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Companions along the way
The one and only Ruth Montgomery has joined forces with the supreme medium Arthur Ford and other companions from the Other Side to pierce the veil of the unknown and shed enthralling new light on the most fascinating depths of the psychic world. Here are the details of a Group Karmic experience that extends over thousands of years from the temples of ancient Babylon to Palestine in the days of Jesus to the present. Here are revelations of previous incarnations not only of Ruth Montgomery, Arthur Ford and other Karmic Guides, but also of such brilliant souls as Edgar Cayce, Adelle Davis, Henry Kissinger and many other famous names. Here is a book that everyone who is not afraid of the stranger-than-fiction truth will want to read.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1974
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May 25, 2024
MONTGOMERY AGAIN LOOKS PRIMARILY AT REINCARNATION
Ruth Shick Montgomery (1912-2001) was a journalist and syndicated columnist in Washington, DC., who later became a psychic who wrote a number of metaphysical books (sometimes through ‘automatic writing’), and claimed that she could communicate with medium Arthur Ford after his death.
She wrote in the Foreword to this 1974 book, “The genesis of this book is rather intriguing, having sprung into being either through a remarkable series of coincidences or by a sudden burst of mental telepathy… In ‘A World Beyond’ I recounted a curious series of circumstances tending to indicate that in one of my past lives I had been a sister of Lazarus, Martha, and Mary, although the Bible makes no mention of such a person… after Arthur Ford’s death in January 1971, he ‘verified’ that life of mine in Palestine, saying of himself, ‘I was the father of the brood.’ Now, in this book he and other Guides go into infinitely greater detail, recounting many heretofore unknown incidents in the life of Jesus, the Holy Family, and others who are mentioned in the New Testament. This material was dictated through my typewriter during a period of four months, and not until the Guides finished did I seek to compare it with the New Testament accounts or with those psychically received from Levi or though the great seer Edgar Cayce.” (Pg. 7-10)
She continues, “I have no way of knowing whether the soul that I now am once occupied the body of another Ruth in Palestine. I only know that on a visit to the Holy land in January, 1963, long before I believed in reincarnation, I felt so peculiarly drawn to Jericho, the Dead Sea area, and Bethany that I repeatedly upset my planned itinerary to return to those sites. This fact certainly establishes no proof of what the Guides have written about that long-ago period, but the events that I ‘saw’ while under hypnosis … are far more vivid to me now than most remembrances of my childhood.” (Pg. 11)
She suggests, “Why do most of us fail to recall our previous lives? It would be too great a burden to carry if our minds were clogged with so many memories. Thus, a kindly God gives up the opportunity to ‘start clean’ each time and make of our lives what we will. None of us remembers his birth and babyhood in this lifetime, yet those events can be recalled to conscious memory under hypnosis…” (Pg. 13)
She asserts, “Early leaders of the Catholic Church continued to believe in reincarnation. Origen… wrote in ‘De Principiis,’ ‘This soul has neither beginning nor end… Its place in this world as a vessel appointed to honor or dishonor is determined by its previous merits or demerits…’ … Biblical scholars are agreed that early Church fathers had available to them numerous original texts from which to choose in assembling the New Testament, arbitrarily rejecting some and including others… it is a logical assumption that most references to reincarnation were deleted from the Bible.” (Pg. 15-16)
She acknowledges, “The events as dictated to me do not always conform exactly to New Testament accounts, but in rereading the four Gospels after the Guides completed their work, I noticed that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are often at variance with each other.” (Pg. 18)
She records, “in response to my question, the Guides wrote: ‘You ask where Jesus traveled in some of those unrecorded Biblical years. As we have said, he stayed longer in Egypt than Biblical scholars have assumed, having reached the age of seven when the return trek with his family to Nazareth began. After the death of Joseph, Joseph made a journey through the Fertile Crescent and far beyond, to study with monks and masters in Persia and India. He returned also to Egypt for a time, and in all those sacred places he was initiated into the secret teachings… influence him they did, and help to shape the character of his ministry.” (Pg. 45)
She explains, “Familiar as I am with Arthur Ford’s description of what transpires after the process we call death, I nevertheless feel some embarrassment at the ease with which the Guides have Lazarus discussing his in-and-out-of-body experiences. I am also troubles by the direct quotes that they frequently assign to Jesus and his mother, Mary, believing that some readers may resent the effrontery. Yet I am a reporter, nor a censor, and I am therefore permitting them to tell their story in their own way.” (Pg. 124)
She notes, “it seems significant that I, who was a syndicated Washington columnist on politics and world affairs, did not believe in psychic phenomena and communication with the dead until after I met Arthur Ford in 1960.” (Pg. 169)
After one section by her Guides, she comments, “This was the first time the Guides had criticized Arthur, or practically anyone except me, and I found it rather refreshing. But since the dictation was a joint effort by ‘Lily, Art, and the Group,’ apparently Arthur had done some soul-searching during the periods between earth lives when he was in spirit form.” (Pg. 195)
She explains, “In this life I have assiduously avoided rugs or any type of painkillers, fearful of developing the habit, although doctors have always recommended them for my back pains. Yet I confess to a lamentable zest for cigarettes, and in ‘A World Beyond’ Arthur Ford warned that unless one overcomes habit-forming pleasure in one life he is likely to return with ‘an unnatural craving’ for some other indulgence in the next lifetime.” (Pg. 230-231)
She concludes, “the Guides made this observation: ‘Nearly every lifetime shows some advancement toward the ultimate goal, unless a soul so succumbs to evil, as Hitler did, that he plunges backward into the dark pit of spiritual torment for long periods of anguish. Unless we are exceedingly careful in our daily conduct, we are all in danger of taking backward steps which will have to be regained in future advancements.” (Pg. 256)
This book will be of interest to persons interested in reincarnation, and alternative/occultic forms of spirituality.
Ruth Shick Montgomery (1912-2001) was a journalist and syndicated columnist in Washington, DC., who later became a psychic who wrote a number of metaphysical books (sometimes through ‘automatic writing’), and claimed that she could communicate with medium Arthur Ford after his death.
She wrote in the Foreword to this 1974 book, “The genesis of this book is rather intriguing, having sprung into being either through a remarkable series of coincidences or by a sudden burst of mental telepathy… In ‘A World Beyond’ I recounted a curious series of circumstances tending to indicate that in one of my past lives I had been a sister of Lazarus, Martha, and Mary, although the Bible makes no mention of such a person… after Arthur Ford’s death in January 1971, he ‘verified’ that life of mine in Palestine, saying of himself, ‘I was the father of the brood.’ Now, in this book he and other Guides go into infinitely greater detail, recounting many heretofore unknown incidents in the life of Jesus, the Holy Family, and others who are mentioned in the New Testament. This material was dictated through my typewriter during a period of four months, and not until the Guides finished did I seek to compare it with the New Testament accounts or with those psychically received from Levi or though the great seer Edgar Cayce.” (Pg. 7-10)
She continues, “I have no way of knowing whether the soul that I now am once occupied the body of another Ruth in Palestine. I only know that on a visit to the Holy land in January, 1963, long before I believed in reincarnation, I felt so peculiarly drawn to Jericho, the Dead Sea area, and Bethany that I repeatedly upset my planned itinerary to return to those sites. This fact certainly establishes no proof of what the Guides have written about that long-ago period, but the events that I ‘saw’ while under hypnosis … are far more vivid to me now than most remembrances of my childhood.” (Pg. 11)
She suggests, “Why do most of us fail to recall our previous lives? It would be too great a burden to carry if our minds were clogged with so many memories. Thus, a kindly God gives up the opportunity to ‘start clean’ each time and make of our lives what we will. None of us remembers his birth and babyhood in this lifetime, yet those events can be recalled to conscious memory under hypnosis…” (Pg. 13)
She asserts, “Early leaders of the Catholic Church continued to believe in reincarnation. Origen… wrote in ‘De Principiis,’ ‘This soul has neither beginning nor end… Its place in this world as a vessel appointed to honor or dishonor is determined by its previous merits or demerits…’ … Biblical scholars are agreed that early Church fathers had available to them numerous original texts from which to choose in assembling the New Testament, arbitrarily rejecting some and including others… it is a logical assumption that most references to reincarnation were deleted from the Bible.” (Pg. 15-16)
She acknowledges, “The events as dictated to me do not always conform exactly to New Testament accounts, but in rereading the four Gospels after the Guides completed their work, I noticed that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are often at variance with each other.” (Pg. 18)
She records, “in response to my question, the Guides wrote: ‘You ask where Jesus traveled in some of those unrecorded Biblical years. As we have said, he stayed longer in Egypt than Biblical scholars have assumed, having reached the age of seven when the return trek with his family to Nazareth began. After the death of Joseph, Joseph made a journey through the Fertile Crescent and far beyond, to study with monks and masters in Persia and India. He returned also to Egypt for a time, and in all those sacred places he was initiated into the secret teachings… influence him they did, and help to shape the character of his ministry.” (Pg. 45)
She explains, “Familiar as I am with Arthur Ford’s description of what transpires after the process we call death, I nevertheless feel some embarrassment at the ease with which the Guides have Lazarus discussing his in-and-out-of-body experiences. I am also troubles by the direct quotes that they frequently assign to Jesus and his mother, Mary, believing that some readers may resent the effrontery. Yet I am a reporter, nor a censor, and I am therefore permitting them to tell their story in their own way.” (Pg. 124)
She notes, “it seems significant that I, who was a syndicated Washington columnist on politics and world affairs, did not believe in psychic phenomena and communication with the dead until after I met Arthur Ford in 1960.” (Pg. 169)
After one section by her Guides, she comments, “This was the first time the Guides had criticized Arthur, or practically anyone except me, and I found it rather refreshing. But since the dictation was a joint effort by ‘Lily, Art, and the Group,’ apparently Arthur had done some soul-searching during the periods between earth lives when he was in spirit form.” (Pg. 195)
She explains, “In this life I have assiduously avoided rugs or any type of painkillers, fearful of developing the habit, although doctors have always recommended them for my back pains. Yet I confess to a lamentable zest for cigarettes, and in ‘A World Beyond’ Arthur Ford warned that unless one overcomes habit-forming pleasure in one life he is likely to return with ‘an unnatural craving’ for some other indulgence in the next lifetime.” (Pg. 230-231)
She concludes, “the Guides made this observation: ‘Nearly every lifetime shows some advancement toward the ultimate goal, unless a soul so succumbs to evil, as Hitler did, that he plunges backward into the dark pit of spiritual torment for long periods of anguish. Unless we are exceedingly careful in our daily conduct, we are all in danger of taking backward steps which will have to be regained in future advancements.” (Pg. 256)
This book will be of interest to persons interested in reincarnation, and alternative/occultic forms of spirituality.
August 3, 2022
An interesting read about the medium Ruth Montgomery and her accounts of various lives lived.
August 3, 2009
Very preachy. This book was supposedly done by automatic writing between the author and her guides. It is somewhat interesting and a very intersting idea presented but there are several things included, such as the description of Jesus and the Virgin Mary that are in conflict with what archeologists/anthropoligists now know. I had a hard time finishing it. Not as good as her other books.
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