Hypnosis Reveals Past-Life Memoir of Leonardo da Vinci's Secret Mother

Melmar Books Inc. is set to publish Mirrors of Time: A Circassian Princess and Secrets of Mona Lisa on December 2, 2026, a spiritual mystery by author MELRA that claims to reveal past-life memories of a Circassian princess named Herminia Yegeruqway, born in 1436, who was the secret mother of Leonardo da Vinci. The book's origins trace back to 1999, when MELRA, then known as Melinda, underwent deep hypnosis with Dr. John Ryder to explore her inability to conceive. Instead, she says, she recalled a vivid past life as Herminia, including teaching a young Leonardo to read the stars. After two failed attempts to write the story—one falling short and another destroyed by accident—MELRA completed the book in two weeks via self-hypnosis, attributing its source to the Universal Mind.

According to the book, Herminia's life spans the fifteenth century, from sacred learning in the Caucasus Mountains to capture and sale in Venice's silk markets, nearly four years as Leonardo's secret mother, and a cruel conspiracy that separated them. She carries their bond across continents and decades, from Renaissance Italy to Ottoman Constantinople, with the book asserting that a mother's love bends time itself. Mirrors of Time also offers answers to longstanding Leonardo mysteries, such as why he wrote in mirror script, the mystery of the three Mona Lisas, hidden letters in the Mona Lisa's eyes, his two-year disappearance, and the spiritual meaning of his lost horse statue. MELRA claims Herminia prophesied on her deathbed that Leonardo's great horse would 'stand again in 500 years,' and one week after her sessions ended, on September 10, 1999, the bronze Cavallo di Leonardo was unveiled in Milan.

The book follows Herminia's spiritual journey from Circassian paganism through Orthodox Christianity and Sufi mysticism to her eventual finding of Christ, and includes 352 wisdom quotes from world religious texts. MELRA emphasizes that the book ranks no spiritual road above another and asks no one to believe. Part historical mystery, part spiritual autobiography, Mirrors of Time is positioned for readers of The Alchemist, Life of Pi, The Da Vinci Code, and Many Lives, Many Masters. The trailer is available at www.mirrors-of-time.com, and the exclusive limited leather edition can be pre-ordered at www.mirrors-of-time.com/shop. The book will be available in hardcover and softcover on Amazon.