Past life regression
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or "what a load of old cobblers" as it is also known.

One of my workmates went to a "regression session" recently with some friends. For 25 quid each (IIRC) they were all taken back to their past lives. They were all either famous or rich the last time out, oddly enough. What a weird coincidence!

Surely, if this was real, at least one past life experience would have followed the scenario of:

Born into extreme, grinding poverty in 16-oatcake, eked out a miserable, sickly existence for however many years, then succumbed to plague / died in childbirth / got killed in battle?

But no, they were all duchesses, princesses, actresses (having been female in their past life as well) and lived the high life til a ripe old age. The worst bit? They all believed every word .. these are all educated young women, holding down responsible jobs, and yet they're happy to blow spare cash on this tosh?

My own opinion is that the "regressor" (if that's a word) is a hypnotist, who's discovered a great way to make easy money. Still, slightly better than mugging old ladies in the street I suppose.

*stands by for flaming from Cleopatra's current incarnation*
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Mon 7 Jul 2008, 17:50, 8 replies)

They believed it?
Sometimes I wonder if I'm actually cynical enough.
( chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 18:03, closed)

Yup, hook, line and sinker
I'm currently tempted to sell them some land on the moon ....
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Mon 7 Jul 2008, 18:06, closed)

Nice try Witch
but you see... I own it all and have the inkjet certificate to prove it!
( rjmrjm, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 18:11, closed)

I really wish past lives were true
But then I also wish that Father Christmas and fairies were real too.

I can't see why we would be any different from plants and animals that die...we're all carbon based and will live again, but next time we'll be in a bit of mud which a weed has its roots sat in.

So in that respect none of us truly dies...but that's just not as much fun as being Queen Victoria. Or a princess.

Knowing my luck I'd be a pox-ridden prostitute with black teeth and a large arse.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 18:15, closed)

Which one
of Cleopatra's current incarnations? I know three! :D
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 18:32, closed)

There are some monumentally gullible people, aren't there?
And, to show us all that it's rubbish, I refer you to Bobby Balls regression. Can't find the video tho...
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 19:32, closed)

Yeah!
I've always wondered about this, too. With my luck, I was King Henry the VIII's kitchen maid who died of typhoid at age 14 after being starved and beaten.

That's why I'm such a big tub now, it's all King Henry's fault! Think I could sue the Royal Family? And get away with it?
(TDub Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides on, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 20:30, closed)

^ Worth a try...
let's face it, people have won stranger compensation claims than that in the past.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 22:08, closed)