BOOK REVIEWS: JOURNEY OF SOULS / DESTINY OF SOULS
By Wes Wyatt <wesleywyatt@mac.com>
for nhne.org
February 28, 2007
The following two books get my highest recommendation. After 30 plus years of reading and applying spiritual concepts to my own life, the following books make my top 10 list for several reasons. The first gift they offer is comfort and reassurance. The second gift is they widen and deepen our view of the universe and our place in it -- to a stunning degree. And last, but not least, they put our lives and the importance of our lives in clear perspective.
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JOURNEY OF SOULS: CASE STUDIES OF LIFE BETWEEN LIVESBy Michael Newton
Paperback: 278 pages
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications; 1st ed edition (September 1, 2002)
4.5 Stars: Average Customer Review: based on 212 reviews.
The author is a hypnotherapist who has spent years researching (via his clients) what occurs during the moments just after death via a unique use of hypnosis. Instead of using it for past life regression, the author stumbled upon a way to use hypnosis for having patients describe the process BETWEEN incarnations and the processes leading up to a soul's incarnation. In great detail, the author provides a composite view taken from numerous hypnosis sessions with multiple clients to give the reader an overarching perspective of what we can expect just after death and during the transition between incarnations.
For myself, both this book and the author's second book (see below) answered numerous questions and intuitions I've had over the years about death. The book provides a tremendous amount of reassurance and comfort both for those who may have lost loved ones or who simply wonder about the possibilities after death. For those who are still simply testing the hypothesis of life after death as a possibility, this book may provide the needed information to shift attitudes and belief.
You'll find a stunning -- and believable -- perspective on what happens both at the moment of death and afterwards. Thorough and well written, the author goes into tremendous detail describing the whole process of transition into the afterlife. This book brings up a multitude of new questions which the author attempts to answer in his second book reviewed below.
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DESTINY OF SOULS: NEW CASE STUDIES OF LIFE BETWEEN LIVESBy Michael Newton
Paperback: 409 pages
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications; 2nd edition (May 1, 2000)
4.5 Stars: Average Customer Review: based on 66 reviews.
The author's second book delves more into the processes leading up to a souls incarnation. Of particular interest for many will be the chapters covering how a soul decides on a particular body and time period in order to gain in understanding and growth. The book offers a reassuring perspective to those who have recently lost a loved one by providing a believable and clear picture of how those who have recently died make contact with those left behind in order to comfort them. Highly recommended for those seeking a both a deeper understanding of life after death and a wider perspective on the importance of being in the earth!
Both of the above books provide a wealth of far-reaching information widening the vista of possibilities. To those of us who have searched all our lives for a better understanding of the meaning of life, these books provide a feast of new ideas and perspectives that resonate deeply with what many of us believed all along: that there is no death, and life IS deeply meaningful. We ARE surrounded by loved ones and the universe IS benevolent to a stunning degree.