Washington & Lee – One Spirit -Introduction- http://www.disclose.tv/forum/george-washington-reincarnated-as-robert-e-lee-t20913.html “First  in  war,  first  in  peace  and  first  in the hearts of his countrymen.”  – Virginia Congressman Light-Horse Harry Lee’s* eulogy of George Washington George Washington probably believed in reincarnation. How do we know this?  We don’t have any examples of him writing about it or know of any  documentation  of  him  confiding  in others. But it’s commonly known  that  Washington  was not only a Freemason, he was a longtime Grand  Master  Mason  and  was considered the unofficial head of all North  American  Masonic  Lodges.  One of the beliefs of the ancient mystery  traditions  passed on over the centuries through the Masons is the cycle of birth-death-rebirth or ‘transmigration of the soul’. There  are  many good reasons why Freemasonry has been and continues to  be  a  ‘secret  society’ and one of them is that the teaching of reincarnation  has  met with violent opposition in the Western World from  the  Vatican  and  some  Protestants!  And  although the Roman Catholic  Church  doesn’t  burn  anyone at the stake anymore and the Inquisition  is  long behind us, reincarnation still receives strong condemnation  from  many different sources. I imagine this book will receive  harsh  criticism  from many who are strongly religious. But the first point I wanted to make here in this chapter is whether you come  to  this  information  with  an  open  mind  towards  the soul returning  as  another human or not, it is highly probable that like most learned Master Masons, G. Washington secretly and very strongly believed in reincarnation! 7  years  after  Washington’s death at Virginia’s second most famous plantation  (Mt. Vernon [on the Potomac]), Robert E. Lee was born in Virginia’s  most famous plantation (Stratford Hall [on the Potomac]) just  7  miles  from Washington’s Birthplace. I know of no record of Lee  being a Freemason or of him believing in reincarnation, but the connection  he had to Washington was very intense! He was the son of *Light-Horse  Harry  Lee  -  a  trusted  general and close friend of Washington.  At Continental Congress in 1776, Richard Henry Lee made the  motion  for  independence  from Britain. The ‘Lees of Virginia’ were  the  state’s  best  known family and Washington its best known citizen.  There  were  early Revolutionary War military posts of Ft. Washington  and nearby Ft. Lee. 17-year-old Washington helped survey the layout of Alexandria, Va. Robert grew up in Alexandria imitating Washington  and  attended  the  same  Episcopal  Christ  Church  (on Washington  St.)  that  Washington  had. Lee attended the Alexandria Academy  (on  Washington  St.) which listed Washington as one of its first  trustees.  18-y-o Lee chose a military career and would later marry    Mary  Anna  Randolph  Custis:  Martha  Washington’s  great- granddaughter!  Lee’s father-in-law – George Washington Parke Custis -  was  Martha Washington’s grandson and George Washington’s adopted son! Robert courted Mary in Fredericksburg near Washington’s boyhood home.  The Lees lived on the Potomac – just a few miles upriver from Mt. Vernon – in a plantation on a hill overlooking Washington DC. G. W.  P.  Custis built Arlington House as a memorial to his father and it  contained  the  majority of Washington relics. (Today, Arlington House  is  a memorial to Lee.) Robert & Mary named their first child George Washington Custis Lee. Lieutenant Lee served in Washington DC and  like  Washington, was an excellent surveyor. Both men condemned slavery  while  owning  many slaves. When John Brown raided Harper’s Ferry,  he first took Colonel L. W. Washington (great-grandnephew of GW)  captive  –  Colonel  Robert  E.  Lee led the successful US Army response.  After  Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the Civil War, Col.  Lee  was  ordered to Washington DC and offered the position of Commanding  General of the United States. Southerners considered the war the ‘Second Revolution’ and often compared Lee to Washington. In General  Lee’s  first  command, he lost against Union General George McClellan and an aide to Lee – Col. Washington – was killed. General Washington’s  last  battle  was  the Siege of Yorktown and Lee again assumed  field command against Gen. George McClellan after the Siege of  Yorktown.  Gen.  Lee  invaded  the  North twice: at Antietam vs. McClellan  and at Gettysburg vs. Gen. George Meade. Lee would become Commander-in-Chief  of  all Confederate States of America forces and was  as great or greater a general than Washington. Lee’s plantation became  the  Arlington  National  Cemetery.  After the Civil War, he became  President of Washington College which had received a bequest from  Washington. Lee is buried there. The Lexington school was then renamed Washington and Lee University. “It  is  satisfactory  always  to have facts to go on; they restrain supposition  and conjecture, confirm faith and bring contentment.” – Robert E. Lee There  are  numerous  excellent  books  on  George Washington and on Robert  E.  Lee.  Many are written by historians who devoted several years  -  if  not their lifetimes - to researching them. I, however, have  not  spent  years  singularly  researching  Washington  & Lee. However,  I  do  bring  a  new perspective to the stories of perhaps America’s two finest generals because I have spent years researching reincarnation  and  discovering  the  science  behind it. Scientific method  requires  conceptualizing,  observation and experimentation, theorizing  (mathematics),  and  testing. There must be many ‘clear’ examples  of  ‘direct reincarnation’ for my theory and 13 principles of  reincarnation  to  be accepted by scientists and non-scientists. That is the unique purpose of this book: to present reincarnation as science  using  the  latest scientific discoveries and providing one example  that  all Americans (and many non-Americans) can relate to. I’ve  also spent many years researching Freemasonry. Since I’m not a Mason,  I  haven’t  sworn  an  oath  to  keep  their secrets secret! Therefore, I can talk and write about how George Washington returned as  Robert  E.  Lee  in  possibly  history’s most obvious example of direct reincarnation. 3/25/09 12:51 t 4/23/10 9:30 - Brad Watson, Miami, FL author of Famous Direct Reincarnations