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Topic started on 3-3-2011 @ 09:33 AM by woodwytch
Hey there to all who take the time to stop by,

The reason I have decided to make this new thread is because I get a lot of u2u's asking me questions about Pastlife Regression ... so I thought rather than answering each one individually (as most questions asked tend to cover the same ground) I would give a synopsis about my own experiences with 'spontaneous' Pastlife Recall / how I came to be a Pastlife Regression Therapist / and the unique 'non-hypnotic' Regression Technique I developed etc. to lay some groundwork and then open-up the thread for you to ask specific questions ... I will also add some links to a thread I made about the subject when I first joined ATS and my website at the end of the OP, where you will be able to read more about my ebooks on the subject and some of my client case-histories.

Many of you will already know that in the real-world I am many things including;
Solitary Witch (practicing 22+yrs) ... Student (20yrs ago - Applied Psychology & Hypnology dip.) ... Pastlife Regression Therapist (17yrs) ... Mature Student (11yrs ago - studied BSc. Natural Earth Sciences) ... Writer of 2 Ebooks (10+yrs - 'The Cornish Burning' & 'The Atlantean Analysis') ... Registered Stress Consultant (7yrs) ... Meditation Tutor (7yrs) ... Website Administrator (2yrs - PastlivesParanormal&Pagans + The Atlantean Analysis) ... Founder of W.I.S.P.S (2yrs - Woodwytch Investigations of Supernatural & Paranormal Source - private paranormal investigation group).

The reason I wanted to state these credentials at the beginning of the thread is to let you see that there is more to me that just the 'weird and wonderful' in spite of the subjects I'm interested in and the fields that I work in I am a very down to earth person who will always look for a logical explanation before accepting the paranormal option ... I think it's important to be clear about that when we're dealing with a subject that some would classify as mere fantasy ... over-active imagination ... or the result of a delusional mind


So here we go this is me (I even look relatively 'normal') ;


>>>Present Day<<<
Berith Woodwytch

Very pleased to meet you



I became fascinated in the subject of pastlife memory and regression after I experienced it 'spontaneously' firsthand. To date I have recalled 4 of my pastlives in detail and all have been spontaneous ... this means that I was not physically regressed in order to recall the memories.

In my case it was like watching film trailers in my head on a mental TV screen ... these memory snippets rarely occured in sequence, that's why it is so important to write things down. When I felt that I had access to a complete set of memories I had to form my notes into some semblence of order ... a timeline if you will (it's a little bit like doing a jigsaw puzzle).

The first set of memories began in 1992, and it would be fair to say that it took me almost a year to retrieve the complete account of the lifetime that I'd lived as Hilley Tregasky (1st May 1623 - 16th August 1641), at a place called Millcombe back then (now called Rocky Valley), between Tintagel and Boscastle, in North Cornwall.

It took me almost another year to research the information that I'd recalled in order to see if it could possibly be true ... or whether I'd lost the plot and/or had some kind of mental breakdown ... what I discovered (places / names / events etc) after two trips to Cornwall and regular contact with Truro County Library for several months, was both shocking and stunning at the same time ... and convinced me 100% that the images I'd recalled were memory and not imagination.



>>>1st Pastlife Memories<<<
Hilley Tregasky - North Cornwall - 1623-1641


It was this first experience with pastlife recall that made the biggest impact on my life and in fact changed it for the better and forever (and I am not exaggerating this point).

Not only did this pastlife recall help me to put my present life back on track, it prompted me to write my first book The Cornish Burning, that includes numerous pictures and photographs to add an extra dimension to the readers experience ... it also prompted me to study in order to understand how the human mind works and what might prompt such things to happen ... following that period of study I became a Pastlife Regression Therapist.

However, I had great reservations about using hypnosis in order to help people retrieve their own pastlife memories because I knew that however ethical you might be ... and however carefully you worded your questions ... when someone is in a hypnotic trance it is all too easy to plant a subliminal suggestion (inadvertantly or otherwise) and this can result in 'false memory' which apart from defeating the whole object of Pastlife Regression Therapy, it can cause lasting psychological problems.

That's why I decided to develop a technique that does not use hypnosis ... to my knowledge all other PLRT's use hypnosis. Not only does the non-hypnotic technique eliminate the possibility of subliminal suggestion ... it also means that my clients experience something as close to my own 'spontaneous' experiences that it's possible to get ... plus they don't have to rely on listening to the recording of their session to remember what they said throughout because their conscious-mind was observing but not interfering all the time !

Is my method successful without hypnosis being used ?

Well, in the 17yrs that I have been a Pastlife Regression Therapist, I have regressed hundreds of people from all walks of life ... and whilst results vary from a skeletal timeline of events to graphically detailed accounts depending on the individual ... out of all those people I have only had two clients who did not recall anything.

The first was a guy who was very spiritual in nature (he'd actually spent 15yrs living in a monastic retreat) and I would have thought he would get into it very easily ... however on the day that he came to see me there was a lot of outside noise and he just couldn't let go and relax enough.

The second was a lady who was just starting to develop her spiritual side and was curious to discover who she may have been in a previous lifetime and to see if it had any bearing on the type of person she was in her current lifetime. She was fine up to a certain point but just couldn't seem to get to the question stage ... she said that all she could see was a soft black that surrounded her and a gentle, floating sensation. We decided to call it a day and I offered her another session for free. She came the second time and she got to the same stage and exactly the same thing happened. We talked about it after and came to the conclusion that maybe this was her 'first time' and as such she would have no pastlife memories to recall !


As I was coming to the end of writing the first draught of my first book The Cornish Burning I started to get the now familiar 'flashbacks' again ... but this time I was recalling memories from a much earlier lifetime that had taken place during the 4th Dynasty in Egypt. It was these memories along with an entirely different and seperate experience (see links at the end of the OP) that provided me with a very different view of ancient history and the dawn of civilization (not just in Egypt but around the world) that you will not read in any academic history book ... and the ridiculous thing is ... the answers to the age-old riddles have been staring us in the face all the time ... it is their simplicity that has kept them hidden in plain sight.



>>>2nd Pastlife Memories<<<
Themah - Heliopolis & Gizeh, Egypt - 4th Dynasty c2,500bc


This 'new' history is the subject of my second book The Atlantean Analysis ... and because some of the then wild theories I proposed in that book have indeed been proven as fact over the last decade or so ... my firsthand recollections leave me in no doubt that the ideas that remain untested will also be proven correct in the not too distant future.

The main thing that stood out from this second set of memories and the first was that this time things went way beyond the straightforward simplicity of the day to day existence of a simple living girl. These new memories were mind-boggling and allowed me to see beyond the restraints of linear time ... the 'bigger picture' so to speak ... and I have never looked back.



My third set of 'flashbacks' initially served to complicate something that was, as I've already stated 'mind-boggling' information because they arrived in tandem with my Egyptian memories. It took a while for me to realize that this was necessary because they were intrinsically linked.



>>>3rd Pastlife Memories<<<
Maude Faulkner - Richmond, Surrey - 1886-1956


And so the memories of a lifetime I'd lived as Maude Faulkner (1886-1956) in Richmond, Surrey surfaced hand in glove with my memories of Egypt because Maude had recalled the Egyptian memories herself during her lifetime when she had travelled to Egypt with her Uncle Henry (friend of the family), who was participating in an archaeological dig on the Plateau during the early 1920's.

It was this key feature that helped me to understand that 'all' of our lifetimes are linked like a thread that runs throughout them and more than that I have noticed that there is a particular theme that runs throughout my pastlife memories ... for example in none of my recalled lifetimes have I been brought-up to adulthood by my birth parents ... this is also true of my present life as I was adopted when I was 6weeks old.


This also applied to the fourth and final set of pastlife memories that I've recalled so far when I was born into the Piegan Crow Tribe ... but reared from the age of three by the neighbouring Blackfoot Tribe.



>>>3th Pastlife Memories<<<
White Dove & Pa'sha Napi (Two Names) - Montana - 1790-?


Now I'm guessing that many of you will have noticed how a lot of people who have recalled memories of pastlives have often recalled either Egyptian or North American Indian incarnations (or both). And having regressed as many people as I have ... I have to say that it is not as common as you might think. However, it made me wonder whether 'all' souls need to experience one or the other (or both) as part of the souls development ???

Obviously I cannot say yah or nay with any conviction but it is something worth consideration ... and it would explain why there are many who recall such lifetimes.

There was a surprising twist in the tail to my own account that you can read about in the 'Pastlife Casefiles' on my website.

Another fallacy that is prominent (particularly amongst sceptics) on the subject of Pastlife Regression is that they always think people claim to be some famous or historical figure let me lay that rest once and for all ... in all the years that I have been regressing people I have NEVER had anyone recall being someone famous or historical. The closest incident was a lady who turned-out to be semi-famous by default if you will ... when she recalled bein the Man Servant to Akhenaten (Egyptian Pharaoh) although the man her soul had once been was not famous himself !


Here are the links to my relevant ATS threads that you might find interesting;

#1 Spontaneous Pastlife Memory -
www.abovetopsecret.com...

#2 Pyramid Building - Ever Noticed The Deliberate Mistake ?
www.abovetopsecret.com...

#3 I Need Feedback On This 'Abduction' Experience (part 1)
www.abovetopsecret.com...

#4 I Need Feedback On This 'Abduction' Experience (part 2)
www.abovetopsecret.com...


Here are the links to my websites (both have link buttons to return to ATS)

#1 PastlivesParanormal&Pagans - (scroll over Pastlives in the sidebar and click 'Pastlife Casefiles')
www.pastlivesparanormalandpagans.webeden.co.uk...

#2 The Atlantean Analysis - (serialized version of the alternative history information derived from my pastlife memories & abduction experience)
www.theatlanteananalysis.webeden.co.uk...

>>>If the website links are a little slow to load please click the 'refresh' button ... they do work<<<


Ok people feel free to ask any questions you have about the subject of Pastlife Memory and Regression ... please remember this is not a thread designed to convince or convert anyone ... if you don't believe in pastlives that is absolutely fine ... but please DO NOT try to spoil the thread for those who do or who are unsure and would like to know more.

Thank-you. Woody
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reply posted on 3-3-2011 @ 09:48 AM by phishyblankwaters
reply to post by woodwytch



I'm not sure if I can really pose this as a question but....

At various points in my life I've experienced what some would call recollections of past lives. I can give 2 different examples of this. When I was young I spent a lot of time with my grandparents, my grandfather being a somewhat father figure with a distinguished military background. At around 5 or 6, I can't recall exactly but I was around 5 or 6, I started asking my grandfather questions about war. I only know this because he told me about this conversation in later years.

Apparently I asked him about the Nazis, described a German uniform, and told him about dreams I had giving details no 5 year old would really have about WW2. I've always passed this off as one of those I must have picked it up from a movie or something events.

In later years sometimes i would catch glimpses, like waking dreams, of somewhere I'd consider to be in the middle east, sand, stone buildings, i could feel my hand dragging along the surface of the corridor I was walking, I could feel the ground under my wooden sandels. This one stuck with me for years. the only way I can describe it would be after losing a close friend or family member, how your mind can start to wander back to memories about events you barely remember, but have little control over, your mind just takes you there. It's similar to that.

I can't remember names, places, events, just feelings. Feelings of hopelessness. almost grief, but I could never pin point it.

I guess my question would be, as someone who doesn't really believe in ghosts, the afterlife, or hypnosis, what would you suggest? Am I a candidate for regression? Are these just tidbits of information I picked up over my life?
As years have gone by, being a history buff, I read a lot of books and watch a ton of documentaries. On various occasions I felt I had seen or been to places being shown before but I have never had the chance in this life.

I really don't want to go to much more into it with the type of crowd that comes here but there is more but it's rather personal.

P.S. i'm a debunker skeptic, go figure.



reply posted on 3-3-2011 @ 10:50 AM by woodwytch
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Hey there phishyblankwaters,

You might be surprised to know that most children up to the age of 5-6yrs old have some residual pastlife memories. For example, if you were to ask a young child (who is old enough to speak) whilst they were busily playing quietly with toys in a peaceful surround ...

'What was your name before you were >>>childs present name<<<' ?

or

'Where did you live before you came here' ?

Quite often they will respond ... but you must only ask when their conscious mind is occupied ... and you must be very matter of fact about the way you ask ... never make a big deal out of it (especially if they reply).


Everyone is a candidate for Pastlife Regression ... in fact some of the most sceptical people who have had the pleasure of gracing my couch have been the ones who produced the most detailed responses. Maybe it's because they expect nothing to happen and their mind is not trying to anticipate a response.

Woody


reply posted on 3-3-2011 @ 11:14 AM by woodwytch
reply to post by Rising Against



Hey there Rising Against ... pleased you like the thread

To answer your question 'can anyone do regression' (?)

I would have to say no !

However, if you knew the key-points for regression and had a script written by someone who knew what they were doing ... you could record it for replay.

You or whoever recorded the script would have to use a bland monotone voice in order to obtain the right effect (bore the conscious mind).

I would also recommend that anyone trying to regress themselves should have a companion with them throughout ... someone they trust completely. This person would be there to prompt you to take-on the 'observer position' should you start to recall something traumatic or disturbing ... this doesn't happen with everyone but it is very common (I have had grown men cry like babies on my couch on numerous occasions).

A little further into the thread I will post some suggestions and example questions for those who might want to give it a try.

Woody



reply posted on 3-3-2011 @ 11:57 AM by -W1LL
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I read this thread yesterday. www.abovetopsecret.com...

it has me thinking non stop about regression just this morning I told my wife about it and she said she wants to do it. not much info online steps to prepare for regression and lessons of any kind would be much appreciated!

I knew there was alot more to woodywitch from that pic thread!

many thanks for sharing your knowledge.
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reply posted on 3-3-2011 @ 12:06 PM by woodwytch
Originally posted by CholmondleyWarner
I've got a question. Without wishing to appear rude why can't these so called past life memories just be fantasy's created by our subconscious minds? To me I think they are just conjured up images created by our minds just like those who are regressed and believe they have been kidnapped by aliens...
Also why are memories of someone else living a long time ago evidence that you were that person reborn in modern times? Maybe there's just so much consciousness around and that when you die your consciousness and memories are then used by someone else about to be born!
There's so many other more realistic theories concerning past lives than to just buy into the idea that you have been reborn...



Hey there CholmondleyWarner

This is a great question and one that I'm pleased has been brought-up early in the thread.

The short answer is that in some cases it may well be down to fantasy ... but speaking from the practitioner's perspective I can say that the initial few questions that I ask are very general because they are designed with that in mind ... especially as I am not using hypnosis and the conscious mind is keeping a very watchful eye on proceedings.

However, there is a very subtle difference between 'imagination' and 'memory' and although it differs from one client to the next there is always what I call the 'cross-over point'. And I can tell in an instant when a client stops generalizing or recalling things they may have seen in a film or read in a book ... and they start recalling actual memories ... because their whole persona changes.

From my point of view this never ceases to amaze me every time it happens.

The analogy I use in The Cornish Burning to explain the difference between 'imagination' and 'memory' is the Orange Analogy;

>>> If you had never eaten an orange before you could only 'imagine' what it tasted like by the description you were given.

And if half a dozen people described that taste to you the descriptions would vary enormously depending on whether the describer liked oranges or not.

But if you had eaten an orange before and someone started to describe the sharp, citrus taste ... and the fleshy, moist texture of the fruit as you bit into it ... and the sensation of the juice spurting down your throat ... then your mouth would begin to water at the 'memory' of eating an orange.

Another thing that intrigues me is when a client comes with a pre-conceived idea of where they may have had a previous lifetime (please see the link in the OP to 'Pastlife Casefiles' on my website there is a perfect example included there) ... in reality they rarely recall such an incarnation because they will be directed to the time that offers the most help and understanding to their current lifetime.

One such client was convinced he'd been a Celtic Warrior in a pastlife because he loved Celtic history ... in reality he recalled a lifetime as a Beaver Trapper in North America something that had never interested him in this lifetime ... and yet he was able to tell me how he made his traps and the best places to set them along the river etc. Instead of being pleased that he'd recalled such graphic details during his session he was bitterly disappointed because he hadn't been a Celtic Warrior bless him.

And of course there is the research that might be carried-out in connection with the memories ... in The Cornish Burning the last 4 chapters cover the research that I carried-out after my recollection ... and yes I'm well aware that the jaded sceptic might say that I must have done the research before I wrote the book ... obviously I cannot prove that was not the case ... but on a personal level the things that I uncovered left 'me' in no doubt that the things I had recalled were memory and not imagination.

This has been the case with many of my clients ... some of which liked the idea of pastlife recall but deep down thought it might be nothing more than imagination ... I love it when I receive their phonecalls and emails excitedly telling me that they have researched some of the things that they recalled and yet had no previous knowledge of ... only to have them confirmed after a little digging.

The truth is a sceptic will never believe unless they experience for themselves ... and that's not necessarily a bad thing !

Woody


reply posted on 3-3-2011 @ 12:15 PM by woodwytch
reply to post by Rob37n



Hey there Rob37n,

You make a good point about the fact that sometimes the most disturbing memories can be the most helpful. I totally agree and have seen the resulting benefits on many occasions.

Very interesting snippet about the Diana vision ... particularly as your pastlife memories were in France too.

Do you know if both took place in the same region at all ?

Woody




reply posted on 3-3-2011 @ 12:22 PM by woodwytch
Originally posted by -W1LL
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post by woodwytch



I read this thread yesterday. www.abovetopsecret.com...

it has me thinking non stop about regression just this morning I told my wife about it and she said she wants to do it. not much info online steps to prepare for regression and lessons of any kind would be much appreciated!

I knew there was alot more to woodywitch from that pic thread!

many thanks for sharing your knowledge.
edit on 3/3/2011 by -W1LL because: (no reason given)



I saw that thread too ... very detailed and well worth the read

I will probably add some more information about techniques you can try yourselves tomorrow (don't want to rush at it). I believe knowledge is for sharing.

And you are so correct there is so much more to this witch than meets the eye (more layers than an onion) !

Woody


reply posted on 3-3-2011 @ 12:38 PM by Rob37n
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The visions I had of France where very different to the vision of the death of Diana.

Firstly the experience I had of France was of a young man (mid 20's) who was a farmer and married with three daughters. He loved his family very much, but was compelled by feelings of duty to serve his country in fighting the English (which felt odd as I am English). My memory was of him, or me it's such an odd sensation, riding straight into a group of enemy cavalry and been killed. The strong memories where of fear, of loss, of leaving his family, the terror of impending death. The emotions where so intense that I took them home with me, I was left in tears, and was mourning the loss of his/my family. I had to return to my therapist and have the intensity of the feelings taken away. Even today, and we're talking 15 years later I can still see him and his family, and feel the loss and other emotions. It was so intense at the time.

Secondly, the vision of the death of Diana wasn't set in France, I could see the accident being at a crossroads in Kingston upon Hull, where I live, specifically at the junction of Beverley Road, Sculcoates Lane, and Queens Road. Why there I don't know, but it was what I was seeing in my hypnotic state. The bus was the kind you see in the US, those large yellow buses, but the bus was pretty much empty apart from a handful of indistinct bodies, but my therapist said I kept mentioning that the Princess was in the bus and had died.

Again it was such an intense feeling, like a real-time 3D movie but with emotional content. I never saw from the eyes of the person but as if I was perched on their shoulder, or sometimes as a moving camera.

I don't know if the experiences are genuine memories of past events as per the first recollection, or are how my mind presents information for me to draw something from to aid with healing. I don't really care which, because I took so much from the experience.

I never had anyone famous, usually met a nasty and young end, but it was fascinating. Once I had visions of being an eagle, the therapist stopped talking and left me to enjoy the feeling of being a bird of prey, it was very intense, I could sense the changes needed to keep aloft, could see prey, and could feel the blood lust rising in the bird prior to an catching a rabbit.

My other experiences where of being a victim of the holocaust, a boy who died very young falling from playground equipment in New York in the 1950s, a Roman legionary who was a senior officer on the campaign into what is now Romania, and of being a serving girl is a part of Spain in the 15th Century. The Roman experience and descriptions where backed up by doing some reading and a documentary I saw. The period, the campaign, and the results tied in exactly with what I recalled to my therapist.


reply posted on 3-3-2011 @ 12:52 PM by woodwytch
reply to post by Rob37n



Fascinating ... I love the intensity that people 'feel' it is this that helps the person become more whole and have a much deeper understanding of themself and what makes them tick.

No matter how long I work in this field it will never get old because every case is different

Did you ever research the details of the other memories ?

Woody


reply posted on 3-3-2011 @ 01:22 PM by gemineye
reply to post by woodwytch



Aaawe, thank you for this thread!!! I've been secretly hoping for you to do such a thing, lol!

Working with the people you have, have you ever regressed someone who was one of his/her own relatives in a past life? If so, is it common?

Do people tend to carry over any physical characteristics from one life to the next?

How much time does the typical person spend between lives?

And I haven't read through yet and I'm sure someone else has already asked by now, but I'll ask again, what would you suggest for someone to regress him/her self? If you already have any of it written in one of your book or on your website, feel free to direct me there.

I have been interested in past life regression for a very long time and always felt there was something that I really needed to recall, but wasn't able to. Through meditation, I was finally able to remember very brief parts of what I think were my past lives, and once, even a past life of my son.

One more question and I really hesitate to ask it, but I figure since it's your profession, you've probably thought of damn near everything , lol. Before I ask, I'd like to say that I mean no disrespect at all to ANYONE... it's something that I'm genuinely curious about. Do you think it's possible that some people are gay because they were a different gender in a past life and still holding on to their preferences from that life? I'm straight, but I have many gay friends who are very dear to me and while I've always wondered this, I really didn't want to offend anyone by asking.

Thanks for this! S&F from me! I'm glad you decided to do this and will be checking out the other threads you linked ASAP!
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