Journey of Souls

I haven't read the book. My late father had a near-death experience/ out of body experience during a TIA (mini-stroke) and ever-after he was a changed man, much more relaxed in attitude and who afterwards expressed that experience had "cured" him of any worries about death.

well i think many would be compelled to write it off as junk science at first glance, however, the power of hypnosis is astounding. and when people from all walks of life give the same detailed account of what happens after death, it kinda makes you wonder if there's something to think about here.

For those who don't know, Journey of Souls is a collection of case studies compiled by Dr Michael Newton, in which he regresses subjects under deep hypnosis to the point of death in a previous life, and has them chronicle what happens thereafter. The similarities between the case studies are just too amazing to be coincidence.

Though I am sympathetic with the ideas, Sobriquet, it is impossible for me to become a believer and I think a mistake for anyone else to do so either, based only on the hypnotic regressions as recounted by the person who recounts them. As I said, I haven't read the book, but it is fairly well-known that it is possible and even easy for suggestions to be introduced into the events. Sad, but true.

Sobriquet :

I am very interested in Spiritual belliefs . I will try to buy the book this week end .

I wll contact you later.

Joe Harris

Yeah, i sensed a bit of that myself in the book. Although it's not to the extent that he's telling them, there seems to be a bit of leading in the conversation, although he attributes this to the subjects being 'stubborn and hesitant' and they must be led.

Who knows for sure...

Another book that, for me, better recounted the continuation of the personality was Old Souls. The conclusion is that no one can yet know, but some of the facts are compelling.

Also you may be interested in this website:
Children's Past Lives

and in the University of Virginia's Division of Personality Studies:
website here.

both of which are closely related to Dr. Ian Stevenson, who was the scientific investigator.

thanks for the links. that first one proved interesting, and ties in well with what Journey of Souls speaks of.

I would encourage you to look at the second link as well... both "Advice to Parents" and "Hypnotic Regression" provides some cautionary information.