What's Changed

The following are some of the major changes to the evidence and analysis making up Rational Spirituality that have arisen over the years. As much as anything else they are documented to illustrate the dynamism of RS, and its responsiveness to new evidence or analysis. Some of these are covered by discussion papers, others not. All of them await incorporation into a revised edition of The Book of the Soul.

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THS   Significant increase in number of key, veridical, past-life regression cases, including proper analysis of unusual "Bloxham Tapes" involving several lives of "Jane Evans", one of which clearly involves cryptomnesia while another clearly does not
LBOS   Removal of Ian Stevenson's children with physical birthmarks or defects corresponding to past-life injuries as a main support for individual soul reincarnation
LBOS Further switch of emphasis away from learning and towards experience and growth
WOS Removal of references to karma and switch to emphasis on learning, experience and growth, coupled with switch from describing souls as more or less advanced to more or less experienced
WOS Addition of the concept of the Holographic Soul
WOS Addition of emphasis on fluidity of interlife experience
WOS   Removal of quantum theory as primary support for spiritual worldview