I was Egyptian...I guess...And you? Who were you???

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 12 Feb 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Ramses	12 Feb 2002
You know ...I love, adore, worship the Ancient Egyptian tradition, culture, and all... One day I´ll go to Egypt...and, maybe, if I´m lucky enough I´ll be buried there, or made into a mummy...lol... I don´t know where this passion comes from...but it´s been inside me since I was a kid...sometimes I´m sure I was Egyptian in a previous life (I believe in reincarnation, of course)...but, I have no proofs for that, and I don´t wanna start imagining things that may not be true (maybe they are)... Well, but the discussion is the following...Have you ever felt this way???...Have you ever felt attracted to a different culture, so much that you come to the point of thinking " Where does this interest come from?" ??? Tell me about your experiences...it would be interesting to read about other people´s interests, that may lead to a other encarnations conversation.... LOVE,PEACE AND HARMONY TO ALL OF YOU !!!!!!!

Kiama	12 Feb 2002
I've always had a thing for the Celts. I've always wanted a Celtic robe, and I can't wait for my hair to grow long enough for me to have long, LONG Celtic braids in it! I even have a thing for guys that look Celtic! (Longish reddish-blonde, or red hair) Which is weird, cuz my boyf has short black hair! *Kiama throws her hands up in confusion* I wasn't taught about the Celts in school, and I don't know here the fascination comes from. But now I'm a Celtic Pagan! It was an obvious way for me to go really! I've even planned out what my dress for when I get Handfasted is gonna be: CELTIC! Green Celtic, with gold trimming, and my red hair in long LONG braids! And, of course, barefoot, outside. I don't know at all about any of my past lives. Myabe I was a Celt, or maybe I just have a facination with them cuz they're an interesting culture, just as the Egyptians were. Call me sceptical, but there are very few 'I reckon I was Victorian in a past life' compared to 'I reckon I was Atlantean/Celtic/Egyptian/Martian'. But, I don't know much about past lives at all, so don't take my word on this: It's merely an interesting observation. Kiama

faunabay	12 Feb 2002
I've been told I was a male Egyptian priest in a past live. It kind of makes sense to me as, like you Ramses, I love egyptian things (not to your extent it seems LOL). I also work with aromatherapy oils alot and the ones that I'm drawn to and feel easiest with are the VERY old ones. (shrug)

lilmystic	12 Feb 2002
That's interesting--everyone here has had lives that were in the WAY distant past, but when I check up on me and my sister, it seems that our strongest memories come from lives just 100-150 years ago. I'm almost for certain that I used to work as an artist's model during the late 19th century. I'm ridiculously close to everything about that period, but there's really no *logical* rationale except.... :)

Bings	12 Feb 2002
Having past lives is a new concept for me. But a concept that I am accepting more and more as I learn. It makes me wonder... Do I have such strong feelings for England and Ireland (places I have never been in this life) because I have ancesters who were born there??? Or because in a past life I lived there??? Those are questions I have been asking myself a lot over the past year. Someday I will look into it more. Dianne

Malachite	12 Feb 2002
pwepph.....I've no idea..! Malachite

Ramses	12 Feb 2002
Hey Kiama, I get what you mean...that´s what makes me puzzled sometimes as well...I simply can´t be sure whether I´m just fascinated by such an interesting culture, as the Egyptian is, or if I was really born there in a previous life... Maybe, one day, I´ll find it out...cause I can be pretty sceptical too, as you said are, sometimes... Well, and I hope you too may have the chance to find out where does this fascination of yours by the Celts come from... LOVE,PEACE AND HARMONY TO YOU ALL !!!!!!

Scorpion	12 Feb 2002
I'm with Ramses - Egypt every time! It's held a fascination for me ever since I can remember. I haven't been there yet - it's my dream holiday and I don't want to go until I can afford a long stay. My book collection breaks down into three topics: photography, Tarot/psychic and Ancient Egypt. My one regret at leaving London for the North of England was that I couldn't drop into the British Museum to see their collection. I suspect I was a slave rather than a Pharoah, but it'll do for me!

amyel	12 Feb 2002
I have always had a fascination with certain periods in history. It started with the Greeks. I don't give a twiddle about Romans (so much so that even Italian Renaissance art bored me in uni!)- it was Greece, for me. Have no idea where or when this came from. But, it isn't the only period on history I have been fascinated with. I have also had a deep interest in medievil Europe - France, I think - pioneer America (1850 - 70's) and WW2! I am convinced I was a spy in WW2, and let me tell you - it wasn't all that glamorous. Hubs also has a deep fascination with WW2 - maybe we met in a previous life. Who knows? I was told once that I was an old soul and had been reincarnated many times. I don't feel that old, but nothing else explains the bubbles of history that I am tied to. Not even art. Now, just to open this topic up a little more: Have you every visited a place and felt like you were "home"? For me, it is Australia (I grew up in the US and now live in Canada). Who knows? Maybe I was one of the original convicts...

slinky_jo	12 Feb 2002
...Ramses, I've always been fascinated with the Ancient Egyptians, too! I remember doing a project on the different gods and goddesses of AE when I was 8! As for past life regressions, I haven't been able to detect if I've ever lived in AE. I know I was a First Nation shaman/medicine woman (the way I died was incredible - I turned into an eagle...), and I have lots of gothic/victorian past lives (how many can you have? lol!). But I lost the tape that I used to regress, so I haven't regressed in ages - does anyone know of a book/tape/teacher/etc that could help me? Cheers! :)

Liliana	12 Feb 2002
Well. I was a High Priestes of Ra in a past life, and I went through my obsessed with Egyptian culture phase during junior high. I had the coolest black and white denim jacked with Nefertiti on it and my name in hieroglyphics (god i spell terrible sorry), in a sort of Celtic culture I was a high ranking witch, and got into Celtic stuff for a few years I also remeber being a male in Roman times, and in my immediately previous life I drowned as a child, those are the only regressions I've done, because I cant do them right by myself, I need my husband to guide me..

jade	13 Feb 2002
the most recent past life that i did was about a year ago. my daughter was my mother and i died at a very young age from an accident........here's the story for anyone interested in reading it. PAST LIFE REGRESSION WITH DD APRIL 11, 2001 to even begin this journalling tonight is tough and amazing and thought provoking and wise. i performed a past life regression tonight. asking to see DD and my last past life together. i have been having so many parenting difficulties with DD in the last while. she throws huge temper tantrums where the slightest thing can set her off. she bites herself and pulls her hair. she looses control over herself and becomes so angry and out of control. a spirit just joined me. it feels supportive and light so i will continue with my experience. i was a small child. i wasn't very healthy and i always seemed sickly and unkept. my mother was embarrased when we went out because of my appearance. my skin was unusually pale and my large blue eyes looked too large for my tiny face. i looked rather like an owl with my small persed lips. my mother was young as all mothers were in those days. she didn't have alot of support as her mother was not near to her. her husband had found work far away in an unfamiliar place. she tried her best to please her husband but she felt very inadequate in her role as wife and mother. if only she had her mother, perhaps things would have been different. but she didn't so there is no need to ponder on such things. often she raised her hand in anger towards me. i would be hungry or soiled and there were so many other things to tend to...where was she to get the time for them all? she would hit me out of frustration mostly, not because i was bad or to blame. one day when i was 3 molly, my mother, felt very unwell. she was pregnant and was ready to deliver soon. my father was away working on a railroad so she was alone. his name was frank. his last name was smithers. frank and molly smithers. she was angry and i was in the way and she pushed me and i fell and split my lip. i was crying and she needed to do so many other things. there was too much to do, too much. something happened to me that day and i died. she didn't mean for me to go there. she was angry and sent me off to play alone knowing that the hole was there, uncovered. i fell in and died. it was a well. a new well that my father had begun to dig before he left. she never forgave herself for sending me away. in this life she wants to be punished for my death. she wants me to loose my patience and hit her and hurt her and cause her death. she feels such guilt. she bites herself when i don't get angry with her to punish herself. ~~~~ my angels and her angels had a conference on a cloud. the eagle flew me there. if i let her throw her tantrums and keep telling her that i forgive her and love her and wish her no karmic harm, then with time she will forgive herself. when she bites herself, if i rock her and love her, she will stop. don't let her be alone during these times. cradle her in my arms and let her know that she is loved and whole and perfect. there is NO karma to pay back. it wasn't her fault. i forgive her. ~~~ now for thoughts from jade... DD's favorite doll's name is molly. after performing this past life regression (in bed with her) i told her sleeping self that i forgive her and she whimpered. i told her that i love her and i don't blame her for my death. this is amazing and makes so much sense. she never threw any temper tantrums until i bought her molly, her doll. since then her tantrums have gotten worse. i named her doll, i suppose to clear up this karma. my poor baby, feeling so guilty. i want to hold and rock her all night. my tears flow like raindrops. my little girl. i love her. (even more now i suppose) the spirits are still here flowing past me. i feel there coolness against my cheek and neck. i have a very strong desire to assist DD to heal. i am so glad that i have this knowledge. blessed be. jade

jade	13 Feb 2002
since then my DD never plays with that doll. she throws her to the side if we bring her out. DD wouldn't let us wash her face or comb her hair - IMO because she wanted to be treated as i had been treated when i was her daughter. the tantrums started the day after we bought the doll and they stopped within 2 days of this regression. the tantrums had been going on since about Feb. 10th....so awhile. this past life regression was soooo healing for both her and i. now we can wash her face and dress her in nice clothes and she never bites herself like before. in light, jade

Kiama	13 Feb 2002
Jade: Thankyou for sharing that with us. It was beautiful. I just got all emotional when I read that. DD is very lucky to have you as a Mother, and I hope when I have kids I can be as good a Mum as you. Kiama

Lilliana	13 Feb 2002
I loved ancient egypt when I was a child too, I remember doing heaps of assignments on the whole period in school. Now I'm more into greece and the whole classical period. I don't believe in an afterlife, so I can't really answer your question about past lives. Lilli

wigwag	13 Feb 2002
I asked the cards what I used to be and got the impression I was a young farm labourer a man. (Although now female and although love reading about gardening and growing things dont like doing it.) I do like houseplants though and have a green thumb. Also, as I was born in ireland from a Scottish father and an english mother, I had a very vivid and disturbing dream a few weeks ago, in which I was a Jewish woman in Germany hiding from the soldiers and trying to hide my child. I was shot in the back of the head twice and died. It was very realistic and scary. (I dont have any Jewish characteristics at all) but I do empathise with them totally after my dream.......I wonder......

Liliana	13 Feb 2002
Ill share the story of my immediately previous life. Not nearly as amazing as the laststory, but still. Th eregression was done to see why I have such an incessant fear of water, especially on my face. It ws so bad that when my husband dumped a cup of water on my head in the hot tub during my honeymoon, it took me well over a half hour to calm myself.He didnt reallyknow the problem was quite that bad, tho he did know it existed. Anyway, I was a young girl, maybe about 7, had a younger brother, about 5, a pregnant mom, and a dad. We got into the car to go somewhere, it was a 70's station wagaon, that's how I know this was the immediately previous life, as I was born in 76. We were driving on a mountain road when the car slipped on gravel, andwent over the embankment into a deep lake. The car was sinking. I knew I couldn't do anything for my parents, itwas too late, but my brother was next to me, but I couldnt reach his belt from where I was. I loosened myself and swam over to his window, which was opened. I tried and tried to get him free, but it was stuck. I loved him more than anythingso I just kept trying. I finally needed to surface for air, but the water was deeper than I thought, and I drowned before reaching the top. That's why I have the thing with water this life, probably also accounts for my martyr nature as well Liliana

jade	14 Feb 2002
lil, did you find that your fear lessened after you remembered the reason for the fear? most people loose most of their fear, if not all, after a past life regression, it's like it clears the karma of the situation. please let me know. in light, jade ps my past life regression with my daughter was amazingly healing for her (and i'm sure for me too)

catlin	14 Feb 2002
That sounds all pretty interesting. In short I did the test in the E. Caycie's book about your past life and it gave some highlights about my interests. I am very interested in Celts, Native American Indians (mainly Lakota tradition), French Huguenots (no idea how you spell them in English), and Templars. Yesterday evening I did the Past Life Spread by S. Abraham. It was very interesting. It seemed to be related to a past life dating prob. 100-200 years back. I lived as a pretty wealthy, powerful woman but I had a pretty rotten character :( I died by force, either being beheaded, strangled or sth like that. Not too nice.

truthsayer	14 Feb 2002
i live near the edgar cayce center on the east coast. they do computerized programmed birth charts and past life write-ups for like $25. they base the information base in the computer on readings cayce supposedly did on ppl with similar birthdates and astrological aspects. mine came back as being an old soul who's had a long history of being in the priesthood in many lives. rather strange to me considering the aversion i have to the church and organized religion in this life. but then that may not be so strange. i have a vivid memory of being a spanish priest during the spanish inquisition. i didn't agree with what the church was doing and tried to protect some ppl from them. for some reason i remember thinking of the ppl as astrologers or jewish. so the inquisition arrested me instead. to my knowledge i didn't break to torture and turn those ppl in even tho i died there. then there was a vivid regression about being a young servant for this englishman and his family. he forced his attentions on me but i got blamed in the resulting scandal and was sent to another house away from my family. there was one where i was a man in greece who had a wife i did not get along well with. this wife happens to be my mother in my present life. she was jealous b/c i had women other than her but evidently i felt like i had the right b/c all the other greek men did it. i believe she tried to poison me and/or abort our child, too. considering her scorpio moon and mine, that doesn't surprize me. hers is in the 8th house and mine is in the 7th. it was really interesting b/c once that life came thru, i worked thru a bunch of stuff w/ mom and we get along really well now. it's like i broke thru a stuck spot. i've always had a strong distaste for romans and i wonder if this came from this life. i've had a life long love of greek history and mythology. when i see something on tv about the romans i find myself watching for ideas they stole from the greeks like taking our gods and changing their names to suit themselves. such arrogance! then there was a very vivid image of being a druid and seeing the huge full moon rise up over a hill thru some megaliths. stonehedge? i don't know but the moon was so big and beautiful! i did some checking and found out that there was a point in history when the moon was closer to the earth. we did some kind of ritual but i can't remember what. my friend wrote it down for me somewhere. i don't know if past life regressions are accurate or if it's something else going on. it is interesting to do and helps some things make sense. i know some ppl who love oriental culture but i find it depressing and repressive. i think i was probably the wife of some lord and i had to keep my feet bound up. whether or not this has anything to do w/ the price of tea in china, i do hate wearing shoes and am rather unwilling to wear any of those women's sexy heels. if it's not comfortable and doesn't allow my toes to spread out, then it's not going on my feet! LOL i've tried off and on for years to foster an interest in the i ching but can't do it. one reason is i thought it would help me w/ the haindl tarot but no go. egypt fascinates me but i don't feel an obsession like i have felt w/ greece. i hope i get to go to greece one day. my husband loves italy--not surprizing since i feel sure he was once a soldier there. he wants to take me to italy. part of me wants to say,"okay, but not as your slave this time!" i hope we can compromise by going to both. but it's not going to be this year! LOL

Liliana	14 Feb 2002
Id say about 95% of my fear was gone after I had my regression, and I keep on working on it and its getting better and better. I still cant hold my head underwater, notsure if I'll ever be able to so that, but at least I dont freak when Im splashed, at least not usually lol

january	14 Feb 2002
Thanks Ramses for opening this thread! I could go on and on about this subject.. I SO wish we all of us could be in a cozy room together right now and discuss this topic for hours and hours!! Well, in my virtual coffee house here, I'll just ramble for a few paragraphs... First...Wow! Some AMAZING stories here... very heartwarming, healing and inspiring...and very timely. Just last week I bought Edgar Cayce on Soul Mates and read the entire book in 2 nights (late for work!). I was particularly fascinated by the chapter on parents. Do we really choose our parents for this lifetime? Does a couple prepare a channel for a soul for their unborn child? Does a soul, deciding that his body is not the proper vessel and leaves, explain sudden infant death/toddler deaths? I'd love to hear views on this. I've entertained the idea of going for past life regression sessions at the bookstore up the road from my house. I am not afraid at all, I guess I just need to be inthe right mood! I've believed in reincarnation (this is going to sound dumb but...) since I was about 7. There was a TV movie on one Saturday night (I stayed at Nana's - she always let me stay up as late as whenever!) called "The Reincarnation of Peter Proud". Even at that age, it just made sense to me. The only period in history I've had an afinity towards is the early middle ages, particularly Celtic, Briton, etc. Knights, serfs, vassals, thatched roofs, sacks of coins, peasantry, manuscripts, calligraphy, tunics, embroidery (Kiama - I share your zest for dressing up! I'm trying to grow my hair as long as it will go to have those BRAIDS!!). I used to play "peasant" as a child actually. My cats and dog were livestock and I'd build "under the table" dwellings. I had a square of velvet I'd tie collected coins into ( I guess my parents were Lord and Lady!). I spent a few months in Europe last year and I was so upset that while in London I couldn't go to the countryside due to Foot ion Mouth disease. If anywhere, I think I'd "feel it" there. My mother, on the other hand truly believes she was on the Titanic, so much so that when I mentioned she go through regression with me she backed out because she didn't want to experience that again. She is terrified of water - no swimming, beach, pool, hot tubs. When I was little, she panicked every time I went near water. She can't go on a cruise ship, hear talk about the Titanic (that word gives her goosebumps), see a picture of a sinking ship, or watch the movie. She also has a fondness for chandeliers and crystal and needs to live near the water but never go in it. Is this peculiar? Is that ample time to pass for a reincarnation - from 1912 to 1941? And if this is all so, then perhaps she married my father - a navy man and avid swimmer - to overcome her weaknesses? I think I've just convinced myself to go to the regression sessions, don't you? Thanks for listening to this mess! Peace and hugs - ~ january

Liliana	15 Feb 2002
Intersting, Id say it was ample time between death and reincarnating, remember, I regressed and remember dying in a vehicle that looked like a 70's model, and i was born again in 76, tho maybe it was faster since I died as a child not an adult, less to work out before moving on. Im probably going to be judged harshly for this, but as a late teen I got pregnant to a man I didnt love, aand ended up having an abortion. I believe that I made this decision with thesoul of thechild, I wasn't ready and couldn't handlehaving achild then, it would likely driven me totally nuts. I had some severe problems with when i managed to wakeup and walk back to the clinic the police werethere, it was a large mess, he never did try and charge me the money I owed him. post p ardum 3 years later when idid have my child, after I was married and outt from under the grandparentswho raised me. I've wonderedwhether my eldestgirl is the same same child I was to have back then. But Im sure the soul that was to be in that body then would of not gotten what it needed of me at that point in my life, so together we chose notto continue it. Btw, it was a horrorificexperience, Im glad I was drugged to not remember most of it, but the doc was a quack, Ihad to drive out of state to have it done, my rides vehicle broke down and Iended up stuck sitting outside the doctors for hours andhours waiting for them who never came, calling ym grandparents crying about being stuck in newyourk, eventually thedoctor, who lives above the clinic, came back and saw me sitting there and got \me checked inot an inn, where i stayed, but he had a thick accent and when people tried to find me they said i wasnt there because they wrote down what he had said and didnt look at what my signature said, when iwoke the next morning and walked back to theclinic my ride wasthere, as were the police, and i told them wherei wasand the police had to take me back to make sure that's where i was, it was such a mess , notto mention hearing themsay something about if needles arereusable, when they thought I wasunder,nasty, but best in the long run.

tarotbear	16 Feb 2002
Has anyone ever been something...well,...NORMAL? I mean, everyone seems to have been a King or a Queen. Wasn't anyone a plain ol' boring peasant? A ditch digger? A grave digger? A medieval garbage man? Once during a reading, Meewah says she saw me in monastic robes bent over a desk, probably writing. So, what am I doing for the FACT Deck? I have always had a strong gravitation towards Judaica. Maybe I was a rabbi of some kind in a former life or two.....

Kiama	16 Feb 2002
Quote: tarotbear (16 Feb, 2002 16:42): Has anyone ever been something...well,...NORMAL? I mean, everyone seems to have been a King or a Queen. Wasn't anyone a plain ol' boring peasant? A ditch digger? A grave digger? A medieval garbage man? Me! Me! *Kiama jumps up and down waving her hands* I was someone boring! (I guess) Well, I don't have any tendency to anything (Other than the Celts, but then that's probably cuz I'm Celtic Pagan) and no big fears.... I reckon I was probably some woman, with a husband and a small farm, with lots of kids and a couple of cows. No Egyptain priesthood for me! I probably died of old age or illness.... But here's thought..... Everybody who's interested in past lives is generally a certain type of person, which is basially what most of us on these boards are. Do you think that cuz so many of us were something priestly or cool in a past life, means that we are like we are in this life eg- Tarot readers, occultists, spiritualists, Reiki healers, etc... ? Maybe certain types of past lives produce certain types of new lives....? Kiama

Liliana	16 Feb 2002
Yes, I do believe its realted. Itseems like the older the soul, the more interested in spiritual matters it is. It seems a lot of us have been interested in Spiritual matters for a great number of lifetimes, these are probably some the oldest souls (no offense to the younger souls, but just by beig here you are likely still a fairly old soul :) ) Also, those ofuswith oldersoulshave lived a greater nuumber of lives,when weregress do you think being the peasant with the cow is going to be the first to present itself? I think the liveswith the mostimpact on us, such as those where we were high priestesses, would be thefirstones to come out andthe more mundanelives with the fewer lessons wouldbedeeper back. Just a theory

Ramses	16 Feb 2002
wow...great to know that so many people are fond of the Ancient Egypt.... and so many issues were brought up here...interesting...this could turn into a very long talk... you know...one day I was at a Egyptian tea house, here in my city(São Paulo, Brazil)...and, at a certain point in time, when I looked at a fake window inside the place, suddenlly I kinda daydreamed...I saw myself by the window, looking at the desert...nothing there, nobody there...just a huge desert outside ...strange, isn´t it ? well...that´s it ...I loved everyone´s stories...great...thank you people for sharing all that ... LOVE,PEACE AND HARMONY TO YOU ALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ramses	16 Feb 2002
Hey , I just remembered a story...or something like that... Well, some crazy friends of mine, witches from college, said that the four of us (who form a circle of elements with our sun signs:fire,water,air and earth) told me that we were born together in another encarnation, as witches/wizard, and that we were all burnt together by the Inquisition My mother, who is spiritist, once was told that in one of her previous lives she was a priest, during the Inquisition... I believe that, since my mother had this accident, when she was 12...she had a barbecue party, and by accident she caught on fire, and burnt her whole body, except for her face(now she´s pretty ok...)...she spent 2 years under hospital care... So, if my friends from college are right...cause I believe in my mother´s story....then, what if I was a wizard burnt by a priest(my mother) during the Inquisition???...And now, in this present life, she´s my mother, so she has to take care of me??? That could explain a bit why I´m not so close to my mother...well, not much... Crazy, isn´t it???...And also a bit funny... LOVE,PEACE AND HARMONY TO YOU ALL !!!!!!!!!!!

jade	16 Feb 2002
tarotbear, didn't you read my past life regression with my daughter.........how exciting was that life? *yuck* she worked her fingers to the bone and felt guilt for the rest of her life....i was unkept and hungry til i died. yuck again. so sorry, nothing too exciting there. i've had many clients with boring lives (per say) but it's the lessons not the stature that matters during past life regressions. :) lil, i read a book "women's bodies, women's wisdom" and it tells a story about a woman who was having lunch out with her 3 year old when the little girl, out of the blue announced that when she was her mommies daughter the last time, the time when daddy wasn't ready for her to be born, that she understood. and it's okay, mommie, cause i'm back now....and then she started talking about 3 year old things again. the mother was sooo surprised cause no one except her husband knew that when they were dating, she got pregnant and had an abortion......because her husband felt the timing was wrong. she held her daughter that night crying, realizing that her little baby had waited for her to be her mother. (true story) in light, jade ps i would never ever judge you lil......your life, your decisions. it's that simple! :) (((hugs)))

Moonklad	17 Feb 2002
I often wonder why those that recall past lives usually claim to have been someone of importance or remember dying a tragic death etc. You rarely hear someone report that they were a murder or rapist in a former life. Also you hardly ever hear people say they were just a pheasant that didn't really do anything of importance and died peacefully. Is it perhaps that the lifetimes of least activity just arent remembered as vividly? Are some lifetimes really not that important? I would think that if you murdered someone in a former lifetime that that lesson would be invaluable. It would be remembered. Has anyone ever heard of one claiming to be an evil person in a past lifetime? Just curious, Moon

Liliana	17 Feb 2002
Well,I figure if you were a murderer you probably are low in the soul development stages, as such mostpeople like that wouldnt be interested enough in spiritual matters to have a regression to remember such memories.Oh wait a minute, I was a murderer once. My Roman life, when I was a man,I poisoned someone named Caesar (not that Caesar of course) He was a ruler of some sort and I was convinced by his son he was a bad ruler, but after i did it i realized I was manupulated and the son was ahorid evil man, so I poisoned him too. Guessthat's why I never felt drawn to Roman times :) But still, I was an expertwith herbsand what not in that life, that's why I wastheone chosen to make the poison becauseI would be thebestat makinga sure, fast acting one, so I had some knowledge then. Wonder how much spiritual evolution that life set me back :P

Ramses	17 Feb 2002
yeah...Moonklad, and someone else before, brought up interesting issues... well, and I believe some people have already answered, or tried to answer it, in a very nice way... perhaps if you were a murderer in a previous life, you´re now someone completelly not interested in the spiritual world...cause we, who are into it, are people worried about the nice things in life, etc... and if you were a murderer in a very distant previous life, loooooooong ago, then it probably took you veeeery long to learn, and to wash your bad energies away, so you probably don´t remember it... maybe we remember things that can teach us how to do the right thing in the present life... but, who knows...we´re just wondering about things here...if we had these answers, maybe we wouldn´t be here anymore, in the material world... LOVE, PEACE AND HARMONY TO ALL OF YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tempestfire	17 Feb 2002
I was reading the posts on this topic and have become even more curious. How exactly would you go about finding out who you were in past lives? Is this something you can do yourself - or should you have someone else do this for you? It would be really nice to know. 8-)

Pollux	18 Feb 2002
Ah... I read this topic too late to enter the full discussion. However, I feel drawn by many culture: Celtics, first of all, then Japanese - more the modern than the middle ages - India (YES INDIA!!!), American Natives - especially when I was younger... I really don't know anything about past lives... But I would have enjoyed belonging to any historic moment and civilization (apart from being a Native in Colonizations and a Priest during Inquisition :) )

tarotbear	18 Feb 2002
I do not doubt that there is life everlasting in some form or another. I do NOT care to find out much about my past life or lives. However, it is very easy to take one thing that comes out of a regression session and staple, fold, and mutilate it into something that 'fits'. The little girl who remembers being aborted...it's fascinating, but is such a memory a one in a google ( 1 followed by 1000 zeros) chance? I remember the story of a woman who answered her door to a 3-year old girl stranger who wanted to know if her toys ' were still in the closet'. The stranger walked into a bedroom and opened a cabinet and proceeded to pull out toys - of the woman's little girl who had died years' previously. Reincarnation? How come on one remembers being a victim of the Salem Witch Trial? THAT would be fascinating!

Pollux	18 Feb 2002
There is a Japanese comic called "Please, save my Earth". It deals with the story of a group of people from a far past/future (it is not very well specified) and their reincarnation in the nowadays Japan. Actually, it's the other way around: a group of 4 boys, a kid and 2 girls start dreaming about their past lives as "aliens", living on the Moon (gorgeous thought...) and analising Earth for colonization - their planet is taken by war, and, during their stay on the Moon, it is completely destroyed. (I wrote this only so as other people knowing of it might remember...) However, the important part is this (and it takes to the author 32 - thirthytwo!!! - volumes to get to that, and to me almost 300 $ !!! - Ah! Maybe that's why! ;) ): no matter what you did in past lives, the evil things and the misfits - in brief, each of them had a very serious responsibility in the others' death. It has passed, and your soul has had time to get over grief, sorrow and grudge: you have learnt your lesson. In the present life, above all, your main mission is to LIVE, to carry on a life that is just "another", and detatched from previous ones. You have the duty to live fully, and fulfill this life's mission. Knowing past lives may help, even because you could manage to avoid repeating certain mistakes... But for doing the right thing, you really don't need knowing your previous life, if you are directed by love, light and goodness. HEY! I was so patethic! However, I think that this is a bridge between tarotbear position, and that of "other". And I really like this conclusion. << To live in light, we only need a life to be lived! :) >>

Kiama	18 Feb 2002
Now here's a queston for you: We have proof (Well near-proof) that reincarnation happens. So where does the Judaeo-Christian version of the afterlife come in? Do they just not get reincarnated, and go to Heaven or Hell? Do our beliefs abut what haopns when we die affect what actually does happen? For instance, if a Christian believes they will go to Heaven/Hell, will they be reincarnated, o rwill they actually go to Heaven/Hell? Is there one afterlife, or many different ones, and if there *are* many different ones, which would be logical considering so many people believe in so many things, will we meet again with people of other faiths? For instance, in the afterlife, would I meet again with my soul mate, who, in this example, is Christian? Would their soul still be reincarnated with mine....? Kiama

Liliana	18 Feb 2002
Well, Im a Christian (tho aneclectic one) and I believe in reincarnation and an afterlife. Heres a site about Christian Reincarnation: http://www.near-death.com/origen.html Basically I believe reincarnation is the evolution of the spirit, when it gets to it's highest form it gets to go be with God. I believe in one place for afterlife, with many sections for different faiths (my fathers house has many mansions) and we will be able to meet with others ofdifferent faiths, because by the time our soul is evoloved enough to go there we will know that others people faiths are just as valid, Either that, or, if you believe other faiths are just as valid you'll be able to visit them, but if you dont you'll be isolatedto your one little area of afterlife. Id prefer free reign myself ;)

jade	18 Feb 2002
during my self-inititation sky-clad in the forest.....i saw myself burning at the stake and the Goddess told me that i was here to finish what i began in that life. i had seen the 'memory' of the life during a past-life regression once.....but it was only a flash. during the initiation, She filled in the spaces. the important thing to remember here is that everyone that existed, is reborn, so whether it was a boring, helper life....or an exciting, change the world life........we are all who and where we need to be at precisely the right moment. in light, jade

purplelady	20 Feb 2002
I have this Thing for Atlantis and Lemuria! I have read everything I could get my hands on about Atlantis , a lot of it online. I could talk for Hours about this or that theory of Atlantis , but usually people aren't interested in talking about it for too long! I have read every obscure detail on theories and facts of it's language , artifacts , location , races, culture, science, history. I am sure it once existed! I am much much more interested in it than any other culture , and WAY more interested in it than something like History class in school , which bores me to tears! So , does that mean I am reincarnated from Atlantis?! I've also discovered a fascination with Arab countries , for some wierd reason. Saudi Arabia, it's culture, customs , land , people. ? I saw a movie that took place in the country "Yemen" and felt very drawn to it. It's hard to explain but, there was a difference in say , seeing a movie of England and thinking it would be great to visit, or viewing Egyptian artifacts and fantasizing about it. It was as though I longed to walk it's grimy , dusty poverty ridden alleyways . I longed to be there and see every little detail of it's decrepit desert buildings, and narrow broken streets , and diseased desperately poor people.

amyel	20 Feb 2002
Quote: tarotbear (16 Feb, 2002 16:42): Has anyone ever been something...well,...NORMAL? I mean, everyone seems to have been a King or a Queen. Wasn't anyone a plain ol' boring peasant? A ditch digger? A grave digger? A medieval garbage man? Once during a reading, Meewah says she saw me in monastic robes bent over a desk, probably writing. So, what am I doing for the FACT Deck? I have always had a strong gravitation towards Judaica. Maybe I was a rabbi of some kind in a former life or two..... Oh yes, definately. I've never felt I was anyone "important". It's just that I feel deep connections with certain time-periods. I'm certain in the Greek life I was some one's wife - and probably hated the housework then as much as I do now (I have been known to ask if this is all I am meant to do and why I keep getting the damn job! Can you tell I really dislike cleaning house??? I was probably someone's maid!). The WW2 "spy" theory could just as easily been the sensation of just constantly watching events and wanting them changed. If I were ever to have a past life regression done and found out I was a princess or a priestess or something, I am sure I would immediately discount the regression experience. This doesn' t mean that I don't feel I don't belong to a time period, but I don't think it means I was someone "important" politically or religiously. But it leads to another topic: since it appears most of us believe in some sort of past life /reincarnation, my question is: why do you think we come back? Karmic? - Righting wrongs/learning lessons, etc? Or because it's just the natural cycle of things? If you believe it is karmic, then I suppose even the lowly Greek housemaid is important and she could be reincarnated several times until she learns that a clean house is a valuable spiritual necessity to achieve the next plane. I think I just learned my housecleaning lesson. NOW can I be a cat in my next life? LOL

cayacia	20 Feb 2002
Wow did I wait a while to get in on this post. I must have been in England at one point in time because I get a lot of dreams that take place in an enviroment like that one. My favorite type of weather is like that of England too, rainy in the 50s (10-20s C) all the time. It makes me nostalgic. I have always been fond of ancient culture. I espectially love Japanese culture but I have always been interested with Egypt. I know that I have known Josh in the past. He has told me that while meditating on it he comes up with that I was his daughter once. It would make sense because I always feel like he should be protecting me and comforting me but there is no real reason for me to feel that way. Tis strange. cayacia

joya250	21 Feb 2002
hi everybody! I'm late for the discussion -- and what an interesting discussion it is! Wow. Thank you all for sharing. And Jade, your story is beautiful. :) I've often toyed around with getting past life regression, but have never had one. Now, however, I think I might look into it for real. I have no specific recollection of any past lives.... although I have weird preferences when it comes to weather and environment. When it's humid outside, so sticky that you can feel the heat dampening your skin, and everyone is complianing... well, I love it! I absolutely love FEELING that way. I despise AC. AND, I love drinking water room temp. If I get the slightest chill (which is quite common, no matter where I am or what season it is) I start to shake and my fingers litterally turn white. (went to the doctor about this... and everything appears to be normal.) So, huh, go figure. Overly sensitive, or related or a past life? I dunno. Regardless, I do get the impression that I was some type of slave in a past life.... AND I get the impression that my current life is trying to work out a shitload of Karma regarding this. When I got my tarot cards read years ago by this very good reader, she said she got the impression of me having once lived in Egypt... and had a gold band around my upper arm, signifying my status as a slave. hmmmmm.

purplelady	22 Feb 2002
Joya , maybe you were a Lizard?! Kiama , I have heard more than once that there are lost or deleted (by Popes of previous centuries) books of the bible and words of jesus that speak of reincarnation . Also , I personally believe that Christians and anyone else who doesn't believe in reincarnation still gets reincarnated as much as anyone else! IF reincarnation is a fact , then those entering and committed to the earth plane would reincarnate no matter their religion or personal belief.

joya250	22 Feb 2002
Quote: purplelady (23 Feb, 2002 05:56): Joya , maybe you were a Lizard?! . ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!! :-D

truthsayer	22 Feb 2002
if anyone could argue against the accuracy of past life regressions, it's me. so as to avoid a long discourse on the accuracy of hypnosis, i think the shorter the period "under" the more likely the accuracy of the info. after a certain period of time, it's my belief that the mind takes over and starts ad libbing to the story. for example, a regression of 1 hour is far more accurate than one of 6. been there, done that. another factor is the relationship you have w/ the person who is regressing you. if the person is objective and not trying to read anything into your experience--fine. if the person has subjective ulterior motives--watch it! been there done that and burned the t-shirt. i've been thru some regressions that were so totally out there that i refuse to believe there was any truth to them and told my friend so, too. (this eventually led to the dissolvement of our friendship. she liked my wild stories. i knew i was spitting out BS) i believe that pieces were planted by that person and my unconscious mind desired to please her by creating an entertaining story. the fragments i posted earlier are bits of memories that i consider having potential of being true. i really don't see anything glamourous about being a raped servant or tortured to death in the inquisition. i have no doubt i did wrong or murdered in previous incarnations but wouldn't choose to remember b/c who i am today would find it extremely revulsive and sickening to remember harming another. remembering victimization is horrible enough. sure didn't enjoy remembering. i do remember a time that i thought every actress in hollywood had been cleopatra or marie antoinette or some queen of england. i don't understand the glamour of those either. cleopatra killed herself--nothing glamorous about suicide. it indicates a very very deep level of despair. i've never heard of a pleasant snake bite either. as to marie antoinette, who wants to die by a dull guilliotine blade? i've read it took more than one chop for her head to come off. <<<<<<>>>>>>>> forgive me but i'd rather have some nice anonymous life. anyone who thinks being royalty was actually glamourous wasn't really there imho. truth steps off her soapbox.

napaea	05 Sep 2002
well, i too have a thing for Egyptian culture. i just gradually started being pulled into Egyptian stuff. started collecting art, books, getting into archaeology. everything seemed to talk to me. this is true with a few other cultures: Native American: ever since i was tiny I have connected to N.American life. collected pictures of old Indian guys when i was little (all these wrinkled old guys in my room when my friends probably had Rainbow Brite!) i've always been drawn to celtic stuff, or more specifically, the kind of Mysts of Avalon life. flowing dresses. medieval feel. rain, mist, fog. magic. feminine powers. blades and ornate trinkets. yummmmm

napaea	05 Sep 2002
oh yeah! i knew i forgot one! mobsters!!!!!!!!!!! i have this crazy fascination with mobsters, forever! i'm sure i was in some form of mafia in a past life. and probably during the prohibition, cause that has always seemed terribly cool to me. when i was a kid i use to wear hats all the time. someone found me this black bowler hat, and i wore it all the time. my uncle took me out one day and took pictures of me in this hat (well, there are actually a lot of different pics of me in this hat! i still have it to this day, 20 years later!!) anyway, he took me to an old train yard and i sat on top of the train, and sat on the train tracks, and all these pictures of me, i'm in front of trains wearing this hat. a psychic told me i lived during the 30's (though i think maybe 2 lives back to back) and this was why i had a love for hats and gloves (which i didn't tell her) she also said i died young, and because i was hit by a train! and here i have my very next life pictures of me sittin' right in front of one! it's kinda creepy to me sometimes when i look at the pictures!

Strega	06 Sep 2002
I have always been drawn to Ancient Etruscan Culture... and the Native American Indian Culture (particularly Cherokee). :)

Lady Anna	06 Sep 2002
Hello everyone! I'm late for the discussion -- and what an interesting discussion it is! Wow. Thank you all for sharing. a psychic told me i lived during the 30's (though i think maybe 2 lives back to back) and this was why i had a love for hats and gloves (which i didn't tell her) she also said i died young, and because i was hit by a train! A psychic told me I lived in the Renaissance and that makes sense because I have always felt an special felling for that time period, love the art and all the important things that happened in that time... she said I was some kind of peasant and that I remembered to be in the forest, surrounded by nature, working with the land, I was very poor but very happy...died young, at the age of 40 or 45...she told me that I was a Witch who knew very well the ways of the nature and knew how to use it for the good of all. Sometimes when I meditate these images come into my mind and I start to see a continuous moment in the life of this women who is myself…!!!…Is very beautiful and peaceful. Love, Analisa :THP

DollChica	06 Sep 2002
My earliest living memory in this lifetime is that of looking up out of my playpen and expecting to see Puritans looking down at me. It explains why I am drawn to the Massachusetts/ New England area of the US. The old homes, the history, all of that. It has definitely reflected into this lifetime. I am also drawn to the Celtic/Pagan time period when the Christian priests are beginning to take over. I was no one grand or special, but I was educated and had no patience for the priests. Someone did a reading for me in 1983 and revealed that I was a maid for a noble French family. I got pregnant by the son (we were soulmates) but his parents forced him to marry someone else. I died of a broken heart. I completely forgot about this reading (the reader told me that I would. So I took notes. Forgot about them too.) until after I met him in this lifetime. Then I remembered the notes and found them in their original hiding place. Weird... Tried to do the Konraad past life reading a few months ago and couldn't do it because the image of some kind of ancient warrior (red hair, big, uncouth) kept interfering with the reading. That is all... dc

debins	06 Sep 2002
Many thanks for sharing stories and the Christian Reincarnation link which I've bookmarked for later. I'm sure I've mentioned before that I'm emotionally attached to The Taj Mahal--geographically symbolic only, I think. I love East Indian clothing, food, jewellry, fabrics, and spices. A beloved in this life who died was from India and I immediately had a compulsive attachment to him the very first moment I saw him. In fact, a moment before I actually saw him for the first time I felt him touch me gently on the arm, so it seemed, for he was several feet away and couldn't possibly have physically touched me nor would it have been "proper" to do so in those circumstances. Also, at the moment of our first meeting I also heard him say, but not with my earthly ears, "I am here". As a little girl I would wind yards and yards of satin cloth around me to play "dress-up". It wasn't until many years later that I found out what a saree/sari is. Before that, I hadn't even heard of such a thing, in this life. I think the last bit should be quite convincing of a former life in India for me. But just an ordinary one, I think.

Violet Gargoyle	06 Sep 2002
I don't know, I think no matter when I lived I though I should be somewhere else. I always thought I would feel at home in Ireland or Scotland, but I am also comfortable with the idea of being Amish (I used to go to school and work near an Amish settlement) But then I always liked the Victorian culture. As well as the Eastern Cultures.....

DollChica	06 Sep 2002
Hey VG! Maybe we were sisters in a past life :D

Cerulean	07 Sep 2002
For Egypt fans: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/colors.htm I've been happy to explore art of other cultures. I don't always want to explore doing the same type of art. I enjoy learning how the culture used color and depicted different people. One of the neatest decks that I saved for was the Egyptian tarocco di Laura Tuan. Still learning Italian, still absorbing the art. I had a wonderful time writing poems for a study seminar if I was a character known as "Chantress for Amon," which usually meant wife of a high priest or woman who did devotions to the local version of the sun god in Egyptian regions. I return to this deck periodically, only have had it a month or so. For me, it's most peaceful to look at how I am attracted to the stories and cultural art as a closeness from a family association or feeling. For instance, if I am welcomed as a sis/friend to someone, if I feel familar to a place that I've never been before, I do linger. Most often it's a mutually nice experience. Many times I explore the idea or attachment very casually, slowly. If it's a different art form such as Egyptian, I try to get a tarot or oracle or book on the different culture and then get a feel if I want to keep it or pass it on. If I get the feeling of the creeps or no, this isn't right, then I pass it on or vanish as quickly as I can. I don't know if this related to the thread-- hope at least the link was fun for someone. Mari H.

Violet Gargoyle	07 Sep 2002
Quote: Originally posted by DollChica Hey VG! Maybe we were sisters in a past life :D Could be possible- with all these fascinations with cultures I'm bound to cross some paths......

evangelion	17 Oct 2002
Awesome! I just stumbled across this thread and I love it! You know, it's funny because all my life I've known that I have many ties to the past. For one thing I've always had this obsession with asian/oriental culture. I dont just mean I like the food or the writing, I mean EVERYTHING about these people and their culture, religions, history, art, etc. The dreams I've had with people and places I've never seen yet know like the back of my hand, astral projections that take me to far away foreign lands I'm somehow so familiar with but I dont know why. And another small yet significant coincidence, my favorite actor and role-model, Bruce Lee, and I share the same birthday, November 27th. The most common and reoccuring images are of some wanderer or rogue-samurai. I know that I played some role in the history of the far east, but I still dont have any specifics.

ChrisTheObscure	17 Oct 2002
Quote: Originally posted by LouiQ I'm with Ramses - Egypt every time! It's held a fascination for me ever since I can remember. I haven't been there yet - it's my dream holiday and I don't want to go until I can afford a long stay. My book collection breaks down into three topics: photography, Tarot/psychic and Ancient Egypt. My one regret at leaving London for the North of England was that I couldn't drop into the British Museum to see their collection. I suspect I was a slave rather than a Pharoah, but it'll do for me! Amyel - I've had an affinity toward ancient Greek culture as well...the religion, the architecture, the poetry...everything. In fact, when I was a little kid I used to call God "zeus"...which didn't go over too well with my parents! And now, as a pagan, most of the gods I relate to in my pantheon are Greek or Celtic. As far as you're talking about being "home", well, Canada feels that way to me. Part of it is that my father was from there, I'm sure, but I dunno...I'd be curious to find out if maybe I've had a recent past life there as well. I also have a very strong pull to Scotland and Ireland. C.

Macavity	17 Oct 2002
Oh, I'm very much with you on the Egyptian thing, plus I seem to have a (slightly) better feel for Egyptian Tarot than some others. Spooky huh? :) On a slightly different tack though, I suspect some people here might also derive great pleasure in having some notion of reading Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs. It can be great fun to read them in the "orginal version" after all! :) Buying a good book was once a bit of an lottery, since many were either not correct or simply now outdated. But, for those still interested, an eminently readable and modern self-study introduction is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0520215974/ref=nosim/aeclectic/ A lot of the stelae inscriptions etc. are quite rigid in form and (imo) with a little practice much should be WELL within the grasp of anyone with the ability to remember TAROT symbolism in any quantity! ;) Although I will likely never finish this book, it has enabled me to become quite adept at reading "standard offering forumae" and much more besides. I would hardly categorise myself as a particularly great "linguist" either... Amaze your friends and relatives on your next visit to the museum :) Mac

Natalya	17 Oct 2002
I think Im multicultural...lol.....im half greek, half colombian..I love europe, speak five languages and am learning arabic due to my passion for egypt (im passionated of Isis)..even led me to belly dancing, hindu dancing, listen to asian music...I love every country :)

AmounrA	17 Oct 2002
Perhaps rather than being reincarnated from eqyptian times, you are picking up deep field eqyptian magick still out in the collective unconcious. Perhaps the thoughtforms have a life inside which can be entered and interacted with, causing real synchronicities to occur in ones life. Perhaps more initiated than re-incarnated. An invisible college within, that has been operational for millenia.

niah	20 Oct 2002
I don't know who I was in the past life. I've always loved Egyptian stuff, too. I even have an Eye of Horus tatooed on my arm. :) http://www.susansdolls.com/barbies/2002/princess_of_nile_53369.shtml Go here and look at this Barbie! This picture doesn't give the doll credit. Up close she's stunning. :TCHAR

Natalya	20 Oct 2002
OH!!!! That doll is gorgeous....

niah	20 Oct 2002
And I have her. Yaay. My mom got her for me. She's still on sale. (The doll, not my mom) LOL :TCHAR

Natalya	20 Oct 2002
Lucky Niah....Is your room decorated with an Egyptian theme?

niah	20 Oct 2002
I have a black egyptian scarf with "gold" Egyptian symbols on it. I also have a bust of Nefertiti. The doll and my tatoo is all. My room doesn't have a King Tut mask. :TCHAR

Natalya	20 Oct 2002
When did you get the tattoo?

niah	20 Oct 2002
July. It was for my 18th b-day

Natalya	20 Oct 2002
Cool...I always wanted to get one but I fear to regret later on as I eventually age :(

niah	20 Oct 2002
I always hoped I would never live past 40. I don't want to be old

Natalya	20 Oct 2002
WOW....some people still look good after their 40s

Indigo	27 Oct 2002
I had done a regression once and found that I was a Franciscan monk, some time during the Inquisition. I had fallen in love with one of the peasants from the village near my monastery. She was accused of witchcraft and burned at the stake, and I did nothing, because my fear of losing God was greater than my fear of losing her. I think this is why, in this life, I am constantly reminded that the Divine is in the people we love, and in the love we share. Less importantly, I have always been drawn to the teachings of St. Francis of Assisi. My family is Methodist, but I begged my parents to let me attend a year of Catholic school, and I also attended a Catholic youth group. I also feel drawn to the 1960's hippie culture, with a sense that I've been there, so that may have been a part of my most recent life (I was born in 1977).

cyan	29 Oct 2002
I have often been drawn to study about France and all things French, from bread, to furnishings, to history. Some people have even said I look French (?) yet so far as I know I've no French blood in me. I had never done any research about my family but I know my great grandfather, my maternal grandmother's father, was a Stuart decended from some shirtail branch of the Scottish family. One day not too long ago I typed that name into the computer and found out something rather amazing. The Stuarts came to Scotland, via England, from Brittany, where they were the stewards of Dol. So, a thousand years ago... funny, I want to say a thousand years ago I was French. Well, who knows maybe I was.

StargazerLily	31 Oct 2002
I am also very into ancient egypt--but mostly just religion. I know 2 people who think I was a cat in a past life. I'm starting to think that myself--my love for cats has been existent ever since I can remember and it grows along with respect for them as I get older. Maybe I was an Egyptian cat? My boyfriend had borrwed a regression CD from his work, but I don't remember what he said about it :( Somehow he knows he was burned as a witch (I say somehow because I don't remember how he found out) in a past life.

napaea	01 Nov 2002
Niah! i have that Barbie too! Got her for Christmas last year. everyone knows how much i love Egyptian paraphanlia, so I got her at Christmas, and an Egyptian rubber stamping kit w/papyrus. The Nile Barbie is so much more beautiful than the picture shows! I usually have her ornate outer garment off, cause she is so gorgeous in her gold dress! she has very sexy goddessy hips! and thank you Macavity for the link to the book! i have a couple of different hieroglyphic books, and they haven't gotten me very far at all! i started to learn the alphabet, and that's as far as i got! myself, i have a cartouche i love, a winged isis necklace, udjat eye (wadjet?), stencils, my stamp kit, coloring books, etc. but not much real "art" like the beautiful painted ones on papyrus. oh well, all in time! ooooo, also, my sister checked out an Egyptian discovery cd from the library, and it had a very fun egyptian game on it. i have to recreate my own, i got very addicted. :)

DeLani	03 Nov 2002
So many Egyptians and Greeks! Gee, you think maybe that might be why we like Tarot so much? :) I also have a deep feeling for Egypt, but not the classical time. I really get into things "persian" - like a mix of Egyptian, Greek, and Indian. I think I was a Gypsy (?) traveling the silk roads. Today, I read Tarot cards and I belly dance, and I feel like I've been doing it "forever." Also, whenever I am standing, holding a clipboard in my left arm and a pen/pencil in my right hand, I fall into this "zone" of timelessness...like I have been taking that position, as a scribe, over and over and over again through many lifetimes. To this day I love books and words more than anything. Though I live in a tiny little trailer, it is crammed with books. One day I will have my own library. When I hear about the burning of books, it is like a physical blow to me. D.

Dark Inquisitor	07 Nov 2002
Where to start? Here is the list I know of so far thru dreams & readings: -Starving to death in an Egyptian tomb. (vision) -The little sister of my daughter in a South American or Carribean life. (channel) -My daughter I being armoured warriors w/horses & swords - but female! (channel & reading) - A life as a Celtic Galileo-type guy who barely escaped execution by the intellectual/political oppressors of the time. (reading) -Native American (reading) -Black girl somewhere in the southeast US in the 1700's, early 1800's (dream) -Victorian England ghostbuster lady/medium- secret society member/founder (numerous dreams, channel, & reading) Tarotphelia

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