Source References

(extract from The Wisdom of the Soul - including corrections to the printed version)

© Ian Lawton 2007

See the bibliography for further book details. Note that in most cases the primary sources have not been provided, but that they can be traced via the relevant endnotes in either The Book of the Soul of Genesis Unveiled. The other references are for a few more specific points of detail.

Introduction

Lawton, The Book of the Soul: detailed evidence and analysis of children who remember past lives, chapter 3; detailed evidence and analysis of past-life regression research, chapter 4, pp. 62–85; detailed history of interlife research, chapter 4, pp. 85–9; detailed analysis of reliability of interlife material, chapter 4, pp. 90–2; detailed summary and analysis of the pioneering interlife research, chapters 5 and 6; detailed analysis of the dynamics of karma, chapter 7.

Tomlinson, Exploring the Eternal Soul: new analysis of the personal interlife experience.

Modi, Memories of God and Creation: exploration of more universal information about origins, although with a heavy Christian bias.

Cannon, The Convoluted Universe (Books 1 and 2): exploration of more universal information about a variety of favorite ‘alternative’ topics.

Chapter 1: Unusual Soul Behavior

Lawton, The Book of the Soul: spirit attachment, chapter 9, pp. 225–33; walk-ins, chapter 9, pp. 238–40; imprints, chapter 9, pp. 241–3; children with birthmarks and defects, chapter 3, pp. 50–8; birthmarks and defects as reminders of unassimilated emotions, chapter 7, pp. 157–8 and 164; suicide, chapter 7, pp. 173–4; regression evidence against the notion of hell and its political motivation in various religions, chapter 7, pp. 182–97; demonic possession, chapter 9, pp. 234–5.

Chapter 2: Soul Development

Lawton, The Book of the Soul: Krishna on non-asceticism, chapter 7, pp. 191; lack of dichotomy between soul unity and individuality, chapter 9, pp. 240–1 (expanded on in Bridging the Great Divide, a paper at www.ianlawton.com/se3.htm); collective nature of animal soul energy, chapter 10, pp. 250–2; levels in astral and light planes, chapter 10, pp. 257–9; repetitive and progressive soul behavior and blank interlife experiences, chapter 7, pp. 154–76; incarnation on and experience of other planets, chapter 10, pp. 263–5.

Newton, Destiny of Souls: creation of new souls, chapter 5, pp. 125–33; reshaping or remodeling of traumatized souls, chapter 4, pp. 94–104; specialist training, chapter 8, pp. 323–54.

Lawton, Genesis Unveiled: Hindu universal cycles, chapter 6, pp. 120–3; origin myths and dawn of Brahma, chapter 16; monadic cycles of solar logos, chapter 18 (this is a summary of Fortune’s The Cosmic Doctrine).

Chapter 3: Humanity’s Past And Future

Lawton, Genesis Unveiled: emergence of Homo sapiens, chapter 10, p. 178; earliest evidence of deliberate burial, chapter 10, pp. 183 and 188–9; anomalous artifacts, chapter 11; critique of the Hindu Creationists, chapter 9, pp. 164–8 (expanded on in Problems With Anomalous Human Remains, a paper at www.ianlawton.com/ahr1.htm); key dates in the Pleistocene epoch, chapter 12, pp. 206–7; Upper Paleolithic explosion, chapter 10, pp. 183–5; impetuous fallen angels, chapter 3, pp. 63–4; creation of man traditions, chapter 8; more on pre-human soul experiments, epilogue, pp. 383–4; theosophical and other Atlantean/Lemurian material, chapters 13 and 14; earliest Neolithic settlements, chapter 10, pp. 186–7; Atlantis as soul memory of another planet, epilogue, p. 384; common origin traditions, chapter 16; evidence for major catastrophe in late Pleistocene, chapter 12; golden age of spirituality, chapter 5.

Lawton, The Book of the Soul: pre-human soul experiments, chapter 10, pp. 268–9; idea of human-type blueprint, chapter 10, pp. 265–7; automatic level of amnesia, chapter 10, pp. 272–3; soul logistics of population increase, chapter 10, pp. 250–4 and 264–5; ethereal pressure for reduction in levels of amnesia, chapter 10, pp. 269–70.

Newton, Journey of Souls: pre-human soul experiments, chapter 11, p. 171; ethereal pressure for reduction in levels of amnesia, conclusion, p. 276.

Newton, Destiny of Souls: designer souls, chapter 8, pp. 334–44; Atlantis as soul memory of another planet, chapter 4, p. 100; hybrid souls, chapter 4, p. 100.

Chapter 4: Reality And Time

Lawton, Quantum Theory: Spiritual Panacea or Red Herring? (paper at www.ianlawton.com/se5.htm): fuller discussion of the interactions between quantum theory and a spiritual worldview.

Lawton, Reality and Time (paper at www.ianlawton.com/se2.htm): idea of collectively created physical reality, and discussion of possible feedback loops.

Lawton, Revised Meditation Affirmations for Rational Spiritualists (paper at www.ianlawton.com/ma1.htm): practical spiritual advice encapsulated in a small number of affirmations.

Lawton, Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now (paper at www.ianlawton.com/se4.htm): summary of the important ideas in Tolle’s book and how they can be integrated into a Rational Spiritual worldview.

Hagelin et al, ‘Effects of group practice of the Transcendental Meditation program on preventing violent crime in Washington DC’, Social Indicators Research Vol 47 No 2 (1999), pp. 153–201 (see also www.istpp.org/crime_prevention/index.html and www.permanentpeace.org).

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/time_travel: thorough explanation of why time travel in the physical plane has yet to be logically explained.

Lawton, The Book of the Soul: tapestry containing most probably envisaged future, chapter 8, pp. 216–22; predictions of individual future via progression, chapter 8, pp. 209–16; predictions of global future via group progressions, chapter 8, pp. 198–209.

Appendix 1: Research Details