Past Lives in Scotland

[Crofter]

Sitara61

Unfortunately you have revived this post and got involved in a controversy with two or three members of this forum who, since there doesn’t seem to be much else going on by way of entertainment, have decided to gang up and attack you.

Your second mistake was to mention an interest in the Highlands of Scotland specifically, an interest which causes those people to resort to hatred, insults and spitting feathers. Two of them are Lowland Scots, if their stated pedigree is to be believed, who have no real knowledge or understanding of Highland culture and their grasp of Scottish history is precarious, to say the least. The other, a New Zealander who’s links to Scotland are weaker than your own.

This from Polwarth on 12-11-2010 at 23.09:
“Many Americans try to tell us that the novels by diana Gabaldon ar 'real'. No they aren't!”

And this on 13-11-2010 at 00.10:
“Diane Gabaldon has made an absolute fortune writing about Scotland - and her first couple of novels were written before she'd ever visite Scotland!”

Consider the first of her quotes: Is this the best she can do in constructing a sentence, considering that she claims to have had a public school education? She claims to hold a position in the Scottish education system, I feel sorry for her students.

Who are the “us” she refers to? Most of us appreciate that a novel is a work of fiction and as such cannot be taken as factual. Nobody, be they American or anything else, is going to persuade a reasonable, rational, semi literate person that a novel should be taken as being a “real” history of events. Only a gullible fool could be encouraged to even contemplate such a proposition.

In her second quote she claims that the author she mentions has made a fortune out of writing Scottish fiction. I have never heard of the woman, nor have I read any of her work, but I would suggest that since Polwarth feels free to use her work to emphasise a point she will have read her work, thereby exhibiting an interest which is the basis upon which such authors make a name for themselves and accrue fortunes.

Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson and Robert Burns are but three names immortalised in the literary history of Scotland. They didn’t do too badly out of writing fiction.

I see no reason, if it isn’t plain bile and envy, why she should be so opposed to you for following the same path to fame and fortune. It is so obviously not within her capacity.

Duthill: Claims to be 55 years old and to have spent 50 of those teaching himself. This revelation certainly explains a lot. We will never know whether the unmitigated failure of this leap in educational endeavour was down to the tutor or to the student, but it comprehensively illustrates why the experiment has not been more widely adopted, in fact its unique.

Wullie, gallant as usual, latterly and sneakily jumps on the bandwagon of running people down. When he sees that it may raise his opinion of himself among others, he joins the pack.

I hope you will not be put off by what such as those may choose to think. They represent only themselves despite giving the impression that they represent this forum, this country, and the general populace. The history and culture of the Scottish Highlands is a rich source of inspiration for the budding author and, speaking for myself, ought to be encouraged and promoted. It is not the preserve of one or two from the more deprived suburbs of Edinburgh and Glasgow to pronounce on who should write what. They do have the freedom and the right to butt out if they so choose, but have no right to dictate to others what they should or should not be reading or writing. They should also have the decency to credit the rest of us with a level of intelligence that they do not credit themselves with, to distinguish fact from fiction.

I would suggest that for your research you browse the thousands of sites thrown up when you key in “Scottish Mythology” on Google. I have to say I was not a great fan of the subject but reading some of the folklore, myths, legends, etc. I found myself getting engrossed.

Good luck, and more power to you, in your endeavours.

[Sitara61]

Originally Posted by Crofter

Sitara61

Unfortunately you have revived this post and got involved in a controversy with two or three members of this forum who, since there doesn’t seem to be much else going on by way of entertainment, have decided to gang up and attack you.

Your second mistake was to mention an interest in the Highlands of Scotland specifically, an interest which causes those people to resort to hatred, insults and spitting feathers. Two of them are Lowland Scots, if their stated pedigree is to be believed, who have no real knowledge or understanding of Highland culture and their grasp of Scottish history is precarious, to say the least. The other, a New Zealander who’s links to Scotland are weaker than your own.

This from Polwarth on 12-11-2010 at 23.09:
“Many Americans try to tell us that the novels by diana Gabaldon ar 'real'. No they aren't!”

And this on 13-11-2010 at 00.10:
“Diane Gabaldon has made an absolute fortune writing about Scotland - and her first couple of novels were written before she'd ever visite Scotland!”

Consider the first of her quotes: Is this the best she can do in constructing a sentence, considering that she claims to have had a public school education? She claims to hold a position in the Scottish education system, I feel sorry for her students.

Who are the “us” she refers to? Most of us appreciate that a novel is a work of fiction and as such cannot be taken as factual. Nobody, be they American or anything else, is going to persuade a reasonable, rational, semi literate person that a novel should be taken as being a “real” history of events. Only a gullible fool could be encouraged to even contemplate such a proposition.

In her second quote she claims that the author she mentions has made a fortune out of writing Scottish fiction. I have never heard of the woman, nor have I read any of her work, but I would suggest that since Polwarth feels free to use her work to emphasise a point she will have read her work, thereby exhibiting an interest which is the basis upon which such authors make a name for themselves and accrue fortunes.

Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson and Robert Burns are but three names immortalised in the literary history of Scotland. They didn’t do too badly out of writing fiction.

I see no reason, if it isn’t plain bile and envy, why she should be so opposed to you for following the same path to fame and fortune. It is so obviously not within her capacity.

Duthill: Claims to be 55 years old and to have spent 50 of those teaching himself. This revelation certainly explains a lot. We will never know whether the unmitigated failure of this leap in educational endeavour was down to the tutor or to the student, but it comprehensively illustrates why the experiment has not been more widely adopted, in fact its unique.

Wullie, gallant as usual, latterly and sneakily jumps on the bandwagon of running people down. When he sees that it may raise his opinion of himself among others, he joins the pack.

I hope you will not be put off by what such as those may choose to think. They represent only themselves despite giving the impression that they represent this forum, this country, and the general populace. The history and culture of the Scottish Highlands is a rich source of inspiration for the budding author and, speaking for myself, ought to be encouraged and promoted. It is not the preserve of one or two from the more deprived suburbs of Edinburgh and Glasgow to pronounce on who should write what. They do have the freedom and the right to butt out if they so choose, but have no right to dictate to others what they should or should not be reading or writing. They should also have the decency to credit the rest of us with a level of intelligence that they do not credit themselves with, to distinguish fact from fiction.

I would suggest that for your research you browse the thousands of sites thrown up when you key in “Scottish Mythology” on Google. I have to say I was not a great fan of the subject but reading some of the folklore, myths, legends, etc. I found myself getting engrossed.

Good luck, and more power to you, in your endeavours.

I have meet people like this before and it is obvious they don't a life. I didn't mean to get off topic on this thread, but when I tried to get it back, obviously nobody would let me. I shouldn't have continue answering them as long as I did, but I am also a student of human behaviour and was beginning to find them amusing. I have studied a lot about scottish mythology so thank you for the site as I can always learn more. Since no one has ever read anything I have written, I feel they cannot judge my works. This is the first time I had ever been on a forum and of course I made mistakes. I would not have been so rude in explaining this to anyone, but as one of my old bosses used to say 'if we were perfect, we wouldn't down here.'

Life goes on and I am not phased or curbed in my endeavour.

[Duthill]

Originally Posted by Sitara61

I have meet people like this before and it is obvious they don't a life. I didn't mean to get off topic on this thread, but when I tried to get it back, obviously nobody would let me. I shouldn't have continue answering them as long as I did, but I am also a student of human behaviour and was beginning to find them amusing. I have studied a lot about scottish mythology so thank you for the site as I can always learn more. Since no one has ever read anything I have written, I feel they cannot judge my works. This is the first time I had ever been on a forum and of course I made mistakes. I would not have been so rude in explaining this to anyone, but as one of my old bosses used to say 'if we were perfect, we wouldn't down here.'

Life goes on and I am not phased or curbed in my endeavour.

Yep , you certainly are dumb if you fall for any of that , but then again 'crofter' is as much a troll as you are .

[Duthill]

Originally Posted by Crofter

Sitara61

Unfortunately you have revived this post and got involved in a controversy with two or three members of this forum who, since there doesn’t seem to be much else going on by way of entertainment, have decided to gang up and attack you.

Your second mistake was to mention an interest in the Highlands of Scotland specifically, an interest which causes those people to resort to hatred, insults and spitting feathers. Two of them are Lowland Scots, if their stated pedigree is to be believed, who have no real knowledge or understanding of Highland culture and their grasp of Scottish history is precarious, to say the least. The other, a New Zealander who’s links to Scotland are weaker than your own.

This from Polwarth on 12-11-2010 at 23.09:
“Many Americans try to tell us that the novels by diana Gabaldon ar 'real'. No they aren't!”

And this on 13-11-2010 at 00.10:
“Diane Gabaldon has made an absolute fortune writing about Scotland - and her first couple of novels were written before she'd ever visite Scotland!”

Consider the first of her quotes: Is this the best she can do in constructing a sentence, considering that she claims to have had a public school education? She claims to hold a position in the Scottish education system, I feel sorry for her students.

Who are the “us” she refers to? Most of us appreciate that a novel is a work of fiction and as such cannot be taken as factual. Nobody, be they American or anything else, is going to persuade a reasonable, rational, semi literate person that a novel should be taken as being a “real” history of events. Only a gullible fool could be encouraged to even contemplate such a proposition.

In her second quote she claims that the author she mentions has made a fortune out of writing Scottish fiction. I have never heard of the woman, nor have I read any of her work, but I would suggest that since Polwarth feels free to use her work to emphasise a point she will have read her work, thereby exhibiting an interest which is the basis upon which such authors make a name for themselves and accrue fortunes.

Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson and Robert Burns are but three names immortalised in the literary history of Scotland. They didn’t do too badly out of writing fiction.

I see no reason, if it isn’t plain bile and envy, why she should be so opposed to you for following the same path to fame and fortune. It is so obviously not within her capacity.

Duthill: Claims to be 55 years old and to have spent 50 of those teaching himself. This revelation certainly explains a lot. We will never know whether the unmitigated failure of this leap in educational endeavour was down to the tutor or to the student, but it comprehensively illustrates why the experiment has not been more widely adopted, in fact its unique.

Wullie, gallant as usual, latterly and sneakily jumps on the bandwagon of running people down. When he sees that it may raise his opinion of himself among others, he joins the pack.

I hope you will not be put off by what such as those may choose to think. They represent only themselves despite giving the impression that they represent this forum, this country, and the general populace. The history and culture of the Scottish Highlands is a rich source of inspiration for the budding author and, speaking for myself, ought to be encouraged and promoted. It is not the preserve of one or two from the more deprived suburbs of Edinburgh and Glasgow to pronounce on who should write what. They do have the freedom and the right to butt out if they so choose, but have no right to dictate to others what they should or should not be reading or writing. They should also have the decency to credit the rest of us with a level of intelligence that they do not credit themselves with, to distinguish fact from fiction.

I would suggest that for your research you browse the thousands of sites thrown up when you key in “Scottish Mythology” on Google. I have to say I was not a great fan of the subject but reading some of the folklore, myths, legends, etc. I found myself getting engrossed.

Good luck, and more power to you, in your endeavours.

This 'crofter' is too stupid to proof read it's own drivel to make sure that some of it's lies don't trip it's other lies up . Thats' what happens with Trolls who are so dishonest that they do not know truth when they see it .
Can't get Dumber than that eh

[Duthill]

Past life or poor fiction , you be the judge

Once Burned at the Stake
I can't say I believe in all this stuff, especially since I have been trained in the field of science as a nurse, but I have had a recurring dream that I lived in Ireland, although I don't know what part. All I know is that I lived in a small, thatched house that sat up against the mountains and that the other side dropped to the sea. I was a girl of 16 from a poor family. My father gave me away in marriage to a man of 45 who was a widower. He had two daughters older than I, and I was very unhappy with him. Around that time, there were some Norman soldiers in the area. I was accused of having an affair with a young soldier, which was untrue I was burned on the stake as punishment. My name was Bernadette Fagan and the time frame was in the 780s to the 900s, although I have never been able to find historical evidence of this. I have also never been to Ireland, but I sense that I was put to the stake because of the lies of the two jealous daughters - Fabricldy

Many More Past Lives Recalled

[Duthill]

Hey look folks , there is another thread about Past Lives , and its' right here on our own forum .

Originally Posted by tonynoriega

So i had a reading the other day.

She begins by saying that in my past life i died as a late teen, early 20s maybe. That my mother died in childberth and my father was murdered.

era is between 1830-1955.

as i tapped into my own visions i knew that the death of my father had something to do with coal, fuel, energy...

i think a business partner, or investment partner killed him.

as i started doing research, i found a young man by the name of John Baxter who worked in some form of coal mine in East Scotland...

Collinshire Colleries?

John Baxters mother died at childberth, and his father was murdered.
..and throw in the fact that John worked in a coal mine.

The time he worked at the coal mine was 1843 and he was approx. 15 years old at that time.

it did not mention any other family members.

so here is where i begin my search... does anyone have possibly relationto a man named John Baxter who worked in a coal mine in East Scotland?

i have not had any weird memories that may be tied to this man...yet, but the woman who says i was him in a past life, said he died by drowning, in a lake with a bunch of other peers. i slipped and hit my head and drowned.

i will tell you what. i hate.. utterly hate swimming in lakes and rivers... i am so scared of what is under the water where i cant see... i just dont do it.

bless you all.

[Duthill]

The above Past Life post was followed up by this one from 'crofter'

Originally Posted by Crofter

There, there, just you keep taking the tablets and everything will be alright.

Do they ever let you out at all? Do they lock the doors at night?