Wspomnienia z wędrówki dusz. Studia członków Instytutu Newtona

by Michael Newton (Editor), Magdalena Wysmyk (Translator)

Co by było, gdybyśmy mogli pamiętać prawdziwy cel naszej duszy?

Dr Michael Newton — autor bestsellerów Wędrówka dusz, Przeznaczenie dusz i Życie między wcieleniami – powraca z książką będącą zwieńczeniem serii poświęconej tematyce życia po życiu. W tym zbiorze relacji zebranych i opisanych przez hipnoterapeutów pracujących w Instytucie Newtona, ze wstępem i komentarzami dr. Newtona, poznajemy kolejne dowody na głęboki wpływ duchowej regresji na codzienne ludzkie życie.

W trakcie sesji pacjenci wyruszyli w duchowe podróże, które na zawsze odmieniły ich życie. Dzięki temu zrozumieli sens przeciwności losu, uzdrowili emocje i dostrzegli prawdziwy sens istnienia.

Genres: Spirituality, Nonfiction, Metaphysics, Self Help, Audiobook, Paranormal, Psychology

350 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Michael Newton, Ph.D., born in 1931, holds a doctorate in Counseling Psychology, is a certified Master Hypnotherapist, and is a member of the American Counseling Association. He has also been on the faculty of higher educational institutions as a teacher while active in private practice in Los Angeles. Over many years, Dr. Newton developed his own intensive age regression techniques in order to effectively take hypnosis subjects beyond their past life memories to a more meaningful soul experience between lives. He is considered to be a pioneer in uncovering the mysteries about life after death through the use of spiritual hypnotic regression. He now trains other advanced hypnotherapists in his techniques.

Dr. Newton is the author of three best-selling books, Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives (Llewellyn, 1994) , Destiny of Souls: New Case Studies of Life Between Lives (Llewellyn, May 2000), and Life Between Lives: Hypnotherapy for Spiritual Regression (Llewellyn, 2004). Dr. Newton has an international reputation as a spiritual regressionist who has mapped out much of our life between lives experience. He has appeared on numerous national radio and TV talk shows to explain our immortal life in the spirit world.

Reviews

[Gerri Leen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Let me say that I consider the editor's Journey of Souls and Destiny of Souls to be foundation works for my own spiritual beliefs and system. So I am the target audience for this book. That said, this book bored the crap out of me. There is a lyricism in the original works, a pace, and a story, even, as the life of souls between lives is discovered and explained. It uses actual sessions just as this book does, but in this book, those sessions are dry and tedious. And so repetitive. In the one sense, it's entirely reassuring that they discover the same thing time after time as it validates the system--if one accepts everything is recorded as it happened, which I'm willing to do--but I will admit the editor clearly has incentive for his system to be consistent, as he's now formed his own institute where he trains other hypnotherapists (the very people who wrote these accounts in this book) to access the life between lives (LBL). But, as I said, I do buy what the man is selling. That does not mean however that I found this book in any way riveting as JoS and DoS were, nor could I bear to continue after halfway in. And I pity the newbie reader who happens upon this because it lacks the context of the first two books (is clearly meant to be a companion book).

Skip this and go read Journey of Souls and Destiny of Souls. They may change your life instead of just using up hours of it, which is what this book did.

[Rose Rosetree · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spirit guides and soulmates

So very important to renowned hypnotist and past-life regression expert, Michael Newton, Ph.D.
But decidely not important to this reviewer and facilitator of past-life regression. To me, this kind of knowledge is, at best, a side trip.

I'm preparing to review four of his books. What I'm about to say here goes for all of this quartet:

1. Of course I'm a believer in the helpfulness of past-life regressions, done well.
2. One of my trademarked systems for helping clients is Soul Energy Awakening Hypnosis®.
3. Typical of the Energy Spirituality™ perspective for all my work, including this specialty, this kind of past-life regression is cocreated with Divine help, such as when a client chooses to invite God or Jesus or Kwan Yin to help.
4. Central to Michael Newton's opus? He works with spirit guides, and emphasizes astral experiences.
5. Spirit guides and searches for soulmates go with that astral emphasis. However, astral is not Divine.

REVIEWING THEN, AS ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL WHO FACILITATES PAST-LIFE REGRESSIONS

How I admire Michael Newton's body of work, his scholarship, and his attempt to systematize knowledge about the "Afterlife."

However, the astral emphasis leads him, and his regression students and clients, to explore many rabbit holes of astral fascination. I would have enjoyed these case studies far more if Newton hadn't developed into such an astral specialist.

Useful for all you fellow Goodreaders who value Past-Life Regression?

* Astral is not Divine.
* Psychic is not spiritual.

With such delicate work as this, it's essential (as a consumer, as a client, as a reader): Pay attention. How is this work sourced, Divine or astral?

For example, see the account on Page 197 of a (to me, horrifying) summary of an experience where a client "felt like half of his body was in this spirit world, while the other half remained in the physical."

Past-life regressions can help clients immensely. But, please, let's not treat hypnotic regressions like an interesting game where consequences don't matter.

[Priyanka · Rating 4 out of 5]

2020 is a difficult year for all of humanity. With every new event, we have more questions than answers. I have been soul searching looking for a lot of answers. Religion gave me none. Spirituality answered a lot of those. I am glad that in this lifetime I have been given an opportunity to understand human exsistence through the lived experiences of others. Lot of my friends have had trouble reading during the lockdown. I too did. But, content I was looking for just kept droppping into my hands.

Afterlife Memories is one such book that came my way this year. It is a collection of hypnotheraphy sessions of clients from across the world. There is a lot to know, learn, unlear, understand and imbibe. I spent a long time reading this book. It was less of distraction and more of contemplation that kept me occupied. I have given a lot of thought to a lot of issues. I closed this book feeling happy. Not because my my questions were answered, but it gave me hope, which for now is enough.

[Lori · Rating 2 out of 5]

I recently discovered that there was another, newer, book in existence based on Michael Newton's hypnosis/regression techniques and research into 'life between lives'. I was tremendously excited about this because I was so fascinated by Journey of Souls. Needing something spiritual at this particular point in my life, I raced to library in anticipation.

We all believe what we want to believe. Many people elect an organized religion (or are born into one and merely stick with it for convenience sake.) I have never been able to derive an ounce of comfort from the majority religions in my society. They tend to scare me and make me anxious and upset when they are not irritating me. Although they all have some beautiful teachings, these lessons are covered in a layer of smug 'in club-ism' that grates on me like a cosmic fingernail on a sacred tablet. Conversely, I am simply not 'rational' enough to find satisfaction in a pure science explanation of Life As We Know It. So what is a 21st century secular humanist type with right brain tendencies in search of meaning to do?

Well, turn to zen teachings about life and Michael Newton's teachings about death. Naturally.

Journey of Souls, for the uninitiated, is a collection of summaries about hypnosis sessions Dr. Newton performed on many clients over the years. These sessions triggered past life memories in his subjects and also took them into a different realm altogether -- a spiritual realm where souls meet to refresh and review life lessons after death. His presentation is straightforward and stripped of what I call the 'chakra and crystals' dynamic. While there is nothing inherently wrong with all the New Age trappings, I find them a distraction. I was mainly intrigued to read that a regular academic psychiatrist stumbled into these findings without looking for them, then replicated these results over and over again, and eventually wrote them up in a practical style. Newton's presentation seemed to be: Hey, this is what I found out. I couldn't believe it either. But isn't this an exciting possibility? He left out the TV Psychic mumbo jumbo and I appreciated that.

Memories of the Afterlife, on the other hand, just felt replete with the soft focus and pastel auras of your standard New Ager candle and incense shop. And why would I expect otherwise? I'm reading about reincarnation and soul groups and The Meaning of Life over here. What should I expect? A calculus book?

So perhaps I am being unfair to merely down-vote this one on its 'tone'. But I think this book lacks what I 'needed' from it because Newton did not write it. He is listed as the 'editor' and the various entries are actually written by practitioners who have studied his methods and now carry on his work. (Newton retired about 10 years ago.) These folks seem as enthusiastic about the topic as they ought to be. But their over the top writing styles (in some cases) left me feeling a bit self conscious. -- I just want it all. I want to read about the transmigration of souls in a way that doesn't make me feel embarrassed.

The idea that we have some influence over the sort of life we will lead, based upon lessons that our soul needs to learn in order to continue to grow in wisdom and enlightenment is deeply satisfying. The idea that we will be engaged with beloved others throughout the course of many lifetimes offers extreme comfort to us when we face loss. I believe that these ideas, alone, are amazing and that they speak well for themselves, minus the New Age presentation excess.

On the other hand, Journey of Souls was a book that really grabbed people and, I believe, changed lives. Devotees will not be able to resist learning a little more about people who have undergone regression. I imagine most readers who loved Journey of Souls will eventually locate this book and read it. I am just not as certain that it will give these readers the same level of credibility that Newton's original work provided.

[Fanny · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read ALL of these books which I think are important but yet at the same time not everyone will want to read them. As an example, no one mentions seeing Jesus at all. Nor Buddah et al. This doesn't mean that they don't exist but are not the most important component of the life (or afterlife...) experience, but perhaps part of it.

We make our own life plans and decisions. And just like I have always believed, there is no one waiting at a pearly gate to welcome you or send you burning into Purgatory for your acts during your lifetime. I personally have been on a spiritual quest for so many years it is imbedded in my very being. I have a constant ongoing conversation not only with God, but my loved ones who have passed over as I truly believe they can hear us, AND assist us at times. You just need to ask.

I am always open to new interpretations of the questions why are we here, or what happens when we die. These books, in my opinion, answer these questions beautifully and realistically. Some folk will not like the 'alien' connection to us but for God's sake, if you believe in God, and that there may be other life out there somewhere, then surely God is also their God. To me, it makes perfect and understandable sense.

We are all at different levels of soul development, and these books may not appeal to those with newer souls, (which is thoroughly explained in these books) but if read with an open mind much can be learned. If nothing else it gives one something to think about and perhaps talk about to friends and loved ones. I'm always interested in other people's perception of new ideas when it comes to religion. I feel even more secure now that everything happens with reason and planning. It took me a very long time to accept that our suffering here DOES serve an important purpose. I have fought that notion for a very long time as our pain here is quite real and can affect us in terrible ways. All of that falls away like old tree bark when we go 'Home', but the experience of this (and past) lives is always with us to remind us of what we have learned and how far we have come as children of God. There IS no dogma there.

I can't wait to go read more posts about this and am hoping there are several people who feel like myself, that these books can be a life changing experience. One can even find an LBL practitioner and be regressed to the point of going Home and learn why YOU are here. I cannot recommend these books highly enough, but strangely have not been able to get one single person interested in reading them. I have read all of them twice and am about to reread them for the third time.

[Kenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

An acceptable continuation of Michael Newton's study of LBL (Life Between Lives) territory in which hypnotherapists trained by Newton record their own case studies of people who have been hypnotically regressed into the Spirit World between incarnations on earth. However, Newton's skill and experience are also present as he generously footnotes the case studies. His notes are often the most illuminating aspect of the LBL session.

One caveat, however: in my opinion, Newton tends to "bend" case study findings so that they fall in line with his own beliefs and experiences, in particular, his ambivalence toward religious figures. For example, people in the LBL experience occasionally meet or see historical religious figures such as Jesus or Buddha, which Newton unceremoniously dismisses as "religious interference." He maintains that these figures are not really accessible to beings still involved in the karmic cycle of death and rebirth. Other hypnotherapists I've talked with (including some trained by Newton himself) do not find such encounters with advanced beings as unpalatable as Newton does.

This reminds us that while we should keep an open mind about LBL studies, no single investigator (including Newton himself, the originator of LBL study) has a corner on all facts. Newton's own irreligious upbringing may very well explain his discomfort with certain aspects of the Spirit World that others find not only reasonable but inspiring.

For this reason alone the book was illuminating. I found Memories to be a solid addition to the discussion of LBL, but I recommend that it be read after Newton's previous books Journey of Souls and Destiny of Souls.

[Angela Dilanzo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Compared to Michael Newton's "Journey of Souls" and "Destiny of Souls", this book is not as strong. This book is a series of independently submitted case studies from various Newton Institute trainee hypnotherapists with Newton making footnotes about how the case studies relate back to his findings, so there is a lack of consistency from chapter to chapter. Some of the chapters are very brief and unfulfilling, while some of very interesting. You just don't read it and relate to it in the same fashion you do to the previous books. It's more of an interesting, easy read than an informative read, which is what I expected in this particular case.

[Vichta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Przyznam, że w porównaniu do innych książek autora, dość nudna. Zawiera opisy najbardziej spektakularnych przeobrażeń, jakie dokonały się u osób na całym świecie, poddanych regresji do poprzednich wcieleń i do Świata Dusz. Można by więc spodziewać się prawdziwych perełek, ale... Należy wziąć pod uwagę, że opisów tych dokonali terapeuci Instytutu Newtona, a nie sam Newton. On je jedynie zebrał, opracował i wydał pod swoim nazwiskiem. Niestety, nie wszyscy potrafili to zrobić w ciekawy sposób. W niektórych relacjach gubiłam się, o co tak naprawdę chodzi.
Jednym słowem, warto przeczytać, ale trzeba się liczyć z tym, że w kilku przypadkach nie odkryjemy, co autorzy mieli na myśli...

[Dave Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very deep, very complicated subject handled very well. Newton and his team of researchers have found a way to organize these stories of between-life experiences of subjects so that they are not TOO overwhelming.

Still, this book requires your undivided attention. But if you already know this topic and yearn for the next level of understanding, this book may be for you - especially if you like your spiritual point of view backed up with evidence.

[SundayAtDusk · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the fourth book by Michael Newton that I have read. I've gone from being one of his biggest fans to questioning most of what he believes about the spirit world. It was very strange to go from being a big believer to such a big non-believer, too. I'm not quite sure how that happened, but was hoping that reading this book would help me clarify my thoughts. This book started off in such a dull manner, however, that I feared I wouldn't even finish it. Fortunately, some of the later stories did turn out to be interesting, and I finished the book. All the while, though, I kept thinking of what bothers me about Michael Newton . . . .

First, for some odd reason he will not identify the schools he attended, or any of the places where he worked. Why? Why is it all such a big secret? Second, when I read something in Beyond Reincarnation: Experience Your Past Lives & Lives Between Lives, it made me think instantly of Michael Newton. The author was saying how the clients of those who do hypnotic regression tend to tell regression stories that match the belief and value systems of the person doing the regression. The reason I thought of Dr. Newton is because his spirit world is school. His clients report how they are always in classes or the libraries. When they talk of leisure activities, it sounds like team sports. When they talk of visiting Earth or other planets, it sounds like field trips. When his clients go back to the spirit world, they don't meet God, they meet guides. These guides are teachers. They also go in front of a council consisting of wiser spirits, who are like advisers and counselors. His spirit world is all school, school, school.

Michael Newton was put in military school at a very young age. One can only guess that he grew to like school . . . a lot. That's where he obviously wants to go when he dies, and that`s where all his regression clients end up, too. Not once, in any of his regressions or those done by others trained by the Newton Institute, does the hypnotized person report ending up living in a home with a soul mate; or in a type of Heaven reflective of the beliefs of an organized religion; or just tripping around the spirit world. His spirit world is very systematized , but not authoritarian. The irony here is that Dr. Newton comes across as being very authoritarian about his spirit world work. This fourth book shows this in the footnotes he adds at the end of many of the regression stories. In some of these footnotes, he refutes what the regressed clients say, claiming what they saw was not what they saw, or what they say happened did not happen. Once he stated anything could happen in the spirit world, but that just made me laugh, because I don't think for a minute he believes it . . . not in his tightly structured spirit world.

When clients claims to see Jesus, or think they've seen Hell, he makes sure to point out there is no Hell, and the clients mistook one of their guides for Jesus. In one of his online videos, he states no one sees Jesus or any religious figure they may expect to see when they go back to the spirit world. It is always their "loving guide" appearing to be Jesus or whoever, because that is what they know the soul wants or expects to see; but then, of course, the soul soon knows it's actually their guide _______. Fill in the blank with a strange science fiction type name. Although one regressed person in this book actually had a guide named Peter. I was surprised Dr. Newton didn't question that, since it is too similar to meeting Saint Peter at the gates of Heaven. Michael Newton states in one of the online videos that he was once an atheist, but now he believes. He just doesn't believe in any type of organized religion beliefs or gods. He believes solely in the organized spirit world that he has created. Of course, he would say he did not create that spirit world, he only discovered it, with the help of his clients, and put all the pieces together.

There's a lot of science fiction in Dr. Newton's work, too. This book had stories of hybrid humans, water type creatures, bird type creatures, life on other planets. This I have never bought and never will, but realize others do believe in such things. My greatest concern about that, though, is that sometimes alienated people like to believe they are aliens, and then they think they never have to deal with their alienation. Why are they alienated? How can they resolve their alienation? If they believe Michael Newton's work, they don't have to resolve their feelings of alienation. They can just believe they are actually aliens or part alien.

A much greater concern, however, is Dr. Newton's apparent belief that all the world is indeed a stage, and everyone is indeed an actor. Well, not everyone. It's like some are actors playing chosen roles before coming back, and others are glorified lab rats reacting to those playing roles. Human lives are greatly reduced to being trivial as compared to spirit world lives. Suffering is reduced to something that is going to be just washed away in a shower of light, when the soul gets back to the spirit world. If you did something really bad on Earth, you get isolation and lots of time when your guides. But never fear, soon you'll be back with your soul group. No real harm done to anyone.

This sort of belief has been taken even further in other books by other writers; the most disturbing one I saw was in the self-published book Your Soul's Plan: Discovering the Real Meaning of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born. In that book, the author had a female soul chasing down a male soul, imploring that he reincarnate with her, so he could hurt her, and they both could learn and spiritually grow from the experience. He kept saying he didn't want to hurt her or anyone, but she kept persisting, and he finally said okay. It was then stated that after he returned from Earth, where he caused her horrendous injury with a letter bomb, there would be no negative consequences for him. Of course not--she practically begged him to hurt her, and he was only doing what she wanted. All in the name of spiritual growth. NewAgeLand turns into Psychoville! If you can justify violence against women in that manner, you can justify worse things like sexual violence against children, too. (By the way, there are no child souls in Michael Newton's spirit world, only adult ones.)

In all fairness, Michael Newton would probably say that there was no such plan, and the letter bomber was actually a "contaminated soul" that had to be put in isolation when he got back to the spirit world. Yet, it is Dr. Newton's work that created the idea of souls being like actors playing chosen roles on Earth, roles that were created beforehand in the spirit world. It is so easy to see how that would appeal to those who don't want to feel any real responsibility or guilt for hurting others on Earth. No real harm done. No Hell. (Definitely good news for the letter bombers of America!)

After finishing Memories of the Afterlife: Life Between Lives Stories of Personal Transformation, I then wondered why I am still attracted to some of Michael Newton's spirit world beliefs. It's because some things about his spirit world are still very intriguing. I wonder if he didn't hit on some of the real things in the spirit world. Or do we just create our own spirit world after we die, as some believe? Or do we choose our spirit world when we get to the other side, among all the different spirit worlds that exist? After watching videos of Michael Newton online the other night, I couldn't help but realize he speaks as if he knows exactly what happens after a human dies, exactly what the spirit world is like, exactly what every soul experiences and has always experienced after death. It's exactly like he figured it all out to be. Something no one else has figured out before in the history of mankind. That just left me wondering how arrogant or delusional can a man be?

[Sverre · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book will have appeal to a very limited readership. It should only be recommended for those who are serious students of Michael Newton and his regression and life-between-lives (LBL) hypnotherapy. And, even for them, it may be disappointing. It consists of thirty-two chapters by thirty-two different therapists--associated with Newton--of thirty-two different clients who have had counselling and LBL sessions. Most of them were attracted to LBL after having heard of Newton's work or read his books. In that respect they were predisposed to accept the psychic scenarios which emerged. Newton has inserted foot note references in all the stories, for which he elaborates at the end of each chapter. A sceptic might say that when particulars in a story don't seem to fit into Newton's psychic regime/system, he massages them via the footnotes so that they do.

For those curious about life-to-death (death being the end of one earthly existence) transitions and life-after-death experiences I would definitely recommend Newton's earlier books, five stars for "Journey of Souls" and four stars for "Destiny of Souls." I haven't read the third, "Life Between Lives" and I don't intend to. As for this latest book I would rate it one and a half stars for readers unfamiliar with Newton's previous work and three and a half stars to those for whom it has familiar appeal. For the unfamiliar, it would be in order to warn that Newton's regime/system is complex and elaborate. Its most challenging characteristic has to do with a great number of variables which seemingly still need to comply within a structured format to satisfy its integrity.

So, in my opinion, this volume should be considered mostly as a resource and textbook for serious students of Newton's school of hypnotherapy. Most of the thirty two chapters are dry and boring. They are too short for the reader to develop any sympathetic kinship with the authors' clients and his or her situation. If done well they could have been like milk for the curiously thirsty. Instead we are provided with powdered milk! The fact that most of the clients are women is somewhat suspect. Are women that much more receptive or in need of this therapy than are men? The cases chosen should numerically have been gender balanced. I also noted that practically none of the clients had religious commitments nor belonged to any supportive spiritual community. Could it be that most people who have lifestyles which include religious commitments and spiritually supportive environments handle personal crisis, such as those cited, much better? I wonder how many clients did not resolve their problems through hypnotherapy. And, how many were more confused, anxious, disillusioned or fearful as a result of their sessions? That is the problem. A book like this cherry picks the best cases. How many other cases were rejected for inclusion due to poor experiences and outcomes?

[Sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet book; not my first one this subject. Read it in two days.

Be sure to read the very last story (#32). Amnesiac girl who suffered a trauma so severe at age 17 she forgot who she was for over 40 years, when using a Life Between Lives session she was able to know her father's name and find a sister who had been looking for her (she was from the US, not Canada). She found her real name and tested the DNA to prove her family link. Very unique story.

[Jolanta · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5! Careful - this isn’t Newton’s book but a collection of short stories submitted by more than 30 different therapists and graduates of the Newton Institute, all discuss how a specific client was aided in resolving a life dilemma through LBL therapy. The stories themselves are more or less interesting, but aside from the life-changing effects of their life-between-lives regression experiences there is little commonality to cohere the book.

Michael Newton’s primary contribution to the book appears to be the copious, editorial footnotes referencing his previous books that appear after each narrative: "This was covered in 'Destiny of Souls', page 145-147", etc. Like, if these stories add nothing new to what you have written already, why to publish them under your name in the first place? Also, the case studies are not presented nearly as well as in Newton's previous books. I wished that several of them were better-written, and for some - better examples from the case studies had been chosen. I can't imagine out of all the hypnotherapists that have trained at the Newton Institute that THESE stories were the best of the best.

So if you are thinking about buying this book, I would recommend you Newton’s other books instead. Those are totally ground breaking. But if you have read them already - better skip this one and save yourself time and disappointment.

[Di · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was ok, but definitely liked Journey of Souls better.

[lemarue · Rating 4 out of 5]

Praleidusi antrą ir trečią dalis pradėjau ketvirtą. Liko klausimų, bet jaučiu, kad vienaip ar kitaip knyga atsirado labai laiku. Buvo tokių siaubingų momentų, bet užtekdavo bent truputį paskaityti, kad nusiraminčiau. Na, be abejo, nereikia visko priimti už gryną pinigą, bet kitaip nei “Sielų keliones” šią norisi priimti už patį gryniausią. Rekomenduoju viltį ir šviesą praradusiems.

[Lisa J Shultz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book should only be read after you have read Journey of Souls and Destiny of Souls. If you found those two books of value, you will like this one. And this one refers back to those so it is handy if you have copies to look at when your interest is peaked. For those who are open to reincarnation and want to understand what happens between lives, this is the book for you (after reading the other ones first). If you want to understand your purpose in this life more clearly, it can also assist you with that issue as well.

[VR Comrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

All of Dr Newton's books gave me great peace in times of sorrow

I first started reading Dr. Newton's books after two young friends of mine committed suicide and I was devastated, and also feeling guilty that I was still here and they weren't. Dr. Newton's two other books helped me through that time and today, and I put my beloved 15-year-old cat to sleep and I couldn't find solace in the knowledge that soul never dies.

[Andrea Burgess · Rating 5 out of 5]

You think this is it......here ........on earth. Think again. You may have been here before several times!

[Daniela · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an amazing book. Could not put it down. I am very interested in the afterlife. And the work that the author does, confirms the possibility.

[Ingrid · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointing. Slow and not very interesting. Part one was very successful so they probably wanted to elaborate on that. Didn't work for me.

[L.L. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dłuugo ją czytałem, jakoś tak mi zeszło. Nie jest zła, ale chyba po woli przesyt tematem ;) Chociaż i tak przeczytać było warto. Najbardziej niesamowita chyba ostatnia historia :)

[Victoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thoughts from the book:

- The person who can unlock his soul, is free.

- As a result of reincarnation, all of us become end products of all the previous physical lives we had on the earth, as well as the spiritual experience our soul has between lives.

- The soul of each person, on this planet preserves in itself all the karmic influences from the past, that are according to the law of cause and effect, and these forces influence our current feelings and behaviours.

- I have discovered that the answer regarding the secret of your life lies in the mind of each person.

- The authors of this book confirm that when their clients discover that there is a certain purpose of their life and that with the physical death they do not lose the essence of their actual personality, this fact brings them a lot of joy.

- Love like an accelerator for changes

- To accept what is happening and allow this to happen.
To accept life and let go

- To allow things to happen, and leave the control over them. Don’t manipulate over things or people, just observe the way everything happens

- Very peaceful and happy life, but he also needs to want and choose this

- What do you have to do in the current situation? - Meditate and calm down. Radiate and accept love

- I can have it all that I want. I am a very creative personality. I am adviced to respect the free will of others.

- I have enriched my life when I started to be guided not only by my head but my heart as well.

- There is a place in the heart and soul, where pain is identified and transformed, there actually starts the healing.

- The experiences of previous lives shows that, the souls groups reincorporate many times together, playing various roles in order to reach important life goals and support each other.

- The spirit world is the space of love and forgiveness

- That’s amazing how ice can change when you follow the purpose of your soul.

- When I am listening to my heart then everything goes well.

[Jim Morris · Rating 5 out of 5]

I gave this five stars, not because it is the most beautifully written book ever, but because it is absolutely indispensable for anyone who is interested in its subject, the afterlife, or, as it calls them, lbl, lives between lives.
It is focused on past life regression, hypnosis to explore past lives, but also the life between lives.
What's fascinating is the homogeneity of the experience. If all these people, who don't know each other, facilitated by hypnotists from all over the world, most of whom also do not know each other, have similar experiences, that tends to reinforce the truthfulness of the accounts. It's a fascinating field for exploration.
The writing is not stellar, but it is serviceable. You can tell what it means by what it says, and it doesn't make your head hurt. That alone puts it in the upper 70% of published books, as far as the writing itself is concerned.

[C · Rating 5 out of 5]

Michael Newton's books are life changing - really- and in a very positive way. But, it's important to read them in order. This book is his third, and I recommend you start with Journey of Souls, then Destiny of Souls. Newton's books are required reading for anyone who wants to better understand who they are, why they're here, and how we each fit into this world, this universe, and our relationship with God. He provides an uplifting, enlightening, inspiring, and hopeful journey that embraces the universal tenants of religion, science, and human physiology that will open your eyes to the wonders of life, death, and our

[Jessica McDonough · Rating 5 out of 5]

As I've said on the others, I could read a million of these. I was highly suggesting these books too. Pretty much everyone I know, including my father and he asked what does it make you think of when you read these books and I said it makes me feel like I've gone home and everything I've ever thought about. The afterlife has been inside of me the whole time and I've known it all along. It's like a warm hug. I love these books and I can continue to read them as long as there's more. And I'll go back and read the ones I've already read and I'm not one to go back and read. I love these books. If I could afford therapy I do that too.

[Gail Kushner · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is full of good ideas and explanations. It presents case studies of people who have undergone hypnosis and been able to explore the time between lifetimes. It's a fascinating idea: between lives, we regroup, review what we have learned and experienced, and plan our upcoming lifetime. A group of souls, a soul family, incarnates with us so that we can learn and grow, together.

The thing is: the writing is kind of dry. The stories are great, but I got tired of reading them. In fact, I did not finish the book. Someone else might enjoy the writing more than I did.

[Michele Dunkel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoy audio books and listened to this book. I believe had I 'read' it, I might have enjoyed it more. I did not care for the voice or cadence of the primary male reader. Additionally, reading would have allowed me to pause more easily to savor and contemplate the interviews, and ideas. The material was fascinating and worth exploring further, I just recommend 'reading' the material rather than listening to it. Dr. Newton's highly rated earlier books are on my 'want to read' list still.

[Vero Baez]

Just finished the book. And it was bitter sweet in the end. I mean I keep thinking about what the DR. Newton say at the end. If God is us and keep sending us back to earth so then we could develop and be better souls, then God can get kind of a reward and be more perfect? Isn’t god already perfect? Why we need to keep coming to earth to grow if we are already perfect being a self image of him? Open to some answers :)

[Miki Mitayn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fascinating material.
The system is one of an infinite number of systems and shows the cultural bias of its co-creators. Nothing wrong with that.
Newton's team is sincere and earnest. The book works as a document of people's experiences. But the man himself is an editor or coordinator of the book, so instead of his interesting presence, we have that of individual therapists working his model.
That was a bit disappointing. Journey of Souls was a much better book.

[Daria Doering · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely fascinating and life-changing book, as all of Michael Newton's books are. If you want to know exactly what happens in the spirit world, in "lives between lives," it is contained in his books. The information is based on his hypnosis sessions with hundreds of clients, in which he regressed them not primarily to other lives, but to their experiences between lives.