Explorations into Past Life Issues
I have the honor of being this week’s guest on 4 Horsemen Paranormal Radio. I’ll be talking about hauntings and history, but probably not reincarnation. This is a show that I listen to all the time, so it’s very cool to be on it myself. You can listen at 10 pm EST on Tuesday, October 5. The show will also be archived in case you aren’t able to listen live. Thank you, gentlemen, for having me on!
Mon, October 4 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
This week I was asked for my input on a missing persons case. I have to admit, I was very flattered that someone had so much confidence in my abilities that they would potentially put someone’s life in my hands. I did do it and came up with some details that I hope are helpful. However, I also hope that I don’t get many requests like this.
It takes a special person to be able to do missing persons work. First, you need to have a temperament where you don’t let the sadness of the situation suck the life out of you. I can’t imagine dealing with that sort of tragedy day in, day out. The emotions surrounding that sort of thing are problematic, anyway. It can be hard to concentrate and get a clear view of things when you are being bombarded by the grief, terror, and desperation radiating from the missing person’s loved ones. Thankfully, in this particular case, I was asked by a third party, so I was shielded from the rawness of those emotions. Another factor to watch out for is preconceived notions about what happened. I used to watch a lot of cop shows and have a lot of ideas about what tends to happen to missing persons. I had to back up a bit on a couple of things that popped into my head and evaluate whether they were psychic impressions or my own fears for the missing person. Finally, there is the pressure of knowing that how well you do your job could make a difference in whether that person lives or dies. Psychic abilities flow better when you are relaxed. Having major pressure on to do well is the last thing you want when the stakes are that high.
Psychics who do this kind of work and do it well seriously have my respect.
Thu, July 1 2010 » Psychic Abilities » No Comments
While I am delighted about Past Life being back on the air, I do want to correct something that was mentioned in the Saint Sarah episode. In it, they state that according to studies, 68% of people reincarnate within a short distance of where they died in the previous life. I’d be darned curious as to where they came up with that information (assuming they didn’t just make it up!). From what I’ve seen that is baloney.
It also bothers me that all of the past lives they show ended shortly before they were reborn. Again, that is quite uncommon. I have heard of rare cases where that happened. The examples I know of were of people who died in the Holocaust. The usual estimates for the average time between lives is anywhere between 75 – 200 years depending on who you talk to. In cases of traumatic deaths, the average is closer to 15 – 20 years. However, that is nowhere near the matter of months that they claim is normal in that show.
I have one other little peeve about the show. In a couple of the episodes, the actors playing the reincarnatees were guilty of major overacting while doing their freak out scenes. Holy cow, what was the director thinking in allowing that?!! I’m a little concerned that if the average person sees such over the top nonsense, it will cause them to take the whole concept of reincarnation as over the top nonsense, too.
Sat, June 12 2010 » reincarnation » 3 Comments
The short-lived tv series Past Life will be back for an equally short-lived reprieve in order to burn off the unaired episodes. Check your local listings starting Friday, June 4. I can’t remember the specifics, but a preview of one of the unaired episodes did look really good. I’m glad that I will finally get a chance to see it.
Sun, May 30 2010 » reincarnation » No Comments
My Five Autobiographies: My Soul’s Experiences Lived through Five Recent Lives by Miriam Slozberg is an intricate analysis of one woman’s experience with reincarnation. It starts off with a general overview of the process, then goes into stories about Slozberg’s various lifetimes. As she progresses through the lives, she points out the influences that the previous lives had. In the telling of her current life, she ties all the pieces together, explaining point by point, person by person, how the different elements came together from past lives. It is by far the most detailed illustration of this I have ever read.
Slozberg also addresses her life with brutal honesty. She talks about her feelings of being an outcast and of constant bullying with a raw intensity that I found difficult to read at times. Much of it resonated with some of my own experiences. I give her credit for being willing to talk about her pain and own frailties so publicly in order to help others. And while so much of her story is sad and troubling, ultimately there is a message of hope in it.
One of the most helpful parts of the book is where she addresses why she chose to incarnate as a Jew during the Holocaust. That answers a big question I’ve always had. I understand that she is currently working on a new book that adrdesses astrological influences on the Holocaust. Based on her discussions of Holocaust issues on her blog, Liberate the Tortured Soul, that should be a fascinating read.
Sun, May 30 2010 » reincarnation » No Comments
I have just had one mind-blowing week. Out of the blue, I was contacted by a reputable publisher of history based books to write a book on local ghost stories for them. Holy cow! I feel just like Lana Turner! Seriously, who ever expects to have book offers dropped in their laps?
Apparently, they had seen a list of local hauntings on my website and liked what they saw. Even at that rate, I’m a bit surprised, as the listings are very sketchy. I don’t know how anyone can accurately judge my writing abilities on that.
The timing is very interesting. A month ago, life gave me a kick in the pants to leave an unpaid staff writer position I had held with a large paranormal radio station. I thought it was just a sign from the universe that I was working too hard, which I was. Now it looks like it was just clearing the decks to allow me to do this. After I left the radio job, I had been getting a lot of signs from the universe along the lines of “when one door closes, another one opens.” They weren’t kidding! It will be a lot of work, but I should be able to pace myself better so that it won’t be as overwhelming as the radio job.
I’m pretty excited about this (who wouldn’t be?!). I have volunteered at the Columbus Landmarks Foundation for the past few years as a storyteller for their annual ghost tours. I love doing that, and I am good at it. I’ve been spending the past few days trying to get organized. My goal is to get a lot of fresh stories, especially from places that haven’t already been done time and time again. I have a lot of stories from some haunted businesses I have worked at over the years.
This is just so cool!
Sat, March 20 2010 » Ghosts and hauntings » No Comments
I think I mentioned before about getting Sharon Anne Klingler’s book and cd set on advanced mediumship. I’ve been slowly working my way through it and have been very happy with the results. I can definitely recommend it, and expect that her other offerings are just as good.
In case you are interested in checking this out for yourself, she and her sister Sandra Anne Taylor are having a sale on their goods at Starbringer Associates through St. Patrick ‘s Day. I received the following details in an e-mail from them:
Top of the Mornin’ To You!
Spring is in the air, the daylight is growing longer and St. Patty’s day is nearly upon us! What a great time for a BIG sale! All books, CDs, Audio Seminar Programs and products are 40% off through St. Patrick’s Day, March 17th when you use the code: “PAT40″.
May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light,
May good luck pursue you each morning and night.
~Irish Blessing
All our best,
Sandra & Sharon
Starbringer Associates
Tue, March 16 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
It’s always a nice surprise when a pleasant memory from a past life spontaneously resurfaces.
Today I was listening to some traditional Chinese music while taking care of some paperwork at my job. There is something about traditional Chinese music that I have always found very soothing. I used to go to Chinese restaurants partially just to hear the music. Even the lively tunes cause my blood pressure to drop.
I’ve got a slight cold today and am a little on the sleepy side because of it. All of the sudden, I found myself remembering a moment in time when I was snuggled up to my husband on a boat. There was a very contented sleepy feel to the memory. We seemed to be on a river in China. Through the window, I could see the edge of the river and the beautiful mountains of China slowly drift by. The sense was that my husband and I were newly married and were traveling to our new home together. I don’t think we were wealthy, so I’m not sure why there would have been music. Perhaps some musicians were fellow travelers and decided to pass the time doing what they loved. A gentle rain started falling, which enhanced the sleepy mood.
I feel blessed that so many of the memories that come back to me are moments of complete contentment.
Wed, March 3 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
BTW, I would encourage everyone to check out the Past Life website while it is still up. They did a good job of presenting a lot of solid information on reincarnation studies in general, and you can catch up on the aired episodes, at least for the next few weeks, in case you missed them. FOX still gets kudos from me for airing this program at all and treating the subject intelligently .
Sat, February 20 2010 » reincarnation » No Comments
As a past life reader myself, I was thrilled when I heard that FOX was bringing a show on involving reincarnation as one of their mid-season replacements. The general premise of the show, Past Life, is that a past life regressionist works with a private detective to help solve old crimes that based on past life memories of the victims. The fact that it was a police procedural (more or less) was a bonus. Could it be that mainstream television was finally taking reincarnation seriously and not treating it with the usual romanticism or flakey New Agey slant they normally do?
Let’s get the bad out of the way. The only thing that I didn’t like about the show was glaring leaps made in the detective work. First, the detective magically decides that a case, with sketchy clues at best, occurred in Washington D.C. instead of out of all the places in the U.S. and Canada where it could possibly have happened. Then with only working on research overnight, he manages to figure out exactly who the victim was. Damn. If he wasn’t a fictional character, I would hire him in a heartbeat to work on a reincarnation murder case that I read for. It is nowhere near that easy to figure out who someone was.
Aside from that, the show lived up to my hopes. The series was based on some novels by M.J. Rose. I’ve read her blog and have to say, she is well versed in Western reincarnation theory. It showed in some aspects of the storyline as well. There were some things that your average joe wouldn’t know about reincarnation, like the fact that people do switch back and forth between being a male and a female, and the ever frustrating pieces of a puzzle nature of past life memories. The reincarnated character came back unusually quickly, but people who died traumatically and young do tend to come back more quickly than the average person. Even though it is fiction, this may be one of those shows where you actually can learn something about the paranormal.
On the non-reincarnation entertainment level, it also worked. I had read an advance review whose major complaint was that the lead characters were bland. It makes me wonder if we were watching the same show. Lifeless? Hardly! I particularly liked Kelly Giddish as the reincarnationist Dr. Kate McGinn. She brought an unexpectedly impish edge to an otherwise forthright, determined character. The story was pretty good and off the beaten path. I was also amused by the other characters’ constant mocking and disbelief about reincarnation. It may get old pretty quick, but it’s very true to life.
I’m thinking that anyone who believes in reincarnation or is intrigued by it will probably enjoy this show. Those that don’t will likely also find it entertaining as a science fiction/fantasy crime show if the writers can avoid any more unrealistic leaps in the detective work.
If the series has tweaked your interest in reincarnation, some of my colleagues in the field and I have a lot of information about it up at the Historical Figures Reincarnated website, including an article about how to find out about your own past lives. FOX also has some good articles about reincarnation on their Past Life website.
Past Life airs on FOX 9 pm EST on Thursdays for a limited run.
Thu, February 11 2010 » reincarnation » No Comments
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