The Boy who Know too Much

This gripping account of a child's past life memories - with a foreword by Jack Canfield and an introduction by Eben Alexander - resembles in some respects the equally extraordinary account by James Leuninger of his past as a Pacific air fighter. In this case, Christian Haupt's recollections as the great baseball player Lou Gehrig were matched by an equal talent and obsession for the game – at the age of under 3 he gets to throw the ceremonial pitch for the Dodgers. He identifies himself as Lou from a number of photos and is deeply disturbed by his difficult relationship with fellow player Babe Ruth. Cathy suggests that one photo of two men hugging is Lou with Ruth but Christian corrects her by accurately identifying his coach as the other man. It turns out that, according to Christian, Cathy was his mother as Lou, which she herself confirms in hypnotic regressions, which themselves bring out more verifiable facts and point to the persistence of love across time. Related to the book reviewed above, Jim Tucker comes from the University of Virginia to interview Cathy and Christian, and is himself the author of a book on memories of previous lives. This is reassuring to Cathy, who finds that Christian's story has parallels with other cases, and indeed the boy begins to forget these memories as is typically the case around the age of six. Lou died at the early age of 37, and there are further revealing details around his death. Another parallel with the Leuninger book is the journey as a Christian of coming to terms with past lives and reincarnation, especially when there is so much persuasive evidence here, far more than can be conveyed in a short review. It is certainly one of the strongest such narratives in the literature.