A trip to the Asheville library’s downtown book sale yielded a treasure trove of goodies, including this 2005 book which I was not familiar with. Not as well known as his JOURNEY OF SOULS and its follow-up DESTINY OF SOULS, this is designed for practitioners. I’m always looking to add to my knowledge base and will be digging deeper into this book, but this from Newton’s introduction caught my eye:
While this text is designed to present the foundations of my research into the afterlife in a systematic fashion, it it not my intention that spiritual regressionists conform to a rigid sequence of hypnotic procedures. In fact, I recognize this material may be useful for those who wish to employ alternative methods to reach the spirit world. I know that each facilitator brings their own ideas, talents, and experience to the practice of LBL (Life Between Lives) therapy. The application of different approaches to the mind can only enhance our knowledge and perspective of our spiritual life.
My estimation of Michael Newton’s work skyrocketed reading this! I had been critical of the “checklist” approach to the between lives state, and noticed how the popularity of “Journey of Souls” influenced so many people’s expectations for their past and between lives explorations. Plus I noticed in “Destiny of Souls” a willingness to allow for each person to have their own unique experience. But here he is extending that to practitioners, and opening the door to those of us who use “alternative methods to reach the spirit world,” which I hope includes my own non-hypnotic induction methods. More to come as I dive in to this book…
