Verification of the Rataraju Case -1-

The main purpose of the verification of the utterances by Rataraju is, according to the hypnotherapist Mr. Katsumi Inagaki, nothing else but whether it is possible to add this Rataraju Case to the other two xenoglossy cases occurred under hypnosis previously reported by Dr. Ian Stevenson; The Jensen Case and the Gretchen Case.

So far, there had been only these two cases in the world which Dr. Ian Stevenson discovered and reported as xenoglossy occured under hypnosis during his over 20 years' research.

If succeeded in proving the Rataraju Case to be xenoglossy, it becomes the third xenoglossy case in the world occurred under hypnosis, which will also be the first case of the 21st century. In addition, it will be the very first case in the world to be successfully video-filmed. Some of you readers may have seen parts of the session at the TV program "Unbelievable" broadcasted on August 5, 2010 in Japan.

As a widely recognized hypothesis in parapsychology, there is a theory called ESP, which means that human beings can obtain various information through extrasensory perception (ESP). This ESP hypothesis has been the biggest hurdle to overcome to be able to prove the reincarnation hypothesis scientifically over the past 100 years. It may be no exaggeration to say that the reincarnation hypothesis is scientifically proved for a long time if this ESP hypothesis had not existed.

However, there is one thing which cannot be obtained through ESP and that is a "skill".

Since a skill is not information, any kind of psychic cannot acquire a skill he or she has not learned by using his or her supernatural powers. This is because a skill cannot be acquired without practice. A skill is "tacit knowledge", i.e., something that cannot be verbalized and thus not be transferred as information.

One of these typical skills is the ability to have a responsive conversation. Concerning the ability to just utter some foreign words or sentences a person has never learned, this can be explained by the ESP hypothesis.

However, regarding the conversation skill where a person is able to respond interactively, it is not possible to apply the ESP hypothesis.

And the one who focused attention on this point was  Dr. Ian Stevenson, a pioneer of the research in the reincarnation hypothesis.

It is due to the above mentioned that Mr. Inagaki considers it crucial to most of all prove the Nepali spoken by Rataraju to be xenoglossy. Of course, it is important to verify the contents of the utterances by Rataraju as well. However, although they could have been verified to
be compatible with the facts, they could be refuted by using the ESP hypothesis and cannot thus be a conclusive scientific proof of the reincarnation hypothesis.

Therefore, in verifying Rataraju's utterances, the primary purpose is to prove that this case is xenoglossy, and the verification of the contents of Rataraju's utterances will be the secondary one.

Hereafter, verifications of the Nepali dialogue by Rataraju and whether the client Risa had not learned Nepali in her life will be presented one by one.


<To be continued>