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The occult has been a hobby and interest of mine for years. Genuine demonic possession is very, very rare. I don't think that's at work in cases like this, though it certainly could be.

Please check out my thoughts on race memory and the collective unconscious, which I have long suspected is the reason for 'memories' of 'past lives.'

A question for you regarding demon possession/demon influence.

Just as there are many, many, many different animals in the zoo,....and many of those animals have completely different natures or extrememly discernible differences and levels of comportment,...what criterion is best used in discerning demon possession/influence other than behavior inconsistent with the personality of the subject?

Considering demons have been around for millenia and some have been attributed has possessing knowledge and intellect far greater than ours and have also been described as malevolent deceivers, I suspect a gamut of possessions might occur where even believers might not recognize the deception of the less flamboyant or violent possessions.

The soul may also be distinguished from the spirit. The soul containing the mind and the 'heart'. It has also been described as the battlefield between the Holy Spirit and temptation. When the soul is controlled by the Holy Spirit, it is victorious over sin. When we choose any thought other than the will of God, we quench the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit continues to dwell within us and when we choose to remian in fellowship, His inculcation of spiritual things within us through the soul continues to sanctify our spirit in our stream of consciousness after initial faith in God through Christ alone by faith alone.

It might also be noted that this never happened to humans prior to the First Advent of Jesus Christ and is descriptive of this now mysterious Church Age.

Whereever it is possible for demon influence to occur or even possession, there may be tremendous desire in the world of the fallen angels to prohibit men from becoming more cognizant of this spiritual gift and power now available to man form God. Any number of very convncing deceptions may arise including many that may present extremely good and non-evil states, but still independent from God and His system established for man in eternity past.

Isn't it rather revealing how purported 'Ascended Masters' will provide so much 'good' information, yet when the words of Jesus Christ are considered, they are frequently twisted, denied or demeaned as less consequential by those same persons. Such instances reveal a lack of holiness and tip the hand of deception.

Without doubting the vercity of the post, I can understand how a child might exhibit memory in his mentality of another life, but identifying that memory with reincarnation is IMHO, a hasty generalization shown to be false in Scripture.

Have you seen any similar studies wherein one is led to believe in parallel universes?

Where at?

Jeff Long incorporates this concept in his fiction work book "The Descent".