Ian Stevenson passed away
This evening, Prof. Hans Gerding of the Dutch Parapsychological Institute in Utrecht told me that Dr. Ian Stevenson passed away.
His departure really is a great loss to humanity, although his huge heritage will continue to benefit all of us for generations to come.
I'm certain that he will be experiencing a beautiful afterlife and discovering many things he wanted to know during his earthly life. Perhaps he will even tell us about his new insights in a future life or through after-death communication, though in evaluating this we would have to use the same rigorous standards he always championed in his own research.
Does anyone have more details about his last days in his physical body?
I personally think Ian Stevenson may be regarded as a Charles Darwin of serious psychical research, if we look at his importance for the study of survival after death, reincarnation, personal evolution, telepathy, psychokinesis, poltergeist, apparitions, Near-Death Experiences, Deathbed Visions, possession, xenoglossy, and the mind in general.
I personally met dr. Stevenson in 1987 at Darwin College, Cambridge (UK) with my brother Esteban Rivas, and we maintained some serious correspondence with each other for many years.
I've generally known him as a generous, erudite and very dedicated personality. He may sometimes have been a bit too conservative concerning matters of formal academic status, but in general even this trait seems to have had a positive effect on the reputation of reincarnation as a serious subject.
On the whole, he was nothing short of a genius and many people will miss him.
With sad admiration,
Titus Rivas, Athanasia Foundation