I would like to say I agree with Ferrara, that this is a good and non-confrontational discussion and I really appreciate it.

Ebbie, it took me a while to decide whether to post this or not, but after reading your posting about the little girl who was you and your later posting, I would like to share a bit more.

Just because of the way of the world and the history of women (no offense intended to you guys), I am sure rape is probably a fairly common experience from past lives, for those of us who believe in them.

One regression I went through brought me to the highlands of Scotland. I was a young woman, in my teen years, saying goodbye to an older gentleman who was obviously a favourite relation. I didn't want to leave but was excited all the same. I was going down a river to a larger ship which would sail to France where I was to marry, I believe.

I never made it to France, as I was raped and abused by the crew of the ship. I had a distinct feeling of leaving my body and watching while they threw it overboard in a shroud as I had died.

Coming out of the regression, I realised that that was one reason why I've always been so homesick for Scotland, as I expected to return from time to time after that journey and of course, never did. I also realised it was why I've always felt I knew my paternal grandfather (this lifetime) even though he died one year before I was born. He was the kindly older relative who'd loved me so in Scotland and died of a broken heart not knowing what had ever happened to me.

kat