A practical conversation on past-life inquiry, facial resemblance, and why modern tools can make this work more accessible—without overclaiming certainty.

I recently joined the radio program Strategies for Living to talk about reincarnation research, the role of modern technology, and why the “mystery of longitude” is an unexpectedly useful metaphor for where this field is headed. The conversation wasn’t framed as “belief versus disbelief.” It was framed as something more practical: what people can do with the questions they already carry, and how responsible methods can help them explore those questions without overclaiming certainty.

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Read the authors own story about using concepts of navigation in Past Lives Research.

Read the archive story about the John Harrison case published in 2018 by Walter Semkiw.

The discussion opened with a single word as the hook: longitude. In the 1700s, sailors could determine latitude fairly reliably, but longitude was a dangerous unsolved problem. A major prize was offered for anyone who could solve it, because better navigation meant fewer shipwrecks, fewer losses, and a massive advantage at sea. The historical breakthrough came through precision timekeeping—an accurate marine chronometer that could keep time despite the motion of a ship. The key point wasn’t just the invention itself; it was what it enabled: navigation that moved from guesswork toward repeatable measurement.

That story became a natural bridge into how I think about reincarnation research today. Reignite’s goal is not to declare a mystery “solved,” and it’s not to pressure anyone into a single worldview. The goal is to build better navigation tools for people who are already experiencing something—spontaneous memories, recurring dreams, strong affinities, intense emotions tied to specific places or historical periods, and sometimes compelling resemblances or personal “recognition moments” that they can’t easily explain. For many, the real need is direction: how do you explore this responsibly, without turning it into fantasy, fear, or obsession?

On the show, I described how my own interest started in a way that’s relatable: curiosity, life transition, and exposure to esoteric topics like astrology, synchronicity, and regression literature. I didn’t enter the process with a pre-written conclusion. I went into a regression session with an open mind, and what surprised me was the volume and specificity of information that surfaced—details that did not line up with my prior interests or knowledge base. That created a legitimate “now what?” moment: if you encounter information that feels coherent and meaningful but isn’t easily explained, how do you test it? How do you keep it grounded?

This is where method becomes the difference between a story and a researchable claim.

During the broadcast, the hosts also raised a key thread that Reignite takes seriously: the tension between skepticism, fear, and curiosity, especially when artificial intelligence enters the picture. “Facial recognition” can trigger understandable concerns in the general public. I addressed this with a simple framing: modern AI—at its best—is closer to an encyclopedia with a conversational interface than it is to something mystical. It can speed up “hunt-and-gather” work, surface patterns, and help organize information, but it does not replace judgment. It also does not “prove” reincarnation. It can help us ask better questions, track what we know versus what we don’t, and reduce the time it takes to find relevant sources and comparisons.

One of the most vivid parts of the interview centered on an experience I described as an “apex moment”: seeing a historical figure tied to the longitude problem appear in a public context (a Google Doodle) on that person’s birthday, and experiencing a jarring sense of recognition. Moments like this are powerful to the person having them, but Reignite’s posture is to treat them as data points, not verdicts. They may be meaningful, but they still require careful handling: documenting the experience, separating interpretation from verification, and asking what other explanations could fit.

The conversation also referenced the idea—popular in reincarnation research circles—that some aspects of facial structure may recur across lifetimes. Whether a reader agrees with that or not, the important connection to Reignite is how we handle it: we treat resemblance claims as supportive, not decisive. Photos, comparisons, and AI similarity scores may be interesting, but they are not a standalone basis for certainty. They belong inside a larger evidence map that includes verifiable statements, timeline plausibility, geography, relationships, talents, behavioral carryovers, and alternative hypotheses (coincidence, family lore, suggestion effects, and confirmation bias).

We also discussed the therapeutic angle often associated with regression work, including the observation—attributed to clinicians like Brian Weiss—that many people report improvement after remembering or re-contextualizing difficult experiences. Reignite’s role is not to present regression as medical treatment or to promise healing. Instead, our role is to provide safe, practical guidance: how to approach experiences carefully, how to avoid overreach, and when to seek professional support if someone is distressed or destabilized by what they’re exploring.

Finally, we closed the interview with a simple question that fits Reignite’s tone and purpose: if you could ask an earlier version of yourself what would help you understand your current life—your interests, your fears, your relationships, your “why”—what would you ask? That’s the heart of why we publish what we publish. Reignite is building a modern, structured, evidence-labeled ecosystem where people can explore these questions responsibly. We’re modernizing the archive, strengthening methodology, and developing tools that make careful inquiry accessible to the public—without sensational framing, without doxxing or “person hunting,” and without treating uncertainty as a weakness.

Longitude was solved when people built better instruments and better processes. Reignite’s reinvigoration effort is about doing the same kind of work—building a more disciplined way to navigate an old mystery in a modern world.

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