The concept of reincarnation has long fascinated people, and the case of Marta Lorenz, born in Brazil in 1919, is a story that fuels this fascination. Marta was said to be the reincarnation of Maria Januaria Oliviero, a wealthy earl’s daughter, who passed away from tuberculosis at the young age of 28. Before Maria’s death, she made a promise to her friend Ida Lorenz, who was the wife of a schoolteacher, to be reborn as her daughter and reveal the secrets of rebirth and the truths about her current life when she returned.
This promise appeared to be fulfilled when Ida gave birth to Marta ten months later. What followed was an incredible reincarnation story of Marta’s remarkable past life as Maria.
Maria Januaria Oliviero was a wealthy earl’s daughter from south Brazil. She was commonly known among her friends as Sinha (pronounced Sinja). Her friend Ida Lorenz lived in much simpler conditions and was the wife of a schoolteacher, Mr. Lorenz. Despite their differing lifestyles, the two friends maintained a close bond, living about 20 kilometers apart from each other.
Unfortunately, Maria fell ill with tuberculosis in 1918 at the age of 28, which was considered an incurable disease at that time. On her deathbed, she told Ida that she wanted to be reborn as her daughter and promised to reveal the secret of rebirth and truths about her current life when she returned.
Marta’s Reincarnation And Early Memories
Ten months later, Ida gave birth to a healthy daughter named Marta. When Marta was still very young, Mr. de Oliviero, the landowner, came to visit the Lorenz family for a brief period, accompanied by another man. Although the man who accompanied Mr. de Oliviero addressed Marta in a friendly manner, she turned away from him and ran towards Mr. de Oliviero. She hugged him, affectionately stroked his beard, and called him Papa.
When Marta was about two-and-a-half years old, she told her older sister Lola to carry her, but when she refused, Marta said, “When I was big and you were little, I often carried you.” Her sister asked when she was big, to which Marta replied, “I didn’t live here then. I lived far away, where there were cows, oxen, oranges, and goats which weren’t really goat’s.” (She meant sheep but didn’t know the right word.)
Marta’s Past Confirmed Through Investigation
After Marta’s statements about her past, Lorenz conducted his own investigation into her background. When he asked Marta about the black servant she used to have, Marta replied that she had a male black servant, a female black cook, and a black servant boy who was once beaten by her father for forgetting to fetch water. When her father denied this, Marta said that it was her “other father” who hit the boy. She added that the boy begged her to help him, and she begged her father not to beat him. Her father let the boy go, and he ran away to fetch water. Marta also said that there was no stream, only a spring.
These statements were confirmed by Marta’s father, who knew what the de Oliviero family was like. Marta revealed that she used to be called Sinha or Sinhazinha, a shortened version of her first name, which means white cat. She added that she even had another name, which she had forgotten.
Lost Documentation of Marta’s Past Life Memories
Mr. Lorenz wrote down all statements and information relating to Marta’s past life. He noted down 120 such pieces of information using German shorthand. Unfortunately, someone in his family decided they were worthless and threw them away. Had this information been kept, it would have been one of the most thoroughly documented cases of a child’s past life memories. Mr. Lorenz later tried to write down some of these statements from memory. Much of what Marta talked about was new to the Lorenz family since they rarely heard about the relationships and events taking place at Sinha’s house.
Marta’s Memories of Her Past Life as Maria Januaria Oliviero
One day, Mrs. Lorenz asked Marta how she had welcomed her when she visited her as Sinha. Marta replied that she used to put the gramophone on just to please her. Only Mrs. Lorenz could have known about this incident since she had not talked to anyone else in the family about it. Another day, when a woman belonging to Marta’s past family came to visit, Marta recognized her immediately and called her by her name. When the woman was told that Marta was her recently deceased Aunt Maria, she asked Marta how they were related to each other, and Marta correctly answered.
At 12 years old, Marta’s persistent pleading to visit her father was granted. It was during this visit that Mr. De Oliviero came to the realization that Marta was his daughter Maria reincarnated. He became completely convinced when he witnessed Marta recognizing items from her past life, including a wall clock with her name engraved on the back in gold letters. They later confirmed that the clock indeed bore the name Maria Januaria de Oliviero on the back.
Fading Memories of Marta’s Past Life and Striking Similarities
Although Marta was able to recall details of her past life as Maria at the age of 12 during her visit to Mr. de Oliviero’s house, her memories of her previous life had gradually faded since she was seven years old. When Professor Stevenson visited Marta in Porto Allegre in 1962, she had forgotten many things from her past life, but she was still able to provide him with specific information about her last months as Maria, including details about her illness, which was of great interest to him as a doctor.
As Marta reached adulthood, individuals who had known Maria in her past life observed striking similarities between the two women. In fact, their handwriting was nearly identical. Moreover, both women suffered from tuberculosis and severe throat problems. Marta experienced significant pain in her larynx, which sometimes caused her to speak in a hoarse voice or lose her voice altogether, even when she was a child.
The Revisiting of Marta: Uncovering New Details About Florzinho’s Tragic Fate and Marta’s Belief in Reincarnation
When Stevenson revisited Marta in 1972 to gather additional evidence for his research, he was surprised by the amount of details that were still emerging from her subconscious. Among them was the fact that Maria’s teacher named Florzinho, whom she had loved and wanted to marry, had committed suicide after her father had refused to allow the marriage due to snobbery.
From a young age, Marta believed that Florzinho, would be reborn as her child in the future. Despite having two sons, both of whom passed away shortly after birth, Marta is convinced that she gave birth to Florzinho twice in a row. She believes this because both of her babies had birthmarks in the exact same location on their heads, just as her beloved Florzinho had in his past life.
The case of Marta Lorenz is a compelling example of the phenomenon of reincarnation. Her memories of her past life as Maria De Oliviero, including details that were confirmed by her father, teacher, and others who knew Maria, provide strong evidence that consciousness may continue after death and can be reborn into a new body. Marta’s medical conditions and physical features that were similar to those of Maria also lend credibility to the idea of reincarnation.
The case of Marta Lorenz offers a fascinating glimpse into the possibility of life after death and the cycle of rebirth.
Source – 30 Most Convincing Cases of Reincarnation by Trutz Hardo
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