This work is the result of an ambitious task that is inevitably incomplete. It is the outcome of countless hours of historical and spiritual study over the course of my life. What began as personal notes turned into a study and then an ambitious task to form a book. It a historical tale of reincarnation and karma constructed in light of Anthroposophy and the struggle for the spirit.

 

The study of the past is more than a study of prosaic historical facts that are invariably permeated with truth, bias, intentions, politics, ideas, and hypothesis colored by the passage of time and the moment in which one lives. A true study of history is to study humanity in a personal way. In its true context, history is interwoven with the study of karma. We defined history as we lived through it and return again and again to live within it. We are what we make of it; we return time and time again to face ourselves. Hopefully, we can make the world a better one.

 

There is an all-encompassing process at work in human history. It is a structured and eternal process. Based on the condition of free will, one’s path gives rise to karma and is influenced and characterized by individual relationships, families, cultures, nations, and moments of history. It is not a blind process as a "wheel of suffering", but rather an ambivalent and hopeful process of change overseen by God, Christ-Jesus, and a vast choir of divine higher beings who oversee human evolution. It is an essential and fundamental principle of human and world development that is on a long course to the heights of the spirit.

 

These truths of our histories can only partially be found in the history. The rest is found in the journey of life and a quest to know. This quest is guided by the works of those on the true journey of the spirit and our individual destinies. The rest is in the journey of the individual human being. The truths of our histories lay hidden in the depths of the soul which, within itself, is a portal and bridge to the spiritual worlds. These facts can be sought and found along different paths. Informed paths are vital to passing beyond the boundaries of purely personal experience such as can be found in Anthroposophy where the deeper riddles of existence are perceived and revealed. 

 

Our memories, which we are ourselves created, can be brought to the surface of our consciousness so we can perceive our mission for this lifetime and accomplish it. Each of us, regardless of our awareness of it, began our lives with a mission to accomplish something in agreement with Christ-Jesus and divine angelic guardians.  Along the path, facts appear to us through ideas, visions, feelings, lucid dreams, and a form of inner certainty at the center of the human being. The memories and visions that manifest in our lives – that manifest when the moment of destiny and activity aligns – can occur in a number of ways including flashes of clairvoyance, visions, inspiration, lucid dreams, and ideas.

 

If perceived consciously and in a proper context, a new and budding form of awareness can direct us to a deeper quest to pierce the veil of human perception and consciousness. It is a quest to accurately perceive the true origins and causes behind human, world, and cosmic relationships. It is an enduring, challenging, and rewarding journey. It is the quest to know.

 

The quest to pierce the veil, or “Parsifal,” is to perceive the true reasons behind human, world, and cosmic relationships. These relationships are mostly invisible to us until we find a path to unveil them. It is a challenging journey. This quest to unlock the riddle of the invisible, of which a unique stream of destiny is discernable within the heart and consciousness of an individual, is the central theme of this study. With this biography, I share fundamental spiritual ideas, principles, and discoveries as revealed by Dr. Rudolf Steiner who founded the a stream of spiritual discovery called "Anthroposophy" in the early 20th century.[1]

 

The operative law of repeated earth lives is central to how living beings evolve and grow. It is a slow and gradual process that can be expedited. Once a certain degree of unfolding occurs in a person, and only when we are ready, does the law of repeated earth lives occur within as an immutable fact of existence. In the 19th and 20th centuries, a movement in the West took hold of seekers who were on a mission to pursue the path of the spirit including the Theosophists, Rudolf Steiner, Edgar Cayce, and many others. They shared many works with the public.

 

This impulse is connected to the Age of Michael which began in 1879.  As the leading Archangel of seven Archangels who rule in successive epochs of approximately 350 years, Michael brings a transformational impulse to humanity that evolves over time.[2]  The pursuit of the riddles of the spirit in human and world existence, in reincarnation and karma, is a part of that task at this moment of world history. Anthroposophy is a true spiritual stream of Michael activity in the world. It is the path to purge all illusions from our consciousness and become those whose thoughts and hearts are permeated by true forces, thinking, and ideas of the spirit. This is the Christ mission.

 

Human relationships were, and are, formed by every soul in the universe and people help each other along – and sometimes hinder - in many ways. The transformation of the human soul occurs only by way of divine guidance, which works within strict karmic laws, that lead to shared fulfillments. A student should remember that this rite of passage can be a very painful process, but it is an altruistic one that leads one to freedom and accountability through decisions, thoughts, and deeds that carry forward. We are not held back. We can make life what we wish; we can be lights or shadows.

 

Although the laws that govern human activity are consistent, no two paths are the same in the sphere of karma and the threads that unite us are unique. Yet the substance of that which drives us to this or that place, person, or event, is fundamentally the same. One can imagine a massive tapestry of interweaving threads sown together by time, events, and decisions of that leads one to his or her destiny. In the spiritual worlds such a tapestry does exist that interweaves all ideas, thoughts, feelings, and deeds of every human being on the planet. This tapestry extends back to the very beginnings of human evolution.

 

In this work, the following process was followed:

 

(1) A perception of an event, place, or name perceived through meditation, lucid dreaming, or intuition. Perceptions attained on this path were subsequently followed by historical research. Names and ideas that I have never heard of often came to me in dreams and meditations.

 

(2) Traditional historical research on generally accepted facts regarding events and personalities given to me through meditation.

 

(3) Reflection and contemplation of what has been discovered through Dr. Rudolf Steiner’s body of knowledge and others who have brought the riddles of existence forward through initiation wisdom. I did my best to compare an observation or revelation attained through meditation and dreams against what he had observed in his lectures, articles, and books.  This foundation is based on the fact that Dr. Rudolf Steiner was one of the highest initiates in the 20th century who gave thousands of lectures and works on the realities of the spiritual worlds.

 

To establish a more conscious and active bridge to the spiritual worlds, a shift in our current way of thinking is necessary and takes practice. The fact that we are all prone and conditioned to the distractions and noise of daily minutiae is a hindrance. Inspired poets, musicians, spiritual philosophers, artists, and seekers establish a bridge to the spiritual worlds through the mind and the heart, whether they are conscious of it or not. Great works are the result of inspiration or “spiritus”, divine breath.

 

The path of the seeker should be a structured one that is pursued gradually and cautiously. There are many pitfalls on the path. How we direct our thoughts in response to feelings, experiences, and ideas which arise within us from an invisible source is vitally important. Therefore, we must pursue a balanced path that reflects upon the hidden aspects of the human experience, such as our dream experiences or intuitive feelings, in an informed way.

 

Images of the outer world, feelings, and experiences imprint themselves onto the soul in mysterious ways. Those things that are perceived through thinking, willing, and feeling resonate in our souls and come to life as images, ideas, and experiences each night in dreams and our waking thoughts. Experiences that reside in the soul of a destructive quality harm the soul and can harm those around us. They cause spiritual consciousness to contract.

 

Experiences of a constructive nature, which align with true spiritual values and ideas, contain a loving and altruistic aspect. The latter propels one forward in a transformative way that heals, informs, sustains, and reaches for things of the spirit. The spiritual energy that is channeled and transformed through the human heart and soul has characterized the lives of many of the most influential people in history.

 

These individuals followed the ennobled and true spiritual path in their own way and made tremendous contributions to the world and the communities in which they lived. Pedants and demagogues who only serve their own interests do not make a lasting constructive contribution to humanity. Good or bad, what we seek and achieve comes to life within us and affects everyone in our environment and the cosmos. 

 

The polarities of life, and how we choose to allow them to work within us, have a direct impact on how we perceive and live in the world. The spiritual and physical worlds are interwoven. They are separated by the human ego, or “I,” which in an untransformed state creates a veil that must be pierced to see or perceive the spiritual worlds. Aldous Huxley described the ego as a barrier to seeing the universe or spiritual worlds in the following way:

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“To make biological survival possible, Mind at Large has to be funneled through the reducing valve of the brain and nervous system. What comes out at the other end is a measly trickle of the kind of consciousness which will help us to stay alive on the surface of this particular planet.”[3]

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Goethe portrayed this journey, and quandary, in the tale of The Green Snake the Beautiful Lily and Faust. The path is the quest for freedom that finds a bridge, and balance, between the two worlds. Our necessary lives in the physical world are intertwined with the spiritual worlds, yet the realm of the invisible remains concealed from us without a method, and path, to pierce the veil. Most of us, it seems, are only dimly aware of the reality of the spiritual worlds until we locate certain keys and unlock a perception through education, seeking, and patience. It is art and a science.

 

This task should be undertaken while disposing of needless and inherited dogmas which are often rooted in illusions and falsehoods that may characterize the environment in which we are born and live. Some dogmas, which were founded on sound moral principles and ideas, are useful and keep us on the good path. We cannot allow ourselves to be pulled away into the realm of illusions because we despise being confined by sound life principles. Conversely, we must now allow ourselves to be confined by rigid rules that blind us to illusions. A true seeker pursues the task of piercing the veil that lies behind the world of appearance where the true causes of forms, events, ideas, and relationships exist. He or she does in a balanced way courageously and compassionately.

 

It is naïve to think that someone who embraces the seeker’s path is perfect or nearly perfect. This is never the case. On the seeker’s path, however, we must ground ourselves with a strong moral foundation that is in alignment with altruistic spiritual principles as we branch out into the unknown. If we suffer from personality flaws, vices, or impediments, and we learn to know and control them, we can transform them. If we adopt a genuine practicum for change and take it into the heart and soul, one will find answers to the enduring questions. If we cannot, or will not, take control of self-destructive patterns, fears, and blockages, then they take control of us and lead us into error. They lead us away from the good path. The true ancient Greeks philosophers, who embarked on a path of spiritual initiation which also led to the discovery of scientific truths in the world of nature and logic, referred to this paradigm for human life as finding the “mean” or “balance.”

 

Homer, through the ancient Greeks, referred to the illusions, and temptations, of the outer world which led to imbalance and error as “sirens.” The sirens sang beautiful melodies and tempted seamen on their routes. These sirens were the illusions of the outer world that confronted Odysseus on the path of spiritual initiation in Homer’s epic the Odyssey on his harrowing 20-year journey to Ithaca after the conclusion of the Trojan War. He solved the problem by having his crew tie him to the mast of his ship so that he would not fall into a trance and leap overboard to his death. In other words, Odysseus grounded his “I.” These tests were not mere fantasies concocted out of the imagination of fanciful playwrights. Rather, they were real tests portrayed in symbolic form to the public. The “12 Adventures of Odysseus” provide insights for the seeker into the long quest for spiritual transformation or initiation. This path was undertaken by people who were admitted, and passed through, long and rigorous training in the ancient “Mystery Centers.”

 

Axioms emerge as fundamental, and insightful, truths as we make our way down the path and pursue the true causes of life’s events, inequities, circumstances, environments, and injustices which have become burning questions that must be resolved to the seeker. Inspiration alone will not lead us to the answers. A seeker searches for a genuine method; a structured path for spiritual initiation and inner transformation. If the method adopted is valid and results are achieved, we can begin to unfold latent inner capabilities and make informed decisions regarding our lives and relationships…and subsequently our destiny and the role we seek to play in the future. [4] We become conscious of the reality that the people and events that we face on the path of life are reflections of ourselves, as driven by karma and our attitude, by way of seeds planted in prior lifetimes which have led to our current circumstances. This difficult path reveals that we are a part of the spiritual and physical worlds as eternal beings. The revelation allows us to recognize the deeds, thoughts, and activities of our unique karmic history and hopefully heal and continue productive relationships with those with whom we love and are connected.

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1.  “Each individual constantly meets self. There are no coincidences, or accidents, that arise in the meeting of people or individuals.”[5]

 

2.  “For each soul, each entity, constantly meets self. And if each soul would but understand those hardships which are accredited much to others are caused most by self. Know that in those you are meeting, you are meeting thy self.”[6]

 

3.  “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”[7]​

 

4.  “We meet ourselves time and again in a thousand disguises on the path of life.” [8]

 

5.  “The spirit world is indeed already unlocked for us; it is always revealed. If we suddenly became as elastic as we should be, we should see ourselves in the midst of it.”[9]

 

6.  "We need to be awake and alive for the sake of humanity... Humanity is only fully awake when people are able to develop notions and ideas of the world of the spirit. This is all around us, just as air and water, the stars, the sun and the moon are all around us."[10]

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Along the path of life, people of varying attitudes, backgrounds, and intentions appear before us and sometimes vanish just as quickly. They challenge us, help us, or simply pass through unnoticed. For those who challenge us, they force us to confront the outcome of some past thought, life-pattern, habit, tendency, deed, or attitude. All, however, are connected to us by karma. If we observe relationships around us carefully and objectively, one will observe that at least one of these elements reveals itself in each of our relationships and interactions in our lives.[11]

 

The inner path of discovery seeks to unravel the mysteries of the world and the universe as they are inextricably linked. The world was created and is sustained out of the forces of the Universe – sustained and generated by higher beings - and a symbiotic relationship exists between the two.  This leads to a quest to understand God – the creator - or the source and relationships to humanity. Thus, the path becomes, in a peculiar way, an uncomfortable experience as one is always pressing forward and strips away that old skins of the past. It is a journey characterized by changes, experiences, and tests. However, one observes the great heights and depths of the human being on the path, and in themselves, and thus must learn to confront and pass through the swamp of human thinking, feeling, and willing as we work our way through the tertiary world knowing that is filled with illusions and countless injustices which, by the very nature of life, exists. On the seeker’s path, one invariably becomes an Odysseus as we travel along Poseidon’s Sea trying to find our way home constantly challenged by events and changes that confront us.

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"Whatever else you do or forbear, impose upon yourself the task of happiness; and now and then abandon yourself to the joy of laughter.  And however much you condemn the evil in the world, remember that the world is not all evil; that somewhere children are at play, as you yourself in the old days; that women still find joy in the stalwart hearts of men; And that men, treading with restless feet their many paths, may yet find refuge from the storms of the world in the cheerful house of love."[12]

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Thus, as one studies genuine karmic principles, revelations emerge regarding individual human relationships in ours, and perhaps others, lives. Most of our karmic relationships extend far back into history as we human beings have been here for a very, very long time.[13] To discover the origin of our current relationships, we are compelled to seek out and rely on the use of an otherwise latent faculty that is loosely described in modern terms as intuition. Most people today use this term to mean something ambiguous akin to a “certain feeling,” “naturally follows,” or “automatically knows.”

 

Genuine spiritual intuition, however, is an expanded conscious clairvoyant faculty that is cultivated and developed over time in an informed way.  It unfolds gradually by degrees and only with great effort. Some who consider themselves “mediums” rely on an inherited ability that is a carry-over from prior lifetimes. If this faculty is matured to a conscious level, which is to say that one learns how to accurately perceive the source and content of information that is received, it becomes a reliable tool for knowledge and discovery. If deliberately sought in a genuine way and in the right spirit, insights regarding karmic histories can be achieved albeit quite gradually and with assistance.

 

Throughout this work, I use expressions such as “intuition suggests…” and “intuition revealed…” in a sense which applies to one of the aspects of clairvoyant perception as described by Dr. Steiner which occurs in three stages that sometimes overlap with one another. In Anthroposophical terms, Dr. Steiner describes three stages of spiritual perception and cognition that develop gradually on the seeker’s path; (1) imagination, (2) inspiration, and (3) intuition. In Lecture 1 of The Gospel of St. Luke, Dr. Steiner indicated that people who possess a degree of clairvoyance typically rise to the stage of imagination. However, seekers who achieve a higher degree of advancement, which leads to a higher degree of spiritual attainment or initiation, acquire, and utilize the expanded faculties of inspiration and intuition.

 

With regards to the facts of karmic insights, only genuine, trained, and mature spiritual vision reveals those insights after having been reflected upon, and evaluated, for their truthfulness. This is the sphere of the spiritual initiate which the author, as a simple seeker and researcher, is not. A true karmic study is one of observation; not a hypothesis, deduction, or inference. Even if one has spent countless hours upon reflection and observation of events, relationships, and ideas perceived through a genuine and a mature form of intuition, mistakes can still be made.

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“The genuine reality of an impression arising through true clairvoyance may show in one way or another our relationship to another person on earth. However, we must remember that through incorrect clairvoyance many previous incarnations are described, relating us to our close friends and enemies; this is mostly nonsense. If the perception you receive is truly genuine, it will show you a relationship to a person whom it is impossible at the time to draw near to. These things cannot be applied directly to practical life.”[14]

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“It is of course a hazardous undertaking to speak of individual karmic connections, no matter how remote the examples may be, for in referring to karma it has become customary to use expressions of everyday language such as: “This is caused by so-and-so; this or that blow of destiny must be due to such and such a cause, how the man came to deserve it” ... and so forth. But karma is by no means as simple as that, and a great deal of utterly trivial talk goes on, particularly on this subject!”[15]

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Dr. Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) was a genuine spiritual initiate, teacher, and thought leader of the 20th century who brought a valid path for mature spiritual perception, and attainment, to the public.[16]  As the highest spiritual initiate who taught publicly in the 20th century in the West, he left behind some 400 volumes of books, lectures, and commentaries. It has been my personal task to align the spirit of this book with his principles and observations which have greatly aided my path of inner discovery. His observations will be referred to throughout this work to provide something of a spiritual backdrop to these historical events that can broaden a reader’s perspective beyond the picture of a mere historical analysis.

 

One of the intentions of this work was to grow beyond a simple cause-and-effect analysis. Yet, I fear that was the inevitable outcome in some instances Thus, I failed, and gained, in this unique study. As the reader proceeds, please consider that each person in the world is an individual with a unique karmic history and spiritual tapestry. We possess innumerable thoughts, experiences, feelings, and ideas which, in some way, are shared common aspects of the human experience. Thus, from a spiritual perspective, the human being is an art and a science.

 

Sometimes we do well and make sound decisions based on valid and divine spiritual principles. Other times, however, we fail. While there is no judgment from the higher beings who oversee humanity from the spiritual worlds, as led by the Christ, it is a fact that individual transformation is a spiritual quest. It is achieved only with sacrifice, persistence, and perseverance over vast periods of time. Thus, life is a very personal experience defined by the nuances, and depths, of human feeling, thinking, and willing. Suffering is an inevitable and important aspect of human transformation. All seekers, and philosophers, since the beginning of time have struggled with discerning the true causes of suffering.

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"Suffering is a side effect of higher development. We cannot avoid it in attaining insight. Human beings will one day say to themselves: ‘I am grateful for the joy the world gives me, but if I had to face the choice of keeping my joys or my sufferings, I would want to keep my sufferings for the sake of gaining insight. Every suffering presents itself after a certain time as something we cannot do without, because we have to grasp it as part of the development contained within evolution. There is no development without suffering, just as there is no triangle without angles.

 

By overcoming egotism, human beings get over the mood of depression and feeling lamed or paralyzed. In this phenomenon we can see something that is good: strength out of insufficiency or inadequacy. Thank God that I am encouraged by an inadequate deed–that is, by its failure–to further action! Human striving is not a vague matter of luck. Only those whose free will turns away from the destiny of the human being remain unredeemed. In the synthesis of the world process, suffering is a factor."[17]

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In any karmic discussion, we must try to stand above past-life experiences, and yet within them, as an objective observer knowing that each soul is an amalgamation of strengths and weaknesses of unknown amplifications and karmic sources. There have been major transformative events in humanity’s struggle and everyone has responded to these experiences in unique ways which have carried forward in the soul and the heart. Many of these transformations have created wounds that need to be healed. These wounds carry forward from one lifetime to the next as aptitudes, appearances, illnesses, and dispositions.

 

The path is the quest for genuine spiritual facts and principles; not the discernment of rules that are produced out of human constructs. We human beings are sometimes influenced, and held back, by policies, rules, and guidelines created solely out of egotism in the modern world. Following the seeker’s path enables one to achieve our true potential and, if we stick with it, knowledge of the immutable laws and rules of the universe; among them are karma and repeated lifetimes. It is an individual path of growth empowering the individual toward true spiritual freedom. It is a journey that molds and develops one’s inner faculties and capabilities so that each person may learn how to:

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“…use their inner forces and capacities — their forces and capacities of spiritual perception — they will be able, by applying them, to penetrate into the Mysteries of life, into what is concealed within the spiritual worlds behind the world of the senses.”[18]

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Little studies and books like this one have been very important on my journey in terms of locating authors and references. Perhaps that is the real value of this study. Many of the spiritual works that are written by genuine authors, who are rarely on best-seller lists, are revealing and insightful. I have cited several helpful works, but certainly not all, in this book. Most of the direct references in this work come by way of Dr. Steiner and were written or lectured upon more than a century ago but this does not mean that they are outdated. It is important to note that as someone who fully embraces the idea of freedom, I do not expect anyone to blindly accept the ideas, observations, and perspectives contained herein. Reincarnation and karma are serious principles that must be undertaken with a reverent and serious mind. As Rudolf Steiner stated:

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“…it is quite useless today to dabble superficially in the idea of repeated earthly lives and merely take it as a theory. It must be applied to life in a concrete way, although this is still far from people’s liking. At the bottom of their hearts, they are afraid to know and face their inner-being and make no attempt to see in actual life any concrete expression of their abstract beliefs. They are embarrassed at the prospect of confronting their own true being. They do not want to show themselves to the world as they really are, and that is why they put up every obstacle they can to hinder investigation into reality.”[19]

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While a growing audience has come forward since the 1960s in the West that is interested in reincarnation, influenced by the works of the “Sleeping Prophet” Edgar Cayce and others, people remain as divided today as they have been on philosophical matters as they are simply not provable; they are inner experiences.

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“…when people are asked today to take the fact of repeated earthly lives in all seriousness and to look a little further than outward appearances, they draw back as if something were going to burn them.”[20]

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Reincarnation is a central principle of human evolution. The purpose of this work is to bring to light the facts of reincarnation through the unique tale of one soul who has lived many lives over the course of human evolution. ​The spirit of this book is not to promote egotism and resurrect the personalities of the past as an interesting perusal of some personality that is now dead. The quest is to inspire others, and reveal, a unique tale of karma revealed through meditation, past-life regressions, historical study, and the gradual revelation of human history over the course of the author's life. It took decades to weave everything together, thus I hope that it finds a receptive audience.

 

The truth of life is that consciousness continues and changes form from one life to the next, karma is a living principle in our lives, and that the fields of memory now long gone once beheld mighty conflicts, tragedies, lost lives, fulfillments, and moments of victory that are preserved today only as dry concepts on pieces of paper. While we human beings have changed in terms of our we think about things and perceive the world, the reality is that people of old felt just as passionately as we do today, strove just as hard, and the quest and yearning for life was just a "alive" in the past as it is today.

 

Each section in this study is a little history book in itself. Each chapter tells of a historical moment based on known historical facts, facts of Anthroposophy revealed by Dr. Steiner regarding certain moments and historical personalities, and the unique path of the subject of our study who has lived on this star for many, many millennia in a whole series of guises, names, and changing forms. His karma led him to this or that moment based on relationships and a mission that sometimes affected large groups of people.

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Thus, a key theme of this work is the cosmic fact that life does not end with physical death. Life and consciousness continues and people are compelled by destiny and karma to return to the physical world as individuals with new names and forms carrying on a spiritual mission with those with whom they are intimately connected by the past. On this journey from one life to the next, we carry the burdens and balances of our deeds, thoughts, and feelings which are hampered by our weaknesses and those things which remain untransformed. 

 

Our lives are the outcome of deeds and thoughts reflective of our habits, dispositions, attitudes, and impulses that have, by necessity, followed us as a part of our karma. These karmic threads of destiny are not the result of pure “cause and effect” processes. Rather, they are actively managed and interwoven in the human being by the spiritual hierarchies whom are intimately connected to humanity as necessary learning and transformative paths.[25] The karmic” ledger” of the human soul, in terms of moral achievement, must be balanced. It is a cosmic law. This is a deep mystery yet it follows a consistent process and is overseen by Angelic and divine guides who follow each soul from one incarnation to the next.

 

This work must be viewed as directional, and not a procedures manual, for several reasons. First, I have not perceived every detail, nuance, and factoid of each lifetime reviewed in this work. This is not feasible to my degree of consciousness and knowledge. Second, there would not be sufficient space or time to undertake such a task to document a person’s entire life even if I had such a capability. Third, it would not be appropriate to communicate personal nuances and details to the public based on the moral constraints of spiritual research. Fourth, perceptions of inner aspects, such as karmic correlations, are based on a budding form of perception that will necessarily expand, and transform, in the future. Therefore, there are certainly gaps in this study, but it is nonetheless an interesting and informative work that may provide insights to seekers who are pursuing the great question of karma.

 

In this unique journey, the futility of war and the overcoming of antagonism is a central theme of the human struggle. War is the result of evil influences based on greed, egotism, and authority that resonate in the depths of the human being. The outcome of war has always been caused by the influences of opposing spiritual influences, which are anonymous in today’s world without the aid of spiritual perception. In war and conflict that consumes nations and cultures, one is dealing with a variety of influences that are caused by events, albeit political, social, or economic, but arise from inner and outer spiritual forces through human beings.

 

The sphere of human conflict, of which war is the greatest sin, serves no other purpose than to coerce others by force. Because of advances in technology in the modern world which have far outpaced the moral consciousness of humanity which recognizes human accountability in such actions from a karmic perspective, the context of war has become a reality that has no honor in the medieval chivalric sense. It has become a pathway to indiscriminate murder. This reality came to its fullest expression, in historical terms, during World War 2 when carpet and fire bombings of entire cities resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of people.

 

War  - the greatest sin of mankind - comes to its most horrific expression in the nuclear age through the innovation of weapons of megadeath that can annihilate the entire planet in a matter of hours or perhaps minutes.  As Dr. Steiner revealed, and as shall be quoted throughout this work, Christ-Jesus came into the world at the Turning Point in Time to enable a path for people to overcome egotism and antagonism. Thus, the central principle of Christianity as a living spiritual stream of thinking, feeling, and willing, is that each person is a brother or sister. Forgiveness and compassion are central themes to the good path through activity and initiative.

 

Love, which arises from the Christ and the powers of the human heart, overcomes evil that manifests as darkness. As evil overtakes leaders of nations and they wage war on their neighbors, the quandary nonetheless continues from one age to the next; how is one to oppose naked aggression without going to war? It is an enduring question that I leave to the masters and the initiates. It begins with the seeking of one's self; the overcoming of the dragon in our individual human nature.

 

A karmic study such as this requires a foundation of some kind which can be found in Anthroposophy but the facts of karma are not overly complex. The hidden threads, however, of why our spiritual guardians steered a soul in this direction or that from one century to the next is a profound mystery and cannot be ascertained in this work. I simply followed the trail as given me to my guides and it led me to many of the facts in this study. This website should provide something of a foundation, but the vernacular may be new to those who are not familiar with certain terms. A student can find these terms by doing basic google searches or a search on Rudolf Steiner’s works which can be found for free at www.rsarchives.org.

 

Reincarnation studies conducted under hypnosis have produced some interesting results and reveal how unique karma is with individuals, families, communities, and nations.  For example, one study revealed that a patient was regressed some 50 times and discovered that this individual had lived 20 times as a male and 20 times as a female” in a perfect balance. Others have different paths. However, vanity - if not controlled - can lead one astray when one undertakes a serious study of personal karma. We must be careful. It is this uniqueness, however, of the karmic path that is vital to grasping the tale of the subject of this work. Dr. Steiner revealed that:

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“…we see that there are many such cases and that the process of reincarnation is not so simple as most people of our time think. If, therefore, people investigate earlier incarnations with the help of occult methods, they have to exercise much greater caution. In many instances, it is nothing but childishness if people state or imagine they are the reincarnated such and such, perhaps Nero, Napoleon, Beethoven, or Goethe. Such silly things must, of course, be rejected.

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The human being consists of nuances and softer elements that are shed, and recast, from one lift to the next. Thus, when viewed from the outside but by someone who cannot pierce to the heart of the matter, mistakes can be made in curious ways for those not familiar with the influences and nuances of the world of the spirit. For example, Dr. Steiner revealed that, in at least one case, a psychic medium was conversing with a residual aspect, or echo, of a soul that had already been reincarnated. The mystery of the astral and etheric (energy) body, which is an essential component of the human being and is discarded after death, is a difficult study.

 

Two types of mediums, clairvoyants, "inspired", or "guided" researchers who undertake these studies can be viewed as being in one of two groups; the initiated and uninitiated. The latter group is where most of us fall. However, most of the time these souls are courageously take up the task in the right spirit anyways to try share their ephiphanies with the world. There are degrees of clairvoyance that can be attained and typically no two people share the same degree of maturity in this discipline.

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“The initiated clairvoyant is not an unbalanced visionary; he possesses, in advance, the consciousness which will be possessed by all men in future ages; he has his feet on solid ground just as firmly as the most matter-of-fact human being; his reason is just as clear and certain but he sees in two worlds.”[27]

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For the sake of science, let us take an example in light of Anthroposophy. If you were a genuine clairvoyant medium, you would not be able to communicate with the living instance of Julius Caesar, or John the Baptist, because his ego (“I”), etheric, and astral bodies were long ago transformed. His “I” has passed through the process of death and rebirth many times. The only path would be to approach the current or most recent, incarnation of Julius Caesar and he may, or may not, know who he was while in a physical body a long time ago. If, say, Julius Caesar was passing through the in-between death and rebirth state before discarding the full astral body, etheric body, and ego that he was in his most recent incarnation, and one has a karmic relationship with him and possesses adequate powers of clairvoyance or clairaudience, then communication may be possible if he chose to reciprocate. Time, and cadences, must be considered when undertaking studies of the spiritual worlds, reincarnation, and experiences of psychic mediums. One must keep themselves grounded.

 

We must also remember that people reincarnate in various cadences which are always unique. Some people may reincarnate fairly quickly. Some people may have longer holdovers depending on karmic fulfillments and plans. Some may need more time because a suitable body is not available to accomplish a certain mission or task in the next life. Some are awaiting karmic fulfillments connected to other people. These types of peculiarities and facts must be considered, and perceived properly, in any karmic or spiritual study. Thus, I recommend a detailed review of Dr. Steiner’s findings and observations to proceed intelligently.

 

As always - and any genuine student of the spirit and the world will advocate the same position - I encourage each reader to do their own homework, develop their own intuitive abilities based on the informed path of spiritual attainment, conduct their own historical and intuitive research, and follow their own path. While one can always rely on what is communicated by a genuine initiate such as Rudolf Steiner, the world is consumed by pretenders or those who blunder about things haphazardly. Ultimately, it is up to the seeker to accurately perceive the true facts regarding spiritual-historical research. This work was undertaken in the best spirit.

 

The writings, and research, of genuine spiritual initiates, should they be consulted, always take precedence over the research of an aspiring student such as the author who has not attained spiritual initiation. I have pursued this lifelong study with the utmost care, diligence, and objectivity, yet findings may need to be revisited as new information comes to light. The first version of this work was published in December of 2022. The second version was republished in the summer of 2025 for the sake of brevity and clarity. I tried to remove the redundant language.

 

It is obvious to the author now, through the wisdom of hindsight, that the subject of our study, as a single individuality over time, is a true Odysseus who set sail from his home on Ithaca a long, long time ago to fight in the Trojan War who, through destiny, has been passing through a long series of tests on his way back home to his beloved Penelope. In this case, it was King Priam of Troy who was seeking his soul mate Helen of Sparta. This is true historical paradox and one which came to light only with the help of those who have been guiding from the spiritual worlds in the best spirit and only gradually over time.

 

It is my belief that a seeker will never grasp the true nature of our lives - and the events and forms upon which we move through it which vary so greatly from one experience to the next - unless we turn to an expanded study of the spiritual worlds in light of Anthrosophy and Theosophy. We human beings are of a osmic origin and are connected to each other, the world, and higher beings who oversee human development.

 

A true study of the human being must consider karma and the role of higher beings in our lives, cadences, relationships, and the transitions that were made over long cycles of time. Only through the pathway of an informed study in initiation science, in Anthroposophy or the Edgar Cayce readings for example, can one find the answers to the mystery and riddles of one’s life. It is through choice, and influences, that our deeds, thoughts, and feelings have been etched time and time again into the cosmic ethers; the threads of existence that record our karma and destiny.  

 

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-“Human life, above all in its course through history, can never be really comprehensible unless we turn our attention to what is happening behind the scenes of external history, in the spiritual world.”[28]

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-“Anthroposophy shows…that there is an experience of destiny in which one does not lose the self. In fate, too, one can still feel oneself to be active. Anthroposophy points out, in the impartial, unegoistic observation of human destiny, an experience in which one learns to love the world and not only one's own existence.

 

Instead of staring into the world which carries the ego on the waves of fortune and misfortune, one finds the ego which shapes its own fate voluntarily. Instead of striking against the world on which the ego is dashed to pieces, one penetrates into the self, which feels itself united with the course of events in the world.”[29]

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As the lifetimes of this individual unfolded before my consciousness during a period of great expansion in my life, I was compelled to draw a line and begin the journey at a point that led to some pivotal transformative events in Western culture in the modern era. 

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What follows in the pages of this work is a synthesis of historical and spiritual research and observations. This biography follows the unique path of reincarnation of one soul. This book, while imperfect, has been a careful study over the course of some 50 years of experiences, study, and reflection.

 

Because so many lifetimes were revealed to the author over time, many of which contain hidden threads of karmic connectionalism, this study begins with the moment of the Trojan War when the subject of our study, King Priam or Priamos, led the Trojan peoples through the tragedy of a great cultural conflict that was necessary for the transformation of the Greek peoples. This unique group, however, of souls follow one another in a constructive and destructive way. I use the term “Trojan War Karmic Soul Group” to describe these individuals. Many of them have led influential lives in history in spirituality, politics, society, and war.

 

I believe that this group of souls was first discovered and envisaged by Dr. Walter Johannes Stein (died 1957) who conducted many penetrating studies of spiritual-historical research in light of Anthroposophy. Before this fulfillment, however, were many others that occurred since humanity began its journey on the planet during the Lemurian and Atlantean periods. Most lifetimes led by souls are anonymous in nature. Please consider that this study was not conducted haphazardly and "modeled" based on a forward looking objective to "make things fit." Rather, the revelations of the journey of this unique soul were brought to the consciousness of the author through concentration, a limited and expanding form of clairvoyance, and long hours of historical research "guided" by my guardian angels, teachers, and family members who move eternally throughout the physical and the spiritual worlds.

 

A true study of the human being, in spiritual terms, can only be undertaken when looking at the sum history of one’s prior lifetimes. It must also consider the role of higher beings in our lives, cadences, relationships, and the transitions that were made over long cycles of time. Only through the pathway of an informed study in initiation science, in Anthroposophy or the Edgar Cayce readings for example, can one find the answers to the mystery and riddles of one’s life.

 

It is through choice, and influences, that our deeds, thoughts, and feelings have been etched time and time again into the cosmic ethers; the threads of existence that record our karma and destiny.  We all respond and live within nations and cultures that influence our view of the world, decisions, feelings, and ideas. This area of spiritual study is interwoven with larger changes that affected large groups of people. A detailed study of Anthroposophy can provide invaluable insights, some of which are shared throughout this work.

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​Human history extends far back in time. Esoteric researchers - including Rudolf Steiner, Edgar Cayce, and Theosophical researchers perceived that Atlantis existed from about 800,000BC to 10,000BC. I tried to capture this journey in broad form in the first chapter called “Origins.” After that, I proceeded to the “Priamos” incarnation. A record of this soul’s incarnations was attempted and can be found in the “Synchronicity” chapter.​​

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“Human life, above all in its course through history, can never be really comprehensible unless we turn our attention to what is happening behind the scenes of external history, in the spiritual world.”[1]

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“Anthroposophy shows…that there is an experience of destiny in which one does not lose the self. In fate, too, one can still feel oneself to be active. Anthroposophy points out, in the impartial, unegoistic observation of human destiny, an experience in which one learns to love the world and not only one's own existence. Instead of staring into the world which carries the ego on the waves of fortune and misfortune, one finds the ego which shapes its own fate voluntarily. Instead of striking against the world on which the ego is dashed to pieces, one penetrates into the self, which feels itself united with the course of events in the world.”[2]

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[1] Steiner, Rudolf. Cosmic Christianity and the Impulse of Michael, Lecture 2, GA240. August 14, 1924.

[2] Steiner, Rudolf. Anthroposophical, Leading Thoughts, GA26, Spiritual Kingdoms and Human Self-Knowledge.

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