There Are More Strange Things To Life Than Elections
By Rajithangani Unantenna Fernando
Newspapers are choc-a-bloc with political happenings. When we open the newspapers in the morning these days we read about election promises, election violence and praises and brickbats.
But what really seems to take up space are the political advertisements. So what exactly does one who is not a bit interested in politics read? They could easily get sick of all this. Truly, this election sickness has hit me also, so I know what it is like to want to read something else funnier, yet do not have the opportunity.
This is why I thought our readers would like to read something different. Following are two strange but true stories.
The Priestess of the Nile is the story of the reincarnation of a little girl who DIED in a fall.
Do you believe in reincarnation? If you do not then read on…
Near an ancient temple on the banks of the Nile, built to the God Isiris by Pharaoh Seti I lived an elderly Englishwoman, DOROTHY EADY who died when she was just three years old.
She was deeply convinced that she was re-born as an Egyptian priestess.
Dorothy was born into a wealthy London family in 1903. But in later life she called herself UM SETI, the reincarnation of a woman who served in the court of King Seti.
In 1973 she described her strange journey into the past. As a child she had fallen down a stairway and was pronounced dead by the family doctor. However when the doctor returned with a nurse to lay out the body she found the little girl very much alive and well.
Soon afterwards Dorothy began hiding under tables and behind furniture. She kept telling her parents to take her “home”
One day the family visited the British museum and in the Egyptian galleries Dorothy ran wild.
She began kissing the feet of statues and screamed in a voice which was strange and old. She kept saying she wanted to be left with ‘MY PEOPLE.’
Once when her father showed her a photograph of the temple built by Seti I she said it was her real home. Dorothy said she knew Seti who was a kind man.
In 1930 Dorothy married an Egyptian and went to live in Egypt. They had a child whom she named Seti. Dorothy called herself UM SETI — mother of Seti.
For 20 years she worked as an archaeological research assistant. In 1952 she went on pilgrimage to Abydos – the site of Seti’s temple and the tomb of Osiris. She said it was a homecoming. In 1954 she returned to Abydos, where she lived the rest of her life.
A Scent Of Violets
Strange stories always fascinate us. Strange as it may seem, this is a true story.
The British army invaded Zululand in 1879 determined to subjugate the fierce Zulus. However the British were almost completely annihilated at Isandhlhana. This was a disgrace to the British army.
Reinforcements were rushed from England. Prince Imperial of France, the only son of the exiled Napoleon III and Empress Euginie were among those who were sent.
The young Prince was asked not to take unnecessary risks and was permitted to join the front lines.
Riding on his horse he fell into an ambush of Zulus. The Prince’s horse, Fate, tossed him to the ground.
The Zulus then stabbed him with their spears to death.
The Prince’s body was recovered and sent to England where his mother was living in exile. Queen Victoria, Queen of England gave permission for the Prince’s mother Euginie to see the place where her son was killed.
For sometime the spot couldn’t be found as grass and shrubs had covered the area.
Then all at once Euginie cried out, “I can smell Violets, they were always his favourite flower.” She then ran to the exact spot where her son had fallen.
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