The One Mind
Larry Dossey
Tikkun 2018 DOI: 10.1215/08879982-7199367 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | The text recounts that when Marta Landa burned her hand on a hot iron, an identical blister appeared on the hand of her identical twin Silvia, who was miles away and unaware of the injury. It presents this as an unexplained correspondence between the twins. |
Abstract
Silvia and Marta Landa were four-year-old identical twins who lived in the village of Murillo de Río Leza in northern Spain. One day in 1976, their father took Silvia to visit their grandparents, who lived several miles away. Marta, the other twin, insisted on staying home and helping her mother with household chores. Marta burned her hand on a hot clothes iron, causing a large red blister, a second-degree burn, to erupt. At the same time, miles away, an identical blister formed on Silvia’s hand. Silvia was taken to the doctor, unaware of what had happened to her sister Marta.