“Reviving the Past”  is a story from the book, “Threads of Fate Determine Human Life,” by Rosalis von Sass, which demonstrates how deep connections of love are magnetized to each other again and again across lifetimes. Arminda is a young woman visiting an abandoned farm she is about to purchase with her fiancé, Fernando. While there, she sits down to rest on a stone bench and falls asleep. In her vivid dream, she discovers that in a former life, she was Jandira, the wife of Lorenzo, owner of the same farm and the great-grandfather of her current fiancé, Fernando.  Lorenzo was murdered on his farm by rebellious slaves in the last century.

The dream floods Arminda with intense emotions and clear memories from a previous life – the parrot that always accompanied her, her elderly servant, and especially her deep love for Lorenzo and the moment of his tragic death. When she wakes up, she meets her fiancé and is shocked to see Lorenzo’s face in his. Although Fernando is skeptical about her dream, something deep inside him awakens upon hearing it.

This story reveals a profound truth about the eternal nature of love, which is not defined by physical death or by space and time. The deep connection between souls bridges across periods of time and changing incarnations, and enables them to reconnect with each other in various lifetimes again and again. Despite the difficulties, the love between Arminda and Fernando, who were once Jandira and Lorenzo, conquered time. This reflects the power of the threads of fate that bind souls that are  meant for one another, and illustrates that true relationships are never lost. They simply change form throughout multiple lifetimes.