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Patton had a looking glass:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7ER08F9rGo
Patton believed in reincarnation
https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-george-patton
The first time I saw this photo, I thought it was a photoshop of Trump in Patton's uniform. Nope.
I've never dug into the Tesla/looking glass stuff, but this photo...
If I remember correctly, I think he believed he had been Alexander the Great, among a few other well known historical military figures.