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This book is filled with thorough reviews of research and thoughtful analysis of its implications. It makes a significant contribution to the field. One need not agree with all of Lawton's conclusions to recognize the value of this well-written work. I recommend it highly. --Jim Tucker, University of Virginia Division of Perceptual Studies and author of Life Before Life
After reading this book, I will be recommending it to my students. It is one that intellectuals need not be ashamed of having on their shelves. And I predict that the author's proposal of a holographic model of the soul will be one of the most important concepts of our time. --Hans TenDam, pioneering regression therapist and author of Exploring Reincarnation
After reading this book, I will be recommending it to my students. It is one that intellectuals need not be ashamed of having on their shelves. And I predict that the author's proposal of a holographic model of the soul will be one of the most important concepts of our time. --Hans TenDam, pioneering regression therapist and author of Exploring Reincarnation
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There is persuasive evidence from near-death and out-of-body experiences that the physical brain is merely the instrument through which our soul consciousness expresses itself in the physical world. There is equally persuasive evidence from children and adults who spontaneously remember past lives, and from past-life and interlife regression, that we are individual souls who reincarnate to experience and grow. A careful analysis of skeptics' arguments in each of these areas of research proves in most cases just how reductionist, and in fact illogical, they are. Nevertheless not all the evidence put forward by believers stands up, and careful discrimination is required. Such a balanced and in-depth critique of both sides of the argument is rare if not unique. Equally unique is the accompanying collation and comparison of the interlife regression research of a number of pioneering psychologists. But what of the idea that 'we are all One', which is the universal message of all transcendental experiences? Can it be squared with the idea of the individual, reincarnating soul, or is this merely an 'illusion' in itself? Perhaps the answer lies in a theory of total elegance and simplicity... that of 'the Holographic Soul'.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I heard Ian Lawton speak at a meeting in Bournemouth last year, on the subject of life after death. I was greatly impressed by his insistence on focusing only on cases where there is genuinely strong enough evidence to support the claims of past life experiences. I was likewise impressed by his rational approach to the subject of spirituality, which helped me to realise that that science and spirituality are not mutually exclusive ... in fact quite the opposite. I bought a copy of his Little Book of the Soul and found it to be an extremely easy read. Its contents convinced me that I just had to investigate the subject further ... to ignore the exciting implications of Ian's work would have been stupid. I went on to read his Big Book of the Soul, and was astonished at the depth of the research he'd carried out in writing the book. There are literally hundreds of references that can be followed up by anyone who wants to check the research. I defy anyone to read the Big Book of the Soul and not understand that there is very much more to this life than what we see around us. I've now also read Ian's two latest books, Your Holographic Soul and The Future of the Soul, and for the first time in my life I feel as though I have at least some grasp of the enormity of the exciting opportunity that lies before us all. I shall always be indebted to Ian Lawton for that.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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This is a great book that, in my humble opinion, everyone with a deep interest in `life the universe and everything' should read. If it does nothing else for you, it will make you think a lot, but it may even change your whole outlook on life......
I stumbled upon the predecessor to this book (The Book of the Soul) during a long personal search to find the truth about whether there is in fact `life after death'. My journey into all of this began because, like many others, I had an unusual experience (involving the death of someone and an out-of-body experience) which I simply couldn't explain. My experience couldn't be accounted for by my religious beliefs and it also didn't fit with any orthodox scientific theories about our so-called `reality'. Nevertheless my experience happened to me and I had such a strong belief in the reality of it that it sparked an intense curiosity in me to find some answers.
In addition to this strange experience, I had always had a strong sense of having `been here before' and I vividly remember certain feelings from my childhood, which resonated strongly with the idea of reincarnation.
I began a long period of reading everything I could find that was related to life-after-death, reincarnation and any belief systems or forms of spirituality that incorporated a belief in these two. Some of the key texts I came across were Robert Monroe's Ultimate Journey, Michael Newton's Journey of Souls, Jane Robert's Seth Speaks and Robert Schwartz's Courageous Souls. The thing that fascinated me was that all of these (and many other similar texts) appeared to be saying the same thing albeit in often different ways.
Ian Lawton has obviously traveled down a very similar road as me in wanting to make sense of all of the literature that is out there on these topics, as all of the above texts (in addition to many very interesting others that I hadn't come across) are referenced in his book. The `Big Book of the Soul' is an extensive revision of the earlier `Book of the Soul' and is a further collation and analysis of a huge amount of research which has been digested by Lawton and distilled to get to the crux of the key arguments and concepts surrounding the idea of our souls, the afterlife, reincarnation and our relationship with the creator. If you're interested in this area and have been reading similar things to me then it's great to have someone who has not only done all the same reading (in addition to a great deal more) but who has carefully analysed and cross-referenced it all.
This is a book that is extremely worth reading as it will make you think seriously about some very big issues. I think that, to fully appreciate it, you perhaps need to either have had a similar unexplainable experience to myself (and many of the people mentioned in the various sections of the book) or to be very open to the possibility that the universe at large and human existence may be much more than most people in the west believe it to be. If you are open in this way then there is a mine of useful information, argument and further references for you to explore here.
I don't think the hardened skeptic will necessarily be convinced enough to change their world view after reading this, despite the excellent approach that Lawton has taken, because ultimately I don't think some people are actually meant to know about these concepts at this stage in their own evolution..............Let's face it they probably won't buy the book in the first place anyway!
I stumbled upon the predecessor to this book (The Book of the Soul) during a long personal search to find the truth about whether there is in fact `life after death'. My journey into all of this began because, like many others, I had an unusual experience (involving the death of someone and an out-of-body experience) which I simply couldn't explain. My experience couldn't be accounted for by my religious beliefs and it also didn't fit with any orthodox scientific theories about our so-called `reality'. Nevertheless my experience happened to me and I had such a strong belief in the reality of it that it sparked an intense curiosity in me to find some answers.
In addition to this strange experience, I had always had a strong sense of having `been here before' and I vividly remember certain feelings from my childhood, which resonated strongly with the idea of reincarnation.
I began a long period of reading everything I could find that was related to life-after-death, reincarnation and any belief systems or forms of spirituality that incorporated a belief in these two. Some of the key texts I came across were Robert Monroe's Ultimate Journey, Michael Newton's Journey of Souls, Jane Robert's Seth Speaks and Robert Schwartz's Courageous Souls. The thing that fascinated me was that all of these (and many other similar texts) appeared to be saying the same thing albeit in often different ways.
Ian Lawton has obviously traveled down a very similar road as me in wanting to make sense of all of the literature that is out there on these topics, as all of the above texts (in addition to many very interesting others that I hadn't come across) are referenced in his book. The `Big Book of the Soul' is an extensive revision of the earlier `Book of the Soul' and is a further collation and analysis of a huge amount of research which has been digested by Lawton and distilled to get to the crux of the key arguments and concepts surrounding the idea of our souls, the afterlife, reincarnation and our relationship with the creator. If you're interested in this area and have been reading similar things to me then it's great to have someone who has not only done all the same reading (in addition to a great deal more) but who has carefully analysed and cross-referenced it all.
This is a book that is extremely worth reading as it will make you think seriously about some very big issues. I think that, to fully appreciate it, you perhaps need to either have had a similar unexplainable experience to myself (and many of the people mentioned in the various sections of the book) or to be very open to the possibility that the universe at large and human existence may be much more than most people in the west believe it to be. If you are open in this way then there is a mine of useful information, argument and further references for you to explore here.
I don't think the hardened skeptic will necessarily be convinced enough to change their world view after reading this, despite the excellent approach that Lawton has taken, because ultimately I don't think some people are actually meant to know about these concepts at this stage in their own evolution..............Let's face it they probably won't buy the book in the first place anyway!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This book is truly an inspiration piece of work. I believe the insights within it will have a profound significance on the spiritual development of the human race, this book could change the way you live your life. The research is extensive and is presented in a completly unbaised way.I would highly recommend it.
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