Spooky experiences while researching

[Guy Etchells]

A number of years ago I went with a very close friend to try to find the grave of one of her ancestors. We had never been to the particular churchyard before to look for the grave but I was drawn to a large bush at the far end of the graveyard, looked under the foliage and there was the required tombstone.

I should note when looking for my own ancestors I walk up and down the rows of tombstones for ages before I find them.
Cheers
Guy

[Malcolm33]

   It is much more than a theory Mike.    You just haven't studied the subject and examined and thought about those who have had memories transferred.

[Mike in Cumbria]

   It is much more than a theory Mike.    You just haven't studied the subject and examined and thought about those who have had memories transferred.

Show me a credible scientific paper on the subject then. I could show you a lot of pseudo-science anecdotal nonsense but I guess you've seen all that stuff already.

Mike

[Malcolm33]

 The difference between us Mike is that I am able to keep an open mind and give credence to other people's findings when it is supported by witnesses such as doctors and nurses.    Dismissing strange events out of hand is one of the barriers to human development and furthering scientific knowledge.  Where would Science be if Einstein hadn't wondered 'What If?'
  Cognitive dissonance is an interesting subject in itself and Michael Talbot came up with another theory as to what causes it - Vortices.     However it is discussed at some length by Norman Doidge M.D. in his "The Brain that Changes Itself."

[Mike in Cumbria]

Yes, I agree - keeping an open and sceptical mind is very important. That is how science progresses - demanding proof and not by accepting supposed facts at face value.

[LouisaS]

My mother was with her sister in law in London she told my mum that  her young sister in Cheltenham  had something wrong with her leg.  My Mum found  she had appendicitis, she was poorly and recovered. The aunt  certainly had a gift
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[Eilleen]

As  a child I loved sewing , my Mum hated sewing ,
I would sit on the table next to the window with my legs crossed and my sewing items around Me ,
My parents gave up asking Me to sit on the chair .

It was not until many years later I started researching the family tree,

lots of tailors in my line. would sit on tables near windows sewing their goods.

it's in the genes    or is it reincarnation 

Eilleen.

[Malcolm33]

As  a child I loved sewing , my Mum hated sewing ,
I would sit on the table next to the window with my legs crossed and my sewing items around Me ,
My parents gave up asking Me to sit on the chair .

It was not until many years later I started researching the family tree,

lots of tailors in my line. would sit on tables near windows sewing their goods.

it's in the genes    or is it reincarnation 

Eilleen.

   It may be a combination of both, or simply you just like to sew and that could come from some other deep seated feeling such as a need to repair clothes or assemble them.   The need to put things together could also come from universal interconnectedness.    The Scientist David Bohm once wrote: "the notion that a kind of art — a movement of fitting together — is what is universal, both in nature and in human activities"

   Nevertheless I would like to think that someone else is guiding your hand.     Malcolm

[joboy]

As  a child I loved sewing , my Mum hated sewing ,
I would sit on the table next to the window with my legs crossed and my sewing items around Me ,
My parents gave up asking Me to sit on the chair .

It was not until many years later I started researching the family tree,

lots of tailors in my line. would sit on tables near windows sewing their goods.

it's in the genes    or is it reincarnation 

Eilleen.

Eilleen ......... the posture you mention was not unusual for tailors I think.
My uncle Sydney Mould (1911) came from a family of tailors and I do remember him saying that he sat crosslegged doing his work near a window to get the best light.
No doubt his forebears did likewise because artificial light (gas,electric,candles or lamps) did not provide sufficient light for fine work.
Joe