The Life Cycle of the Human Soul Incarnation - Conception - Birth - Death - Hererafter - Reincarnation

In the last fifty years in the West, there have been a number of pioneering new approaches for accessing realms of consciousness that are traditionally considered the deepest spiritual mysteries. In this book Dr. Ralph Metzner discuss the experience of birth and of prenatal life, the unconscious psychic imprints of the conception event, the soul's choosing of a human incarnation and the connection with familial ancestors. He also discuss the experience of death of the physical body and the soul's life in the intermediate realms before choosing rebirth into another life. Dr. Metzner draws on empirical observations from psychedelic experiences, meditation, shamanic journeys, near-death experiences, deep altered state hypnotherapy, states induced by special breathing practices and findings from the experiential practices of his alchemical divination workshops. This book is the fifth in a series on The Ecology of Consciousness. Already published are Vol. 1, The Expansion of Consciousness; Vol. 2, The Roots of War and Domination; Vol. 3, Alchemical Divination, and Vol. 4, Mind Space and Time Stream. All are available from Regent Press.