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Are you familiar with 18th century France?

If a person has real health issues, it would be beneficial for them to undergo regression for that purpose anyway. I believe that the seat of many physical issues lies in the subconscious, whether they are linked to this life, or another. Eowyn is right - most of what you find out in a real PL regression takes you completely by surprise.


I am familiar with the 18th century - England, France, and the U.S. I was a voracious reader as a child, and still am. I suppose you might say that my "memory banks" could be tainted. I was particularly interested in Lafayette, Marie Antoinette, and Le Petite Trianon. As a teenager, "A Tale of Two Cities" was one of my favorite books. I had a strange habit of reading it again when I was under stress. Strange, because it's hardly a "calming" book.
 
BriarRose said:
I am familiar with the 18th century - England, France, and the U.S. I was a voracious reader as a child, and still am. I suppose you might say that my "memory banks" could be tainted. I was particularly interested in Lafayette, Marie Antoinette, and Le Petite Trianon. As a teenager, "A Tale of Two Cities" was one of my favorite books. I had a strange habit of reading it again when I was under stress. Strange, because it's hardly a "calming" book.
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This seems to me like you might have lived at least two lives in 18th century (maybe in one you traveled between the two countries?). Can you tell me if you were just interested in Lafayette, M. Antoinette and Le Petite Trianon, or you also felt familiar with them? I, for instance, am interested in second half of 19th century but it doesn't feel familiar at all... in fact, it looks very futuristic to me (photos, clothing, typing-machines, the whole way of life - quite SciFi) :)
 
MaritaMari said:
I am sorry, but I didn't quite understand what you meant by having some family history living in 18th century... would you mind explaining it? I'm very curious...
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Before coming here, I've been looking at my Geneology and the most famous ancestor Aunt Paula gave me a book based on a journal of Great Great Grandma Leone; I'm not going to say the title due to the advertisement rules. However it had some old family photos of her Grandson; Grandpa Lloyd as a kid and it also said that her mother was French Canadian. 1/16th of my ancestry in total is basically came from France.
 
Oh, I get it now! None in my family is French, they don't know French and they generally dislike France (my parents grew up listening to Beatles and Led Zeppelin - they like England!). It's one of the reasons I find my familiarity with France is at least strange...
 
It's okay, I understand. My Girlfriend got me to Liston to the Beatles. Are you into England also? I have a hunch that the French English relation is Friendlier than history is putting out :/
 
Well, I like England as a concept, but I'm not familiar with it. On the other hand, I'm familiar with France, though I don't necessarily like it, except Southern France (that I'm also familiar with). Hope I explained myself well :)
 
I don't remember if France felt familiar, or just interesting. A friend of mine thinks I was an Italian-born woman, who traveled between France and England, and had an interest in an American man. I think this is possible. If I could arrange where I go in PL dreams, or regressions, I would love to "see" that possible life. My father was a WWII era G.I., and really disliked the French. Sorry, any French person reading this - I don't share his feelings! :) He was puzzled that I spent four years studying the language. I really feel more connected to the English Regency period, and Napoleonic France.
 
Twilight said:
It's totally cool :) , I'd be quite interested to hear about the past life :)
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It seems to me that I lived several lives in Southern France, mostly in Middle Ages, though. I think I might have once been a Cathar Parfait :) (actually, historical evidence confirms my suspicion)

BriarRose said:
I don't remember if France felt familiar, or just interesting. A friend of mine thinks I was an Italian-born woman, who traveled between France and England, and had an interest in an American man. I think this is possible. If I could arrange where I go in PL dreams, or regressions, I would love to "see" that possible life. My father was a WWII era G.I., and really disliked the French. Sorry, any French person reading this - I don't share his feelings! :) He was puzzled that I spent four years studying the language. I really feel more connected to the English Regency period, and Napoleonic France.
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Interesting. How do you feel about being Italian-born woman?


I understand you about your father. My mother used to tell me that the gardens I liked (with shaped trees and shrubs; she called them French gardens) weren't nice, because they didn't look natural in contrast to what she called English gardens; she also never liked baroque and rococo, while I did. I guess I hardly could have picked my interest and familiarity with 18th century French gardens and architecture from my parents.
 
I'm not sure if i had a 18th century life in France


but i do get very attracted to 18th century things.


and remember a couple of things, seeing images that could fit into this age.


Once i had a dream of me standing in a blue-ish 18th century dress, in a dark brown room with big windows, looking out of the window and being scared, and saying ''Hope its not going to come here... !''


And one time during an actual regression i picked up a theatre, that would fit that time too.


I did some 18th century reenactment in the past too so i'm keen on the period.


But it could be imagination due being attracted to that age too, not sure if an actual past life took place in that time, but could be...


When i pass a 18th century building, i get a refreshing feeling in my stomach, almost like a sense of being in love.


But then i'm a hopeless romantic, and i get attracted to all old things and romantic things.
 
Hi, ElisaD, and thank you for sharing :)


I believe there is a big difference between being interested and being familiar with certain period in history. I like old things, too, no matter from which period, but I feel familiar with only certain periods and geographical locations. From my experience, having strong attraction towards some period might be an indicator of a pl connection.


Your dream seems interesting. Did you have a feeling of what you were scared?
 
I had a dream recently, in which a Louis XVI chair figured prominently. It had the straight legs and arms of the period. The back was oval. The strange thing was that the upholstery was burlap. It was printed in purple, and apple green, and had the word "Joy" stenciled on the back. I had been given a grand house, with very high ceilings, that in retrospect, looked like a French townhouse of the period. There were three palatial, identical houses in a row. Does that make sense to anyone? The outsides of the buildings resembled Le Petit Trianon. There was definitely nothing provincial in the style.
 
It looked like burlap, but I didn't touch it. I was too busy wondering how to get rid of the unfortunate color combination of green and purple. It was spelled "Joie", but that might not be significant in my case, as I know a little French. The back reminded me of a hot air balloon in shape. I associate them with France, because of the Montgolfier brothers. I am very fond of that motif. The chair could symbolize being lifted up by Joy, as much as a French lifetime. The house I was given to live in was fully furnished, and very French, but it wasn't located there. It overlooked the sea, high on a hill, in Newport Beach, California. There were anachronistic elements, so I wasn't sure it was a true PL dream.
 
I don't know, it's possible it was just an ordinary dream and not a pl one. Still, since I don't get my memories in dreams, I don't know exactly what a pl dream looks and feels like.


Once thing I didn't get, though. You said that the house was give to you. What do you mean by "given"?
 
It was a gift from someone. "Here is your house, including the furnishings. I hope you enjoy it!" It was pretty awesome, really, although I wouldn't choose to live in a style that formal. Everything was appropriate to the 18th century, except for the upholstery on the chair, and the location. The salon was lovely, and the library remarkable. I think that sometimes I disregard PL dreams if they have any anachronisms. Most of mine don't have them. They are period "perfect". It may have been "just a dream", but I'm not sure that those exist. Who is to say which is the dream - our waking lives, or the places we go when we sleep? ;)
 
BriarRose said:
Who is to say which is the dream - our waking lives, or the places we go when we sleep? ;)
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It is also possible that none of this really exists, except in our minds.


As for your dream, if it was a pl dream, as far as I know houses were "given" to the mistresses of wealthy aristocrats. Do you feel you could have been someone's mistress?
 
Yes, definitely. I was once briefly a mistress, and it was way more fun than being a wife! LOL Seriously, it's possible. The person who gave me the house was "famous". I wasn't his mistress in the dream, but I wondered about his past lives, and possible connections afterwards. I could well imagine this person having a life like that. Perhaps, our subconscious minds use dreams of this type to convey a truth. I suspect that it might be so. Have you had any more intuitions into your own PLs, particularly 18th century ones?
 
Do you know that person's name or you just have a feeling he was "famous"?


About my 18th c. pl, I have bits and pieces here and there.
 
I know his name, as would everyone else, and have frequent dreams about him. On the forum, one of the rules is that we can't speculate about the past lives of living people, so I deliberately omitted it. Sorry! His identity is really kind of amusing, and he is definitely a person with a penchant for mistresses. ;)
 
BriarRose said:
I know his name, as would everyone else, and have frequent dreams about him. On the forum, one of the rules is that we can't speculate about the past lives of living people, so I deliberately omitted it. Sorry!
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How about a PM?
 
That made me laugh! He wasn't a PM (prime minister), but I will PM you, argonne, and Marita Mari also, if she is curious. ;) This individual and I have things in our backgrounds in common. Sometimes the dreams are romantic, and sometimes, he is just offering me a job. I have no idea if there is a real PL connection. I'm dreaming about France more frequently, so something is probably about to emerge.
 
I remember being an Englishman and visiting Paris on some sort of business in the 1760s, I believe. One memory I have is of a coach with yellow wheels splashing through slush and me being generally appalled at the city. I was pretty patriotic and biased haha.
 
Red Night said:
I remember being an Englishman and visiting Paris on some sort of business in the 1760s, I believe. One memory I have is of a coach with yellow wheels splashing through slush and me being generally appalled at the city. I was pretty patriotic and biased haha.
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How did you get this memory? Were there any more memories about this period?
 
My most strongly remembered life involves 18th century France, particularly the second half because that's the half in which I lived.
 
obstacles said:
My most strongly remembered life involves 18th century France, particularly the second half because that's the half in which I lived.
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Would you like to share your memories? If not public, you can PM me; I would love to hear your memories, especially we seem to remember the same period in France, that is, second half of 18th c.
 
Hello!


Thank you so much for your response.


I'm fine with sharing general details in public. If there's anything more personal, I can PM you if needed.


I was born in France in the 1770s. A lot of my memories are centered around the 1780s and 1790s. Those are the memories that concern France.


I left France in the late 1790s. I have extremely brief memories of time spent in America (memories of that time are very sparse for some reason) and then I have quite a few memories of time I spent in England during the early 1800s.


Is there anything in particular that you'd like to know?
 
Obstacles, thank you for sharing.


As far as your memories go, I would honestly like hearing all of them. Having probably had a life in those times, I'm quite curious about hearing/reading other people's memories.


One separate question though: have you identified your pl self from 18th c? That is, do you know your name, social status, places you lived (especially in France)?
 
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