Past-Life Karma

This story is taken from “Le problème de l’être et de la destinée” (The Problem of Being and Destiny) by Léon Denis, page 289.

In 1862, Prince Galitzin, along with Marquis B… and Count R…, were spending their summer vacation at a spa town near Hamburg. One late afternoon, after dining, the three men were strolling in the garden of a theater. They came across a destitute woman sleeping on a bench. They woke her up, inquired about her impoverished circumstances, and then took her back to their hotel to provide her with food and shelter. Prince Galitzin, who was familiar with the practice of mesmerism, decided to hypnotize the woman. Surprisingly, while she normally spoke only a few words of broken German, under hypnosis, she spoke fluent and grammatically correct French.

She revealed that in her past life, during the 18th century, she had been a wealthy young woman living in a mansion in Brittany. Driven by an affair, she had cruelly pushed her husband off a cliff to his death. As a result, in this life, she was suffering poverty and hardship as karmic retribution. She even provided detailed information about the location of the crime.

Later, Prince Galitzin and Marquis B… followed her directions to Brittany and found the location. They then separated to conduct independent investigations to confirm her story. Initially, no one they asked had any knowledge of the incident. However, after inquiring with several elderly residents, they learned that their parents had told them stories about a beautiful and wealthy young woman who had lived in a mansion and, due to an affair, had heartlessly pushed her husband into the sea. The woman’s confession under hypnosis was thus corroborated.

When Prince Galitzin returned to Hamburg, he visited the police commissioner to inquire about the woman’s background. He learned that she only spoke a few words of German and made a living by transporting soldiers.

This story illustrates the concept of past-life karma, where the consequences of actions from a previous life manifest in the present. The woman’s poverty and hardship were seen as karmic retribution for her past crime, highlighting the interconnectedness of actions and consequences across lifetimes.

Karmic Justice
This story is based on a report from the Huesca Society for Psychical Research in Spain, published in the “Revue scientifique et morale du spiritisme” (Scientific and Moral Review of Spiritism) in 1912.

From 1881 to 1884, a madman named Suciac wandered the streets of Huesca. He dressed oddly, muttered to himself, and didn’t respond to questions. Due to his increasingly erratic behavior, he was placed under surveillance.

In the same city, a group of moderately educated individuals formed the Huesca Society for Psychical Research, led by Domingo Montreal. Their medium was Sanchez Antonio, an illiterate man who possessed the remarkable ability to write fluently and grammatically correct, albeit without punctuation, when in a trance.

After Suciac’s death, his spirit communicated through Antonio’s automatic writing, revealing that in his past life, he had been the lord of Sangarren castle. Due to his numerous misdeeds, he was reborn into a life of suffering as karmic retribution. He claimed that evidence could be found in the archives of his former castle in Sangarren.

Intrigued, members of the Society, including Domingo Montreal, Severo Lain, and Marvallo Bakkestar, visited the ancient castle. However, the locals informed them that the castle contained no archives.

Disappointed, they returned and asked Antonio to inquire further through automatic writing. Suciac’s spirit revealed that the documents were hidden near the fireplace in the kitchen.

The investigators returned to Sangarren and, with permission, searched the kitchen. To their astonishment, they discovered a collection of documents written on parchment, concealed within a hidden compartment in the wall.

These documents were brought back to Huesca and translated into Spanish by Professor Oscariz. Their contents corroborated Suciac’s claims about his past life and his misdeeds.

This story provides another example of karmic retribution, where the consequences of past actions manifest in a subsequent life. The discovery of the hidden documents adds a layer of intrigue and further supports the notion of karmic justice.