Past Life Puzzle Pieces

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Nova

July 19, 2014

It’s Saturday afternoon, and I’m looking to be amused. Let’s pretend that the unusual things we’re most obsessed with somehow point to what our past lives were, shall we? For me, that would be (in no particular order):

Medieval monastic life
Walking long distances / the idea of leaving, wandering, seeking
Gulags
Siberia
WWII, as experienced by the non-military in continental Europe
Bohemia / Czechoslovakia
The Romani
Drowning at sea
The Alemanni/Suebi (a 3rd through 6th century barbarian tribal confederation mostly focused around the area that’s now Alsace)
12th century Wales / England
Weaving and folk medicine in medieval Europe
Sheep & goats
16th century trading culture in Italy and the Netherlands
Northern Renaissance oil paintings – particularly those depicting architecture and the life of the layperson (vs. religious subjects)
Ruby Glass (which also connects back to Bohemia)
Late 19th century cabinet cards (photos)
19th century prostitution and drug use

So there you have it. This is the bulk of what I’ve been drawn to time and time again in literature, film, and via travel experiences since childhood. There are TONS more things that I’m interested in, of course – art, music, pop culture, clothing – all sorts of stuff. I love other cities and time periods, too. But these are the things that stick with me. Feel free to piece these together like some weird puzzle, and imagine who I might have been in a past life. Alternately, use it as a suggestion to start connecting your own strange obsessions and making up reincarnation stories for yourself, whatever floats your boat. Happy random Saturday!

5 responses to “Past Life Puzzle Pieces”

amy

July 19, 2014

Ooh precious and thought provoking . Love it. You were a nomadic gypsy, taught by a far easterner who traveled to edges Siberia, where you were born(to a prostitute in poverty). He taught you his trade of herbal Medicines. In return, you were to travel alone to the west with his bag of tricks, opium being a main source for pain. You landed first in eastern Europe, becoming a favorite subject for a painter…as you looked up into the architectures above. Further west you went, admiring in awe, the blonde hair blue eyed people…where you sensed a deep meloncholy, as though you knew of a great tragedy that was to come.of the unborn here. Finally, reaching a huge ship. Ready to sail across the channel, you traded some herbs for seasickness for a.ticket to go. A great storm came as you approached the lands ahead. And as the ship came.close.to shore, it hit rock, tearing the wood of the boat to.pieces. Your life swam around the choppy edges of the channel and somehow, after tasting more than you liked of the sea water, climbed ashore. You awoke in the greenest of lands, magical. There you were surrounded by the people of the tribal freedom wild folk. Pulling you from the wreckage that lay scattered upon the rocky beach…Perfect place for your herbs…

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1. compassandquill
  
  July 20, 2014
  
  Lol, love this version 🙂
  
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  1. amy
    
    July 20, 2014
    
    kinda sets you up for your other obsessions. perhaps the gypsy had sex with the painter and eventually got pregnant before leaving. your child also becomes a painter in another time period…perhaps you treated prostitutes with opium after they had a rough night…you know, that sort of thing.
amy

July 19, 2014

Me. Wow this is some raw exposure.
The human body and how to.access the blueprints of.our souls/DNA through touch and quantum touch

Sex…every possible way to experience pleasure, kama sutras far eastern kings and heroms

Pleasure versus pain… Anything from cutting, serial killers, s and m, etc

Shamanism/herbal.medicines/food healing

Pedophiles

Fear of drowning

Women with dark hair, dark eyes, darker complections

Daydreaming of other worlds

Mediterranean foods

The unknown

Belly dancers and music associated with tribal.beats

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amy

July 20, 2014

I forgot a few things. I adore trees, always have. Absinthe, it intrigues me. Lace. omg, I spelled harems wrong. scrabble and other word games/trivia/mind tricks.

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