I have read JOS and one other of Michael Newton's books. One the one hand I give quite a lot of credence to the idea of reincarnation and even the idea of Soul Contracts. Both would explain much about the very faltering progress of Humanity and of many individual lives. looking back on my 79 years of life I find much that resonates with it. However,5 years ago I had two sessions with a Newton trained regressionist. The first was a PLR and the 2nd was intended to develop into a Life Between Life, but somehow did not quite progress beyond my death in that same previous life. The therapist did not at any stage ''lead'' me, but I may well have confabulated the life that I twice visited. I was an 18th Century owner of a tin mine in Cornwall and I also imported metal ore from the North coast of Spain. Coincidentally, my first job in my current life was with a tin smelting company in Liverpool which bought ore from Cornwall, and my second job was with a company which sold specialised metals all over the world, including two areas of Northern Spain heavily involved in metallurgy. A likely source of confabulation, but for me ,as for you it seems, not sufficient to thoroughly discredit Newton's work.
Two years after those sessions I had a private reading with two thoroughly trained mediums accredited by the UK's Spiritualists National Union. That gave me undeniable evidence, (including a trivial fact unknown to me but verifiable when I returned home) that my wife's soul survived her physical death and is capable of communicating. Since then I've had other messages, from a few private readings or in a congregation, including from my mother and my father-in- law including his name. I suspect from my membership of CFPSS that some Christians (perhaps many) are ''wary'' of mediumship to a degree which in my opinion is sadly regrettable. ''Discernment of spirits'' and ''by their fruits you shall know them'' are surely applicable to any religion? OpenMike, UK
Thanks for contributing your own experience on this subject. I'm still learning and I appreciate diverse perspectives.
As for contact with the dead, I have an ongoing interest in the literature of After Death Communications (ADCs). I do think more Christians are becoming aware that at least spontaneous ADCs are normal and not evil by nature. Even conservative Wesleyan scholar Ben Witherington III has shared one of his own.
I have my hesitations about mediumship and induced ADCs, however. I know that my friend and colleague Matt Arnold at the CFPSS has spoken positively about therapeutic, induced ADCs to help with the grieving process. I'm not quite there myself at this point.
I have also written positively about "spirit release" ministries intended to "cure" haunted locations/persons. Last year I interviewed two Anglican ministers who explained their practice of "Requiem Healing." They drew a distinction between their ministry (which does include some communication with the dead) and that of Spiritualism.
For them, Spiritualism and most mediumship practices are centered on *retention,* whereas their ministry was one of *release.*
I have read JOS and one other of Michael Newton's books. One the one hand I give quite a lot of credence to the idea of reincarnation and even the idea of Soul Contracts. Both would explain much about the very faltering progress of Humanity and of many individual lives. looking back on my 79 years of life I find much that resonates with it. However,5 years ago I had two sessions with a Newton trained regressionist. The first was a PLR and the 2nd was intended to develop into a Life Between Life, but somehow did not quite progress beyond my death in that same previous life. The therapist did not at any stage ''lead'' me, but I may well have confabulated the life that I twice visited. I was an 18th Century owner of a tin mine in Cornwall and I also imported metal ore from the North coast of Spain. Coincidentally, my first job in my current life was with a tin smelting company in Liverpool which bought ore from Cornwall, and my second job was with a company which sold specialised metals all over the world, including two areas of Northern Spain heavily involved in metallurgy. A likely source of confabulation, but for me ,as for you it seems, not sufficient to thoroughly discredit Newton's work.
Two years after those sessions I had a private reading with two thoroughly trained mediums accredited by the UK's Spiritualists National Union. That gave me undeniable evidence, (including a trivial fact unknown to me but verifiable when I returned home) that my wife's soul survived her physical death and is capable of communicating. Since then I've had other messages, from a few private readings or in a congregation, including from my mother and my father-in- law including his name. I suspect from my membership of CFPSS that some Christians (perhaps many) are ''wary'' of mediumship to a degree which in my opinion is sadly regrettable. ''Discernment of spirits'' and ''by their fruits you shall know them'' are surely applicable to any religion? OpenMike, UK
Hi Mike,
Thanks for contributing your own experience on this subject. I'm still learning and I appreciate diverse perspectives.
As for contact with the dead, I have an ongoing interest in the literature of After Death Communications (ADCs). I do think more Christians are becoming aware that at least spontaneous ADCs are normal and not evil by nature. Even conservative Wesleyan scholar Ben Witherington III has shared one of his own.
I have my hesitations about mediumship and induced ADCs, however. I know that my friend and colleague Matt Arnold at the CFPSS has spoken positively about therapeutic, induced ADCs to help with the grieving process. I'm not quite there myself at this point.
I have also written positively about "spirit release" ministries intended to "cure" haunted locations/persons. Last year I interviewed two Anglican ministers who explained their practice of "Requiem Healing." They drew a distinction between their ministry (which does include some communication with the dead) and that of Spiritualism.
For them, Spiritualism and most mediumship practices are centered on *retention,* whereas their ministry was one of *release.*
Best,