That is very interesting! It was a Danish past life that I have recalled but I don't think I was part of the royal family, I just don't get that sense. Perhaps nobility, but most of what I recall has to do with battles and military life. I didn't know much about the name, though. In fact I'd never heard it till I was regressed back to that life.Sunniva said:'Valdemar' is the Scandinavian (or perhaps just generally germanized) version of Vladimir. In Denmark it's a royal name historically and was used only by the royal family and noble families. In Danish history we have three kings by that name (Valdemar) in the middle ages and lots of princes, both medieval and later (just last sunday a Danish prince was christened Valdemar as one of his names).
It was pronounced as "Beetee", like your other half :tongue:alaskanlaughter said:Really interesting, Chris. Was it pronounced Beetee or Baytee? Wondering because my guy (not married yet), his last name is Beattie (Beetee).
ZeonChar said:Reading this post last night before I went to bed inspired me to have a past life dream.
In the dream I found out I had a past life in Russia and was surprised. I asked my name and it came very clearly to me. It was "Ivan" and the last name was also very clear but sounded very Russian so I was unable to remember the pronunciation when I woke up.
Needless to say this is surprising to me, given my love/hate relationship with Russia and how I feel about them with me being on the opposite side in WWII.
I have a feeling I would have been an Officer in the 1700's and possibly early 1800's as I felt patriotic in the dream and I am also drawn to the upper-class aristocracy of that time.
Demi said:ZeonChar, same here! I've always been drawn to the name Fritz. As if it's the best name in the world. And I would react to anyone with the last name "Bell". Turns out my PL name was Fritz Glocke, L O L! (Bell in German). Maybe they teased him with the last name, haha.
I was a Border Guard in South Siberia, Russian Empire internal border station, in the 1800's. My name was Ivanovskiy, middle name starting with S. and I was called "Miko" for the first name. I was of Cossack descent. I have a lot of detail on it, from knowing a lot about the organizations of the border stations, customs laws, document designs, about the people who lived there etc.
I found so much verification as well as the exact copies of documents, seals, stamps law-books, that I've seen in my dreams and which knew back then. I've been extremely drawn to Russian Empire, the Tsars, and just as you, having a love/hate relationship with Russia, as the Bolsheviks are totally giving me the creeps. I've felt I've always wanted to visit Russia, and at the same time I feel if I go there, I will get killed. I do not feel like this about any other country.
This probably connects to Fritz life, who was killed by the Russians in WW2.
Demi
I had these experiences for a year or so, then did a writing project where I used the material for my story. In order to not turn out weird, in case someone actually knew the history of the time and place, I started researching on the topic. Sometimes I needed to use Russian sources, as nothing was available in English. I was surprised to find that an incredible amount of details were accurate. And I laughed about it - normally people do research before they write history, right? Here it was the other way around. It was really nice to get so much verification, on a topic so obscure that I knew for sure I haven't "seen a movie".ZeonChar said:Demi, I must have missed this post. How fascinating! It's great you were able to get so much verification. You should write about your experiences with doing that if you feel comfortable. I would love to hear about it. I completely understand what you mean with being drawn to Tsarist Russia but completely spooked by the Bolsheviks. I felt strangely nostalgic while watching the portrayal of "War and Peace" during the Olympics opening ceremony and I love other portrayals like "Anna Karenina." I also feel like if I went to Russia now I would be killed by them, but have a strange attraction to the country at the same time. I do wonder how that affected my life as Hans because I held a lot of personal hatred towards them late in the war and my death felt to me as their doing.