarnation. There are many such as Tibet, Aboriginal Peoples,India,etc. I am hoping that there can be a conversation based on the premise that in the Majority World reincarnation is already a practiced value system. On a daily basis billions of persons practice cultural rituals that demonstrate the validity of this value system the same way that every day there are scientific experiments that hold together our world view. In Tibet ,India,Peru,China, Japan etc. there are thousands of oracles, doctors, engineers, artists, architects working with such a world view in daily practice.It is not my intention to be the sole intellectual or spiritual arbitrator of this premise. It is my hope that as we gather ideas,rituals, technology, wisdom, healing etc. we will be able to reach a level of complexity where a natural synergy will occur and we will be able to do some serious reality engineering(the re imaging of our society and culture).
I would like to use a type visionary anthropology or Anthropological Futurism to see what Modern Western culture would look like.I am also a fan of Rupert Sheldrake and his "little science" vs "big science" as out lined in his book "Seven Experiments That Could Change the World". We are certainly not lacking precedents for this. Japan is a good example. I spent 10 years,60 days out of the year,working in Japan as an expert intuitive. The Japanese people are wonderful hosts and are well grounded in their unique culture of Shinto/ Buddhism (not all Japanese are of this religious persuasion there are Christians, Atheists, Muslim, etc).I am certain some of you have traveled to Japan. My experience of the Japanese is that they consider Buddhism to their international religion and adhere to a wide range of practices and beliefs all of which acknowledge reincarnation as playing a role. Shinto is conceived of as the National religion and is a complex system of ancient Nature Gods and Goddesses. Historically many of the Shinto and Buddhist temples have existed side by side for many generations.It was my observation that the Japanese people had a wonderful way of synergising many of the practices and rituals, particularly in private households involving ancestors, family, or local deities. It is this type of observation that I hope will be shared here. The number one concern or question that I worked on with folks in Japan on is who were they before, what was their Karma and what were the talents that could serve them and their families.They were sometimes excited to learn about past lives outside of Japan but were always concerned in what way that might make then less Japanese(gaijin).There was some objectivity in the lives that were discovered for often the folks had traveled or spent an extensive amount of time in the countries of a past incarnation(usually work or school or sometimes a passion for the place of past origin). Folks from Tokyo were usually quite comfortable with lives outside of the country rural folks were more shy.The people of Osaka loved the the idea of lives that were adventures and involved lives as successful merchants ( often around Venice Italy).These of course are generalizations. Using such cultures as a frame work of reference I would invite folks to add their vision,as to what they would imagine this emerging society would look like, in say 2025.
My own contribution to Dr. Semkiws' work was to point out that we may now be at a point in research on reincarnation that we may begin to apply this knowledge in useful ways such as in Integrative Medicine. I point out that the greater population of the planet already accepts the belief in reincarnation and that the west is only now reaching a similar conclusion through the use of the scientific method. I am an Intuitive (trance channel) in the tradition of Edgar Cayce. That in addition to working with Dr.Semkiw I have worked with scientist such as Dr. William Kautz a former staff research scientist at SRI , Dr. Kautz book "Opening the Inner Eye" documents the use of expert intuitives in research on earth quakes, AIDS, SIDS, to name a few, and of course reincarnation. I have begun to work with the positive cases with a process that is called Biographical Futurism. I use the case of Andrew Jackson/John Kerry (observe the portrait of Jackson on the 20 dollar bill) to point out how events in Jackson's biography were predictive of events in the Senator's Presidential campaign(for instance Jackson/Kerry were both war heroes ran against sons of a previous presidents and appointed the Senator from North Carolina as their running mates etc.) I also pointed out that the West placed more value on Karma than Dharma (service) and almost always thought of Karma as punitive. I made reference to the concept that we reincarnate to grow from our emotional intelligence and to self actualize through our eight human needs (as in Buhdism) this combined with the method of Biographic Futurism will allow us to develop even more clear life maps as a source of guidance in our near future. ***A few quotes " If Kevin Ryerson is acting he deserves an Oscar that has not been invented yet." Shirley Maclaine " Imagine my surprise when Tom Mc Phereson (Tom revealed to me his actual family name is MacFerguson from the County Kerry) spoke in the Celtic dialect of my grandparents."D.R. Irish Citizen "Whatever Kevins spirit guides maybe they had to be alive at the time they say to have the historical knowledge they have of my country M.S. Egyptologist ; Egyptian Citizen. Kevin Ryerson
Questions about one soul in many bodiesApril 17, 2006 5 out of 7 found this review helpful
When I first read this book 2 years ago, I was impressed by the careful nature of the research and the subsequent logic of the argument from which conclusions were drawn. Having read widely and deeply in the field of reincarnation research, and with a critical eye, I appreciated the focus of the argument.
Little did I realise at the time what personal import the work of Walter Semkiw would have on my life. I am the author of a book - Letter to Anne, written 2002, but not published till 2004 - which documents a connection to Anne Frank in a past life, in a similar vein to how Barbro Karlen's experineces has suggested a strong connection to Anne Frank. The book, Letter to Anne, is reviewed on Amazon.com. Perhaps not known to many is the fact that there are at least 12 other people in this world, as reported by Miep Gies in a letter to me, who feel a past life connection to Anne Frank.
The evidence of past and present connection that Walter Semkiw offers is that of mirror image physicality and a resonance between individual aptitudes, personalities and interests. He then offers a serve of truth as perceived by Kevin Ryerson's channelling. He largely focuses on famous people.
I have a problem with the selective dimensions of truth and perception in the research methodology that have been presented as evidence in this work - more because of what is left out, than what is included. There is little or no investigation of that which does not fit in with the paradigm of life, energy and form being established here - for instance, in the case of Anne Frank, is Barbro right and everyone else who experiences a similar life connection wrong? Again, Kevin Ryerson and guides are reading the universal field yet this should be understood as reading this field at their personal level of accomplishment in field reading skills, and not to be construed as presentation of absolute truth and law.
I would like to ask Walter Semkiw how he would explain the following.
When I travelled to India in 2004 to meet with a spiritual teacher, I was sitting on the plane with my 11 year old son. I sat forward and looked to one side. The women across the aisle also sat forward, and, in an instant, her form changed, and it became me. On occasion, I have been able to see the form and shape of this, my face, within the structure of someone else's face - it's like a deep seeing. An example of the face to face identification here occurred with Tenzin Palmo, Buddhist nun, simply from the picture on her autobiography. These experiences appear to just happen to me. The only sense I can make of these at the moment is to know on an energy level, that I am me, and then I am you. And, then, if I am in your body, as me, then looking out from your body, I can also see me. By extension, we are each other. I have recently used the term, duplicating experiences, to describe these encounters.
My questions and request to Dr Walter Semkiw is:
How and why do such duplicating experiences occur? How would you account for them in your developing paradigm? Does reincarnation really exist, or is it a limited understanding of a much greater phenomenom, and, in time, may be a redundant concept? When will you be investigating more thoroughly the one soul, many bodies or split souls phenomenon?
