Welcome to the Reincarnationist Blog’s series of interviews using the infamous Proust Questionnaire. Today’s subject is Deborah Grabien…

THE QUESTIONS:

Title of your latest book as of Sept 1, 2007: New-Slain Knight

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Do you believe — even a little bit that reincarnation is possible?

Good heavens, yes. Although that prefex – re – indicates “again”, and that indicates a belief that time runs in a straight line. I tend to believe that it’s all happening at once, just on different planes: a constant moving dance in a huge ballroom of lives and probabilities.

Have you ever read anything books the subject that made an impression on you?

Jane Roberts, The Education of Oversoul Seven. Anya Seton, Green Darkness. Daphne du Maurier, The House on the Strand. My own new one, New-Slain Knight, touches on that: possession and reincarnation.

What is your most marked characteristic that you believe could be a hold over from a past life?

Not sure that question is valid, for me. I don’t think reincarnation works that way.

What is your principle defect that you believe might be inherited from a previous incarnation?

Again, I don’t think it works that way. I don’t think the personality is what moves along, I think it’s the soul, what the soul learns. You’re referring to personality traits, a different thing.

Which of your favorite heroes do you think you actually could have been and why?

None. See above.

What three people from history would you like to have over to dinner for a discussion about reincarnation?

Whoa, nice question! This one made me really think, because the people I admire aren’t necessarily the ones I’d find conversable on the subject. So: Elizabeth Bathory. Albert Einstein. Jack the Ripper.

What do you think happens when we die?

Movement, one with the universe, move along in the dance I mentioned above (having learned a specific thing or things in one incarnation), next partner, new lessons.

When you come back next time, who would you like to be?

I don’t know what this means. I want to be me, in whatever form I happen next.

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