The reincarnation chain, as presented in your second post, elegantly demonstrates the difference between reasonable and unreasonable hypotheses.
At first the unreasonable-hypotheses part:
- Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603)
- Sultan Osman II (November 3, 1604 – May 20, 1622)
- Charles X Gustav of Sweden (8 November 1622 – 13 February 1660)
- Feodor III of Russia (9 June 1661 – 7 May 1682)
- Philip V of Spain (19 December 1683 - 9 July 1746)
- John Paul Jones (July 6, 1747 – July 18, 1792)
And here the reasonable part:
From the death of John Paul Jones to the birth of Sam Houston only six and a half months passed. So the conception of Sam would have taken place when Paul was still alive. As conception and embryonal development of a new incarnation cost a lot of psychic energy to the old incarnation, this could explain why John could not recover from his interstitial nephritis and died at the age of 45 (see also
#406 and #435).
John Paul was born on the southwest coast of Scotland:
"For several years John sailed aboard a number of different British merchant and slaver ships, including the King George in 1764 as third mate, and the Two Friends as first mate in 1766. After a short time in this business, he became disgusted with the cruelty in the slave trade, and in 1768 he abandoned his prestigious position on the profitable Two Friends while docked in Jamaica."
"During his second voyage in 1770, John Paul viciously flogged one of his sailors, leading to accusations that his discipline was "unnecessarily cruel." While these claims were initially dismissed, his favorable reputation was destroyed when the disciplined sailor died a few weeks later. Sources disagree on whether he was arrested for his involvement in the man’s death, but the negative effect on his reputation is indisputable."
"Sources struggle with this period of Jones's life, especially the specifics of his family situation, making it difficult to historically pinpoint Jones's exact motivations for emigrating to America."
Sam Houston, of Scots-Irish descent, was born in Virginia:
"His earlier life included migration to Tennessee from Virginia, time spent with the Cherokee Nation (into which he later was adopted as a citizen and took a wife), military service in the War of 1812, and successful participation in Tennessee politics. Houston is the only person in U.S. history to have been the governor of two different states (…)."
"In 1830 and again in 1832 Houston visited Washington, DC to expose the frauds which government agents committed against the Cherokee. "
"To avoid bloodshed, he refused an offer of a Union army to put down the Confederate rebellion. Instead, he retired to Huntsville, Texas, where he died before the end of the Civil War."
Roger Casement was born in Dublin:
"He was a British consul by profession, famous for his reports and activities against human rights abuses in the Congo and Peru but better known for his dealings with Germany before Ireland's Easter Rising in 1916. An Irish nationalist and Parnellite in his youth, he worked in Africa for commercial interests and latterly in the service of Britain. However, the Boer War and his consular investigation into atrocities in the Congo led Casement to anti-Imperialist and ultimately to Irish Republican and separatist political opinions. He sought to obtain German support for a rebellion in Ireland against British rule. Shortly after the Easter Rising, he was arrested, convicted, and executed by the British for treason."
Cheers, Wolfgang
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