Who they were in the 16th-century

Madeline is the narrator.

Cordelia was the dishwasher and invited her to accompany her to England.

Somara was the bookkeeper for the Monastery.

Cyndy was the shepherd for four sheep.

Jill tended to the hens and chickens & the flower gardens.

Caren was a potter for the monastery in a separate building.

Mary Jo was in charge of the appearance of the chapel.

Karin was a counselor to the distressed brothers, but was exposed and expelled for deceiving authorities.

New characters: 

Mary was Abbot Richard Whiting, the head of the monastery, who was partially hung, tortured, finally killed and buried at the top of the Tor. 

Gloria was Brother Roger James who was beaten up when he went to a meeting with the henchmen of King Henry VIII and later was hung to his death on the Tor.

Anne was Brother John Thorne, an assistant to the Abbot who was hung to his death on one side of Abbot Richard, with Brother Roger on the other. 

New characters: (***Spoiler)

Mary was Abbot Richard Whiting, the head of the monastery, who was partially hung, tortured, finally killed and buried at the top of the Tor. 

Gloria was Brother Roger James who was beaten up when he went to a meeting with the henchmen of King Henry VIII and later was hung to his death on the Tor.

Anne was Brother John Thorne, an assistant to the Abbot who was hung to his death on one side of Abbot Richard, with Brother Roger on the other. 

I’ve got many friends on here. Every once in a while, someone inspires me for what to include in my chapters.

Another lovely woman on here, Lyenochka, who always has some unusual gem of wisdom to post, gave me some insight into the theology around past lives. 

Previously: The group has been discussing a subject that helps things make sense. Mary posed a good question:
“Mary was the first who was able to put emotions and questions into coherent words. “What do you mean by all of this? Are you saying we were in the 16th-century?” How could this be? Do you people believe in past lives?” 

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Caren looked around at the others leading the gallows guffaw. “Well, if any of us did not know about or believe in past lives, we are definitely believers now.”

Somara the studier of helpful facts presented information that would be helpful. “ I can give some theological background to what may have happened to us. 

“There is a sect of Judaism and another one called Druzism that ask if after we die, do we come back in another body in a different period of time. It is clear that at one time we had male equipment and at some point in time, some era, some lifetime, we came back with female equipment.”

Somara continued to elaborate. “Druzism believes when we die, our souls enter the body of a newborn. They believe that the soul needs to be connected with a body.  That doctrine is called traducianism.”

Karin, speaking from personal investigation, had some eye-opening information. “Many Jews are surprised to learn, that reincarnation, the ‘revolving’ of souls through many lifetimes, is a basic principle of Judaism.”

Gloria posed the next question. “So you’re proposing the possibility that we all knew each other in another lifetime and maybe that’s part of why we just encountered each other, to help to further sort it out?”

Anne wanted more clarification. “Do you think the fact we had such violent physical reactions is evidence that we indeed were Richard Whiting, Roger James, and John Thorne?” 

Mary said,” We can play who was who in the 16th-century.”

Gloria decided to play. “Well, since I developed a blackness around my eyes and my jaw was suddenly aching, I will wager that I was Brother James in a past life.

There were nods of agreement and various verbal responses. 

“Right.”

“It looks like it.”

“Sad to say, it sounds so.”

“How are you doing about it?”  Cordelia’s voice was identifiable.

“Gloria, does this help any?” Karin, was the catalyst to getting this healing, perking.

Just as Gloria was to respond, Anne was pointing at Gloria’s eyes. “Gloria, your eyes are back to normal, even the bloodshot effect is gone.”

Gloria was hopeful. “What does my neck look like?”

Anne smiled as she reported the condition of Gloria’s neck.“No, that’s normal too. What about my neck? Any rope marks on it?”

Gloria had a big grin when she hugged Anne. “No, no markings either.”

Mary was incredulous, watching her two friends as they healed right before her eyes. “Okay, what about my neck, what does that look like? My arms and legs are no longer paining me.

"Look, I can do a little dance, probably not the Irish or Scottish dance, but I couldn’t do that kind of dancing before this."

Both Gloria and Anne approached Mary to inspect her throat area. As they found no markings, everyone clapped.

Evelyn gave them best wishes when she said,“Hopefully, this is enough for your healing, and you won’t have to take the time trip, we seemed to have to have done.”

Cordelia was still curious about their bright auras. “So did you guys go anyplace or visit any particular spots when you got to the top? You were obviously somewhere that you picked up some major positive energy.” 

Cordelia continued to explain. “The energy you were emanating as you were coming closer to us, indicated to Madeline and me that you’d already healed some, or balanced the negative and the positive energy.”

Cyndy had earlier announced that walking a labyrinth is healing. “Did you by any chance walk any of the labyrinth up there?”

“Yes, we did walk that ancient path.” Anne announced this with pride.

Gloria reported some information they’d gotten, but didn’t fully comprehend. “We were told something about energy channels called ley lines, whatever those are.”

Cyndy reminded everyone that they had considered playing their harps in the labyrinth. “I think we will feel renewed if we walk a section of the labyrinth.”

Mary helped Gloria out.“Yuh, they said that two of these ley lines called St. Michael and Mary are quite opposite. The Michael line is harsh and dark negative energies. However, the Mary line is sweet, full of light and positive.”

Anne remembered an important fact about if those two lines cross healing and balance can take place. “We were instructed to stand in the middle of the steeple.”

Gloria enthusiastically reported that you could actually see where people have stood in that one spot. “There were shoe print indentations in the cement floor. It was amazing.”

Cordelia reconvened her questioning. “So    each of you stand within the walls of the steeple? That’s amazing, so the two opposing ley lines cross right at the top? Whoa.  I want to get up there. The sooner, the better. ”