Extra Credit: Surviving Death

Extra Credit: Surviving Death - Reincarnation

Extra Credit

The film that I watch was Surviving Death by Leslie Kean, particularly the first season's last episode. This episode encompassed the two significant cases that I chose to focus on—Ryan Hammons’ case, which has the most amount of verified information, and James Leininger. The episode explores through the parents and the primary psychiatrist who dealt with his case. It showcased old videos of the moments where Ryan picks out the images from the recognition tests. It also showed Martyn’s daughter, who also told her perspective on Ryan's facts.
This portion of the episode solidified my understanding of Ryan’s and gave a perspective on how this affected him later as an older adult.

James Leininger was also showcased, and it showed the differences between the two cases and their ability for recognition. James, even as an adult, can go back to the final times of his past personality. This episode compasses the two major cases that my paper also looks into. Reading articles and books gives information, but a visual aspect is really compelling to me because it makes everything more “real.” The one main takeaway that I think is important comes from what Jim Tucker says, which states, “While memories can fade, it no way diminishes a child’s original experience” (Tucker). The adult experiences of these particular children are not really touched upon within the numerous articles and books that I have read. Surviving Death does an excellent job of reporting these individual’s cases and the life they have now after the fade of their memories. The way they describe the cases in this visual adaptation is similar to how I choose to bring my frame, synchronicity, into these cases. Overall, Surviving Death episode six is a great resource for finding out the current situations of adults who once had past life experiences and the variations between cases.

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