Celebrity Past Lives

Here’s another tale from my book Spirits of Tasmania, which is well on the way to completion ready for a Halloween launch. It’s the story of Minnie, a jovial fat lady.

Opposite Narryna in Battery Point, Hobart, is the old Queen Alexandra Hospital, birthplace of Hollywood film star Errol Flynn on June 20, 1909. My spirit Errol, who has a lot in common with his famous namesake, offered to check out the old hospital before the existing apartments were built. Especially memorable is the image of Minnie stuck in the doorway.

The first story concerns a young lady who was rushed here on a dark wintry night back in the 1930s. The child she produced was a boy but unfortunately he died not long after birth and the young mother died shortly after.

Her name was Anna and she frequents these hallowed halls in search of her dead child. She wanders about sobbing, enough to send a chill down even my spine.

After she wanders about a bit, a guide will come and gently remove her and take her away. They say she does this to herself as a form of self punishment because, rumour has it, she was an unmarried mother and suffered the shame she brought upon herself and family.

This was all very heart-wrenching, so I looked for a happier story and found a rotund cheerful soul called Minnie. She was assistant cook and a funnier soul I have yet to find.

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In the middle of a freezing winter in central Tasmania it is hard to concentrate on all the talk about global warming.

I am spending most of my time in front of the heaters doing private readings and working on my book Spirits of Tasmania.

My constant companion is the highly energetic Mango, a terrier-cross ‘pound puppy’ aged about twelve months.

Work on my next book, Spirits of Tasmania, is going well and I plan to release it in time for Halloween. Meet one of the many ghosts I have contacted and whose stories are told in the book.

Every small town has a busybody like Mrs Buscombe. Since channelling her story, I have learned that her husband owned the Richmond store and post office, plus many other buildings, in the 1830s. Mrs Buscombe has been seen many times at Prospect House, which is now a hotel, and she still travels far and wide in the town listening to gossip.

I like to be called Mrs Buscombe, as I am not a believer in being called by one’s first name. It shows no respect for one’s elders and is not considered to be good manners.

My fondest memories of Prospect House, and Richmond in general, was the mail, with letters and cards of all description arriving from locally and overseas. There would be an air of excitement when the coach pulled into our store with a lovely bag of mail and goods sent from Hobart Town.

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My next book — Spirits of Tasmania: Stories from the Other Side — will be released in three or four months.

The book contains more than fifty ghost stories which I have channelled over the past twenty years.

There are some famous ghosts, including Fred at Hobart’s Theatre Royal and the Grey Nurse at the Royal Hobart Hospital, several ghosts at Port Arthur, and the spirits of Tasmanian bushrangers Martin Cash and the cannibal Alexander Pearce.

My faithful, loving and loyal Emma has sadly passed back into spirit.

She was my 24/7 companion for 16 years.

Emma suffered a stroke and had to be put down on March 11.She was close to 17 years old and I miss her terribly.

Goodbye, Emma, until we meet again.

It’s been almost twelve months since Missie last escaped from our new home.

I picked her up from the farm where I used to live ten times and took her back to the new house.

I don’t hold out any more hope of getting her back — I guess she used up more than her nine lives.

I like to think of her out there in the bushland, around the farm enjoying life and catching the odd rabbit.

So long, Missie — I still miss you.

With American politics so much in the news, I decided to take a look at the Democratic contenders, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. I had already dealt with the Clintons in Celebrity Past Lives, so here is their story together with Barack Obama’s past life.

They have been married once before, with Bill as president – of a village glee club! It was in Wales just over 100 years ago.

Bill had a great voice and led the choir from town to town performing at concerts. Hillary supported Bill and often travelled with him.

One morning, Bill awoke and found his voice had gone hoarse. It was soon obvious that Bill’s singing voice had gone forever so he couldn’t remain as club president.

Hillary offered to take over, but the other members would not accept a woman as president.

Hillary still has this unfulfilled ambition. She has a salmon spirit for determination while Bill is a typical Leo who loves being the centre of attention.

Barack Obama was born into a very wealthy white family in America’s South in the early 1820s. His parents owned many farms and had once been slave owners.

He never worked a day in his life despite being given the best education. He was highly intelligent but the only motivation he had was to gamble.

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Mr Howard was born into a middle-class family in Wales in the 1800s. All the family, except John, had beautiful singing voices and could play any musical instrument. Whenever his father tried to teach John a new piece of music he would get furious and slam down the piano lid.

John left school early and set out to become a leader of men. He formed a union and held meetings to spread his ideas. But his lack of education and political skills were obvious and he was booed off the stage.

In this life, John achieved his ultimate goal when he became Prime Minister of Australia but, if he stays in power too long, the boos and insults will get louder.

John has a jackal spirit for cleverness.

Mr Rudd was born in Wales around the mid-1800s, the only child of wealthy parents who doted on him. He was a brilliant student and his parents hoped he would become a lawyer or a doctor – but Kevin had other ideas.

He was a loner who whiled away his time designing odd-looking contraptions and building small models. But nearly everything he invented was ridiculed by others, or laughed at by his parents.

Kevin became quite eccentric and very quick-tempered, so people thought he we was mad and tended to leave him alone.

One of Kevin’s inventions was a double-headed toothbrush that brushed top and bottom teeth at the same time. But, of course, it was no good for the back teeth.

Kevin spent most of that life inventing things that no one wanted, but he didn’t care.

In this life, Kevin is shrewd, methodical and clever, but under pressure he can become very critical. The spirit of the black crow is with him for counsel, wisdom and resourcefulness.

Today is a big day for me: my new eBook, Teabag Reading, is ready for you to read.

You may have seen it featured on The Footy Show along with my past life readings of the three hosts: see the post about the show just down the page.

It shows how the humble teabag can act as a guide through life’s journey — and it has lots of offbeat and interesting facts about tea, dowsing and how pendulums have been used down the ages.

You can buy it here using PayPal for just $A9.95. Read it on screen or on a portable device, or print out just the sections you want.

Jeanette Kumara’s Celebrity Past Lives is now a four-part eBook series: Famous Couples, Famous People, Screen Stars andPop Idols.

Interactive links make the fascinating stories of these personalities much more accessible: features such as being able to zoom in on a page make eBooks easy to read for people whose eyesight isn’t what it used to be — or you can even have your computer read them out loud to you.

And you can have them right now: no weeks of waiting for the mail to arrive!

Jeanette decided to follow the trend to eBooks mainly out of concern for the environment. As a clairvoyant familiar with animal spirits, she wants her books to reach her audience with less damage to our shrinking forests and to the wild things living in them.

If you buy all four eBooks in the Celebrity Past Lives series, you’ll only pay for three.

Celebrity Past Lives eBook: Famous Couples — $8.95

Celebrity Past Lives eBook: Famous People — $8.95

Celebrity Past Lives eBook: Screen Stars — $8.95

Celebrity Past Lives eBook: Pop Idols — $8.95

YES. I would like all four eBooks Only $26.95 [normally $35.80]