The Wisdom of the Soul by Ian Lawton

Reviewed by the Editor
In JRT Issue 21, 2007

 

This is the second book written by the author; his previous work was reviewed in the last issue of the Journal. This new work is a collaborative one in which he was assisted by the very able Andy Tomlinson, whose book Healing the Eternal Soul is also reviewed in this issue.

Ian’s background in research is paired with Andy’s skill as a trained and very experienced Past Life and In Between Life Therapist. Together they submitted questions to a carefully picked group of subjects who, as Ian states: “would be chosen by Andy, and would not claim to have any special gifts or access to special channels of higher wisdom—they would be ordinary people with no pretensions, who happened to be best suited to enter the deeper states of trance required for this kind of work.” And also “we would be obtaining information from multiple subjects and comparing them for consistency, not relying on one particular source of channeled material which cold, even if broadly genuine, be highly subjectively influenced.”

What were these questions they posed to these selected subjects? He writes: “The interlife experience tends, broadly speaking, to be a personal one…What if we could really push the boundaries by developing a structured set of questions about everything from trapped spirits to demonic beings, from the purpose of incarnation to life on other planets, from legends of Atlantis to the future of humanity, and from multiple realities, to the true nature of time?”

These questions, some 75 or so, were directed to the regression subjects’ wise ones or elders, those beings often encountered in regressions that offer up wise counsel in the interlife.

This work is a valuable contribution to the research on regression. Each reader will take away their own insights and understanding of the material addressed here. I think some will find information that goes against what they have believed to be true.

Is this the final word on the topics discussed in this book? I think not. I am reminded of other books that have presented evidence of some little understood and greatly misunderstood realm or time period. One such book by Chet Snow, Mass Dreams of the Future, comes to mind. How is it that so many ordinary people with no detectable ulterior motive could have such similar experiences and general agreement about the time around the year 2000 (the book was published years prior to the millennium change) and be so wrong?

I propose that The Wisdom of the Soul will jump start more discussion on this part of our research. I invite members to write in and submit their position on this work, whether they agree with the research or not. It is through this open forum that we progress and expand our knowledge of our home; that spiritual realm.