Ray Worth (October 3, 1941)

I kid you not. I’ve known Ray since 2010, when he agreed to marry Susan and I in Penetang. Later, when we moved to Midland in 2015, he invited me to join his Faith and Science book group (which meets twice a month in St. Paul’s United Church). Oh, did I forget to mention that Ray is an Anglican priest and that he had come out of retirement to perform our wedding at St. James-on-the-Line?

At any rate, I contacted Ray yesterday because, while revisiting the Wikipedia post of the “Swami of Baltimore” I suddenly recognized that Ray might actually be William Walker Atkinson reborn.

There’s no mistaking the resemblance. I asked Ray for his birth details, which he kindly sent me, and because his birth time is unknown, I randomized the chart for the time that I received the details.

The Moon/South Node/Ascendant conjunction in Pisces is striking. It looked familiar, I thought. Where had I seen that combination before? Oh, bloody heck, of course…

William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1852 – November 22, 1932)

There they are again, but this time in Gemini and joined with a close Uranus aspect, which might account for the need to write on spiritual matters. As Ray’s chart is totally randomized, this has to be proof that the Universe wanted this combination to be seen again.

But is Ray Worth the Reincarnation of William Walker Atkinson?

That’s the $64,000,000 question.

For a long time, I wondered if I was the reincarnation of the Swami. Now, I think I can relinquish that position to my good friend Ray. But my instincts were correct: I had some connection to this man from Baltimore, even if only as an associate in the present time. Isn’t astrology wonderful?