Origin of the Soul and the Purpose of Reincarnation

Origin of the Soul serves as a complement to Dr. Semkiw s prior books on reincarnation, Born Again and Return of the Revolutionaries, which focus on cases which demonstrate objective evidence of reincarnation. Independently researched reincarnation cases, including cases studied by the late Ian Stevenson, MD, at the University of Virginia, demonstrate that from lifetime to lifetime, individuals have the same facial features, personality traits and passions. On the other hand, these cases show that religion, nationality and ethnic affiliation can change from one incarnation to another. This observation, which is dramatically illustrated in the Anne Frank/Barbro Karlen case, can help create a more peaceful world. Whereas Dr. Semkiw s prior books focus on objective evidence of reincarnation, Origin of the Soul deals with the purpose of reincarnation and the nature of the spiritual world. Topics covered in Origin of the Soul include when and how souls were created, how personality is determined, the nature of soul mates and soul dipoles, stages of human evolution, and the nature of time and space. Split incarnation, where one soul inhabits more than one body at a time, as well as ghosts, astrology, the Kabbalah and Enneagram are also addressed. Stages of initiation, identified in the life of Jesus, are reviewed. Child prodigies are explained through reincarnation, as illustrated in cases involving Beethoven, Anne Frank, Gauguin, Picasso, Rubens and Oprah Winfrey. New reincarnation cases include those involving Hans Christian Andersen, Beethoven, Annie Besant, Francis Collins, Copernicus, Maneka Gandhi, Edvard Grieg, Jean Baptist Lamarck, Bruce Lipton, Louis Pasteur, Michelangelo, Napoleon, Adam Smith, Craig Venter and St. Teresa of Avila. Respected clairvoyants, who can access spiritual realms and beings, have contributed to Origin of the Soul. These include Echo Bodine, Judy Goodman, Wayne Peterson, Kevin Ryerson and Michael Tamura. In working together and through an organization called IISIS, contributors seek to establish a new science of spirituality.