Its the multiple community, sockpuppets are like, the point
Do you know about multiples/plurals? They are a group of people, or perhaps a group of groups of people who believe that they have many minds or souls sharing one body. But don't say they have DID, or mention alters, this is "healthy"

multiplicity! The kind that basically comes from spending too much time role-playing.

Now days, the multiple community keeps most of its drama behind closed doors. Drama that usually has to with the people who don't have Sephiroth in their system looking down on those who do, or incessant bitching about who is just pretending, and who actually needs to get some psych help because they really aren't pretending, while the rest of the community is probably only pretending to not be pretending. Its a big old pretend-fest.

But yesterday, some wanker decided to air their wank in public for all to see! They created a journal where all multiples could post anonymously and bitch about the other multiples they hated.

And thus, Pluralanon was born! 100+ comments of bitching, backstabbing and circlejerk.

Its especially funny when the uninivated rest of the community shows up.

And its entirely possible that there were only 2 real live participants, with the rest of them being imaginary!

ETA: Original thread is now deleted, but they are back in a new one in Glorious Technicolor.

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	kylenne 2011-01-27 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	That's actually sort of an irritating fallacy. Plenty of people who do past life regressions find lives where they were no one of any particular note, self included. The problem is the "I was Cleopatra/King Arthur" crowd tends to be louder, for obvious reasons. wipes up (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	evilsqueakers 2011-01-28 08:17 am UTC (link)
	I've done the past lives regression thing once as a mid-teen, and I was like a little sister to my godmom (long story). And she's statistically been nuns, or women of religion that didn't like being around men. I don't think I've ever been anyone important. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tofuknight 2011-01-28 12:26 pm UTC (link)
	On the other hand, that sounds kinda cool. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	evilsqueakers 2011-01-28 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	I think the most important person I could be would be a woman who cut someone. I don't need to be Cleopatra. Hate snakes too much. (Reply to this)(Parent)

edana_ni_emer
2011-01-29 07:31 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, I've only poked around to find one, but that was Isis Temple Priestess #316, during a period where there wasn't even any great civil unrest. I think the Romans hadn't even gotten there.

Next time around will be funny. Either all my memories of this life will be of sitting in front of the computer, or I'll remember myself playing WoW and think I actually spent a lot of time killing zombies and will be very confused.

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	evilsqueakers 2011-01-30 08:41 am UTC (link)
	Or better yet. Not even the killing the actual zombies, but think about the movies like Resident Evil. You'll think there was some weird prophecy you never knew about. If I look into this viewfinder, I'll find a chick overly attached to animals and continuously headdesking at her life...all the time. (Reply to this)(Parent)

silrana
2011-01-28 03:39 pm UTC (link)

That has been around for a very long time, and was popularized during the spiritualist movement. I just recently read a book that was written in the 1930's that had a character gushing about how she had been Nefertiti in a former life. So I doubt it's going to die out soon. On a side note, I remember a character in another book say he was tired of meeting Egyptian queens and famous generals, and just once would like to meet someone who had been a scullery maid who died of typhoid in a former life.

For myself, I've never had done any sort of regressions, but I did have one dream when I was a teenager that was so clear and vivid that it makes me go, "Hmmm." I was wearing the sort of pillbox-hat-and-gloves outfit that was fashionable in the early 60's (which was when I was conceived and born), and I was in a sort of gift shop at an airfield or bus station. I remember the windows of the shop faced on to a large open outdoor area, so I'm leaning towards airfield.

I was a woman who was running from her husband, who was tied in with crime or corruption in some way. I just wanted to get away from him, but knew he'd be afraid I would go to the police. I had wandered into a quiet corner of the shop, and heard my name called (it was clear in the dream, but I couldn't remember it when I woke). I turned and saw my husband there, and as he shot me my last thought was astonishment that he had done it himself rather than send one of his goons.

I've told that story to friends, and they've joked that is probably why I wound up in law enforcement.

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kirarose
2011-01-29 06:21 am UTC (link)

I don't usually confess this, but I've done the past life thing and... yeah no famous people and most of everything was rather mundane.

One was merely a wife putting dinner on the table. Low income. The dress was scratchy and stiff material, cheap. I could even smell the soup I'd made. I could smell the sweat of the man that came in and the lamps we had. It was perhaps the most boring past life, ever. And I'm completely okay with this.

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	bellomee13 2011-02-02 07:07 am UTC (link)
	This...sounds fascinating. How does it work? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

pfeffermuse
2011-02-04 10:59 pm UTC (link)

There are several ways to go about having a past-life regression done.

1) If you live in a small town, your nearest local health-food store (definitely not Whole Foods, or something like that, though), likely has a bulletin board with all sorts of notices for people who do some sort of metaphysical work.

Larger towns and cities will probably have a New Age or some sort of occult shop, where you can get references. However, if you walk into such a store and don't like the feel of it -- like does it make you feel antsy -- leave, and quickly.

Sometimes liberal Unitarian Universalists or Religious Science churches, or liberal Synagogues may also provide leads to people who do such work.

2) Even if you do find someone who seems promising, ask for references and rates up front. Now, the practitioner may not want to give out their clients' names for you to contact, which is understandable, ask them what New Age type stores they'd recommend for you to go for more info.

Ask how long the session would be. Most should be between 60 and 90 minutes; if they're asking for more than $150 (US -- and that would be in major cities), run.

3) If you don't want to go with someone directing the session, you can pick-up books on self-hypnosis and past-life regression, which will provide a decent enough base to start from. Stay away from any books by JZ Knight, Sylvia Browne and Linda Lovegood, and anyone who refers you to them. Back in the day, when there wasn't a self-publisher on every corner, I'd have said stay away from anything published by the mainstream presses. At this point, though, it can tend to be a crap shoot. Weiser's was a fairly decent occult press, and you can still find a diamond-in-the-rough from Llewellyn.

Good luck.

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