Her mother arranged a consultation with a psychiatrist who after several sessions concluded that she was witnessing actual physical incidents. As it turned out, the donor actually loved classical music, and died “hugging his violin case” on the way to his violin class (2).Ĭase 3: murder mystery involving donor is solved by an organ recipientĪn eight year-old girl, who received the heart of a murdered ten year-old girl, began having recurring vivid nightmares about the murder. He reasoned that since his donor would have preferred ‘rap’ music, his newfound love for classical music could not possibly have anything to do with his new heart. These experiences are documented in the book, A Change of Heart (1).Ĭase 2: a foundry worker develops a taste for classical musicĪ 47 year-old white male foundry worker, who received the heart of a 17 year-old black male student, discovered after the operation that he had developed a fascination for classical music. After visiting Tim’s family, she discovered that he used to love chicken nuggets, green peppers and beer. On a cue from someone, she searched for obituaries in newspapers published from Maine and was able to identify the young man whose heart she had received. Sylvia also began having recurring dreams about a mystery man named Tim L., whom she felt was the organ donor. She also began craving green peppers which she hadn’t particularly liked before. Later, she observed an uncontrollable urge to eat chicken nuggets and found herself drawn to visiting the popular chicken restaurant chain, KFC. Soon after the operation, Sylvia declared that she felt like drinking beer, something she hadn't particularly been fond of. She was told that her donor was an eighteen year-old male from Maine, USA who had just died in a motorcycle accident. On May 29, 1988, an American woman named Claire Sylvia received a heart transplant at a hospital in Yale, Connecticut. We discuss a few cases here.Ĭase 1: Claire Sylvia develops desire for chicken nuggets and green peppers These reports have been published in (2, 3, 4). The cases listed here came to light after mysterious behavioural symptoms of recipients compelled a breach in the traditional donor-recipient anonymity.ĭr Pearsall has collected the accounts of seventy-three heart transplant patients, and sixty-seven other organ transplant recipients and published them. We will present a few cases and then discuss a possible explanation in the light of the occult insights of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Mirra Alfassa.Ĭases of personality changes due to organ transplantsīefore we discuss the cases, it is pertinent to note that apart from miscellaneous information such as gender, age and cause of death, profiles of organ donors are traditionally concealed from their recipients for psychological reasons. There have been perplexing reports of organ transplant receivers claiming that they seem to have inherited the memory, experiences and emotions of their deceased donors, and which are causing quirky changes in their personality. This article discusses both sides of the coin with regard to organ transplant and its effect upon the recipient’s personality. There is a physical side and an occult side to everything. Memory transference in organ transplant recipients
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