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Sep 16Liked by John Mistretta

John, you are touching on the interesting part of like: Metaphysics, ancestral memory and prior like memory as An K noted!

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Thanks Albert. I thought you might like this one.

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Sep 16Liked by John Mistretta

Some say it is a mix between ancestorial memory and prior lives memory .. regression had had some unbelievable results.

People came out of regression, knew facts like adresses, what they did and when.

I was regressed, didn't really believe, just curious.. until I woke up in a dungeon, there were wet, big black stone walls, I was laying on a ledge with some hay on it and someone was holding my hand to comfort me.. I came out of that apruptly and without a prompt.. the facilitator was shocked and so was I!! It took days to shake that experience.

Years later I visited Scottland's castles and I saw black stone walls, I experienced seemingly what appeared to be like a moment of recognition, I had an emotional and a physical reaction, one of fear, my partner saw me getting pale and we got out of there.

Explaining that one was not easy, I was lucky, he was aware of such things and didn't judge me.

Today I wonder if that is the reason that I have never trusted any government and such ...

some people are born with fears that cannot be traced to any experience in their lifetime..

There are things between heaven and earth ...

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Wow. That’s an incredible story. Thanks for reading!

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Sep 16Liked by John Mistretta

I agree An K: A mix between ancestral memory and prior lives memory

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You do a lot of great things in your writing. One comes immediately to mind: your Dostoevsky-like introspection and unpacking of fleeting thoughts.

A few years ago, I visited my Australian niece. I had never met her before; she’s in her 20s, and my brother, her dad, was not part of her upbringing. It was crazy and weird that she had so many traits of my siblings.

She would say something, and I would immediately think, "Oh my God, I see my sister Janet in her." My family is all artistic but also athletic, and my niece is a dancer and a choreographer.

So, for the entire three weeks I was there, I kept feeling déjà vu and wondering how it was possible that, despite not being brought up with any of us, she had the same kind of sense of humor.

I remember visiting England and feeling extremely comfortable with the culture, while Turkey seemed incredibly foreign. So, I would guess there’s something to family DNA and also racial background. Of course, it’s only a hunch, but there you have it.

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Thanks for the compliment. Your niece is a great example of this “phenomenon.” Some people may say it’s your subconscious trying to piece together pieces of the puzzle, but it sounds like much more than that to me.

My grandfather swears that I took after his older brother who died in Italy before I was born. The two shared no similarities and my dad didn’t know him either, yet he thinks my love for reading and learning came from him. Did it? Who knows!

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Sep 17Liked by John Mistretta

This is quite fascinating and I like the idea of some kind of unseen thread connecting us to our past and informing our present existence in ways we can’t even fathom. Enjoy the book, it’s a great one. One side of my family is Sicilian, too 😁.

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Almost finished, it’s great. I’m noticing a trend here…maybe Sicilians are inclined towards the arts haha, or at least the threads of our past bloodlines were!

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Hum no magic in NYC?

I had a number of experiences there that defy rational explanation.

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I'd love to hear them! I'm not saying there isn't magic in NYC, but that most people here might not think there is. I'd say about 90% of the people I know think magic/high strangeness is BS. When they're just going to and from the office everyday they might miss some things moving in the shadows behind the water cooler

😂

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