'But is there any evidence to support the further idea that individual souls have many lives?'
There is tons of evidence - mainly from children who recollect historical events, where they should have no knowledge of historic events. Our problem is, we don't want to believe in reincarnation because this has many further implications in numerous religious beliefs.....
One documented account of reincarnation is that of four-year-old Ryan Hammons.
In 2009, he began waking up, clutching his chest, and screaming about how his heart exploded in Hollywood. His mother became intrigued when he revealed more details from a former life. He insisted he once lived in a house in Hollywood on a street with the name "Rock" in it where he had three sons and a friend named “Senator Fives.”
One day, his mother was going through a book featuring photos from old Hollywood. Ryan peeked over her shoulder and excitedly identified one man as George and another as himself. His mother contacted a psychiatrist from UVA Medical Center who conducts research on reincarnation. The psychiatrist verified the man in the photo was a film star named George Raft and the other man was Martin Martyn, who died in 1964. Upon contacting Martyn’s daughter, she confirmed Martyn was a Hollywood agent, lived on North Roxbury Drive, had three sons, and once met with New York Senator Irving Ives.
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