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Further Reading This relatively short and by no means exhaustive list contains some of the main sources of evidence used to back up a rational spiritual worldview. Many of these books have gone through a variety of reprints and editions in various countries, so only the country of origin and date of first publication are listed. |
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PAST-LIFE AND INTERLIFE REGRESSION Note that all of these authors are professional hypnotherapists, but they do not necessarily view karma as primarily involving learning |
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Cannon, Dolores, Between Death and Life: Conversations With a Spirit (US, 1993) |
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Contains transcripts of important interlife regression case studies |
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Fiore, Edith, You Have Been Here Before: A Psychologist Looks at Past Lives (US, 1978) |
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A small amount of interlife regression material, but mainly therapeutic case studies involving repetitive karma |
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Modi, Shakuntala, Remarkable Healings: A Psychiatrist Uncovers Unsuspected Roots of Mental and Physical Illness (US, 1997) |
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Primarily targeted at spirit and even demonic possession, much with a heavily Christian bias, but still contains strong interlife regression evidence |
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Netherton, Morris and Shiffrin, Nancy, Past Lives Therapy (US, 1978) |
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No interlife material, but prime source of therapeutic case studies involving repetitive karma |
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Newton, Michael, Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives (US, 1994) |
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Seminal work by the pioneering interlife regression specialist, although possibility exists that subjects are being subjectively influenced to conform to some of the more detailed elements of his interlife framework |
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Newton, Michael, Destiny of Souls: New Case Studies of Life Between Lives (US, 2000) |
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Follow-up work from Newton containing even more detail, with arguably increased potential for subjective influence |
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Newton, Michael, Life Between Lives: Hypnotherapy for Spiritual Regression (US, 2004) |
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The first practical manual about interlife (spiritual) regression |
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Ramster, Peter, The Truth about Reincarnation (Australia, 1980) |
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Superb, verifiable cases of past-life regression, plus important interlife material |
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Ramster, Peter, The Search for Lives Past (Australia, 1990) |
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Superb, verifiable cases of past-life regression, plus important interlife material |
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TenDam, Hans, Exploring Reincarnation (Holland/UK, 2003) |
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Detailed and complex, but one of the finest general explorations of reincarnation from a qualified therapist using both his own and other researchers' evidence |
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Tomlinson, Andy, Healing the Eternal Soul: Insights from Past Life and Spiritual Regression (UK, 2006) |
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Highly readable manual about the mechanics of past-life and interlife (spiritual) regression, including complementary therapeutic approaches |
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Tomlinson, Andy, Exploring the Eternal Soul: Insights from the Life Between Lives (UK, 2007) |
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Important follow-up to Newton's work with European subjects and some new elements of analysis |
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Wambach, Helen, Reliving Past Lives: The Evidence Under Hypnosis (US, 1979) |
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Important and unique statistical study of past lives and reincarnation obtained by working with groups of regression subjects |
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Wambach, Helen, Life Before Life (US, 1979) |
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Important interlife regression material obtained by working with groups of regression subjects |
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Whitton, Joel and Fisher, Joe, Life Between Life (Canada, 1986) |
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An extremely important work from one of the first therapists to explore the interlife |
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Woolger, Roger, Other Lives, Other Selves: A Jungian Psychotherapist Discovers Past Lives (US/UK, 1988) |
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In-depth study of past-life regression in the context of eastern mysticism, no real interlife material but prime source of therapeutic case studies involving repetitive karma |
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NEAR-DEATH AND OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES |
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Fenwick, Peter and Elizabeth, The Truth in the Light: An Investigation of Over 300 Near-Death Experiences (UK, 1995) |
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Highly professional analysis of the NDE phenomenon by respected psychiatrist |
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Monroe, Robert, Journeys Out of the Body, (US, 1977) |
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The most detailed account and analysis of OOBEs, by the first man to be able to reproduce and study them at will |
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Moody, Raymond, Life After Life (US, 1975) |
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The seminal original work on the NDE phenomenon, plenty of case studies, short on analysis |
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Ring, Kenneth, Life At Death: A Scientific Investigation of the Near-Death Experience (US, 1980) |
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Highly professional analysis of the NDE phenomenon by respected psychologist |
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CHILDREN WHO REMEMBER PAST LIVES |
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Bowman, Carol, Children's Past Lives (US, 1997) |
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Easy introduction to the subject by US author and researcher |
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Stevenson, Ian, Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation (US, 1974) |
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Seminal original work by respected psychologist and founder of this line of research |
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Stevenson, Ian, Children Who Remember Previous Lives: A Question of Reincarnation (US, 1987) |
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Finest introduction to and summary of Stevenson's research |
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Stevenson, Ian, Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect (US, 1997) |
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Summary of Stevenson's cases of birthmarks and defects, including plates section |
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Tucker, Jim, Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives (US, 2005) |
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Follow up by Stevenson's successor, including some new, more recent cases in the US and Europe |
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SPIRITUAL ESOTERICA |
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Bentov, Itzhak, A Cosmic Book: On the Mechanics of Creation (US, 1982) |
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This noted esotericist explains the structure and origins of the universe as revealed to him in altered states of consciousness |
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Fortune, Dion, The Cosmic Doctrine (UK, 1949) |
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Channelled but highly readable work on the nature and origins of the universe and its planes, and of the solar system and its planes and monads, by leading twentieth century Qabalist |
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Tolle, Eckhart, The Power of Now (US/UK, 1999) |
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Superb spiritual self-help book on rising above the 'mind-self' and concentrating on the Now |