Reincarnation

[islandgirl]

Many years ago I read a series of books written by a woman I think during the earlier part of the 20th Century about her alleged past lives. One I think was as an Egyptian priest or priestess. She also wrote a book about her present life and how she discovered her ability to see into both her past lives, and also the history of inanimate objects which she held. I know it's a very long shot, but does anyone know the author, and whether the books are still in print? Thanks

[Peter Pedant]

The woman who fell over in erm around 1906 and woke up and realised that she was the reincarnation of a priestess was real. She went out and lived in the shade of Seti's temple.....in ?Abydos for at least 50 years. She was known colloquially as Umm Seti (= Mother of Seti)

She was still there when I visited in 1978 (!). And the beeb made a prog about her in around 1980 -called I think, Umm Seti or was it Priestess from the Past ?

She was OK apart from thinking that she was a priestess. I got into a bit of misunderstanding with my monuments pass - [which was not powerful enough because it wasnt signed by the then Min of Culture Victor Ghirgiz, but by an underling] and was told, Oh you should have said, aaiz ashuuf umm seti !       { I wanna see Um Seti! } and SHE would have sorted them out..... 

 

PP

[islandgirl]

Thanks for your answer Peter Pedant. I have since found out that the books I was looking for were written by Joan Grant and included "The Winged Pharoah" and "The Eyes of Horus" amongst others along with her autobiography which was something like "Far Memory".

I will be reading more on Um Seti however, so thanks for that.