I am a qualified Hypnotherapist and have regressed people into what I believe are other lives.

I use what is termed 'clean language' by therapists, which indicates that the person being regressed comes up with their own suggestions and images and all I do, is safely guide them through the procedure.

I have never come upon a 'famous' life, in all the people I have regressed, all the lives that have been accessed were of ordinary people, but, many were rich in detail and feeling. The person having the experience, felt as if they had gained something by doing this.

The earliest time experience that I have recorded from the regressions, appears to be a very basic forest living culture, probably in europe: The details that arose from that experience were:

Men hunt, women stay around the home area, working.
No sense of date/time/place.
No sense of name/age.
Clothing appeared to be rough type cloth and animal skins.
Hunting equipment- were sharpened spear like sticks.
Living conditions were of a communal type in hut like structures.
But, heightened sensory feelings and a stronger bond with nature.
A sense of position in the community( this person was a main hunter).

The comments made by the person after they had experienced this regression was that although it was a very basic life with very little in the way of modern comforts, there was a strong sense of
'person', having a job to do. Knowing what you did affected the whole community in which you were tied into.
These people also seemed more in tune with the Earth and the flora and fauna, a feeling of being 'much more alive, with the heightened sensory feelings they possessed.

This life, to the person who was regressed was felt to be a very positive experience.