Spirit communication; The soul's path 0553053884
Much of the world first learned about trance channel Kevin Ryerson through Shirley MacLaine’s groundbreaking book Out on
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Table of contents :
Introduction by Kevin Ryerson xv
Part I: The Medium and the Message
Chapter 1: The Medium 3
The Mechanics of Trance Channeling 6
Accessing Altered States of Consciousness 7
Discarnate Intelligence or “Spirit Entities” 9
The Childhood of a Trance Channel 11
The Spirit Teachers 13
Why These Spirit Entities Speak Through Me 16
Spirit’s Motivation for Speaking Through 17
The Relationship Between the Channel and Spirit 17
Anyone Can Become a Channel 19
Trying to “Prove” Channeling Is Like Nailing a
Custard Pie to the Wall 20
How to Assess the Accuracy of Channeled Information 21
The Value of Trance Channeling 23
Why Are So Many Channels Appearing in These Times? 25
Parapsychology and Social Change 26
Closing Words 28
Chapter 2: The Message 31
A Spiritual Paradigm for Human Potential 32
The Nature of Spirit and Spirit Communication 34
The Seven Dimensions of Spirit Communication 36
Jacob’s Ladder 42
The Bond Between Ourselves and Spirit 43
Negative Entities, Spirit Possession, and Things That Go Bump in the Night 46
Summing Up 49
Part II: Human: Being of Light
Chapter 1: The Human Condition 53
Consciousness, Time, and Transformation 56
Memory as a Principle of Transformation 60
Conditioned Memory, a Process of Repetition 61
Techniques for Exercising Memory 62
Remembering the Future 63
Predestiny, Destiny, and Free Will 64
The Concept of Karma 65
Chapter 2: The Godhead 69
The Father 71
The Son or Daughter 72
The Holy Spirit (The Mother) 72
Returning to Our Original Nature 73
Chapter 3: The Soul’s Path 75
An Esoteric History of Souls on the Earth Plane 75
Universal Life Purpose 79
Progressing Toward God 80
Individual Life Purpose 83
Eight Primary Human Needs 85
The Interdependence of the Eight Human Needs 92
Desire Versus Embellished Need 93
Identifying Our Individual Needs 94
Conclusion 97
Part III: Spirit Communication: The Ascendant Path
Chapter 1: The God Force 101
God and Prayer 101
The Physical Universe and Its Laws 108
The Higher Laws 111
Souls and Soul Mates 115
Spirit Guides and Teachers 132
The Inner Teacher 144
The Masters 147
Chapter 2: The Earth Plane 151
The Temple of the Soul 151
Human Emotions 162
Sexuality and Human Relationships 168
The Divine Healer 178
Seeking Personal Power 187
Patterns of Psychic Unfoldment 191
On Trance Channeling 201
Chapter 3: The Return 206
The Dream State 206
Intuition, the Still Small Voice 210
States of Meditation 214
The Chakras, Template of Perfection 229
Death, Rite of Passage 238
Past Lives 247
The Ascendant Path 250
Appendix: The Storytellers/Other Voices 259
Introduction by Kevin Ryerson xv
Part I: The Medium and the Message
Chapter 1: The Medium 3
The Mechanics of Trance Channeling 6
Accessing Altered States of Consciousness 7
Discarnate Intelligence or “Spirit Entities” 9
The Childhood of a Trance Channel 11
The Spirit Teachers 13
Why These Spirit Entities Speak Through Me 16
Spirit’s Motivation for Speaking Through 17
The Relationship Between the Channel and Spirit 17
Anyone Can Become a Channel 19
Trying to “Prove” Channeling Is Like Nailing a
Custard Pie to the Wall 20
How to Assess the Accuracy of Channeled Information 21
The Value of Trance Channeling 23
Why Are So Many Channels Appearing in These Times? 25
Parapsychology and Social Change 26
Closing Words 28
Chapter 2: The Message 31
A Spiritual Paradigm for Human Potential 32
The Nature of Spirit and Spirit Communication 34
The Seven Dimensions of Spirit Communication 36
Jacob’s Ladder 42
The Bond Between Ourselves and Spirit 43
Negative Entities, Spirit Possession, and Things That Go Bump in the Night 46
Summing Up 49
Part II: Human: Being of Light
Chapter 1: The Human Condition 53
Consciousness, Time, and Transformation 56
Memory as a Principle of Transformation 60
Conditioned Memory, a Process of Repetition 61
Techniques for Exercising Memory 62
Remembering the Future 63
Predestiny, Destiny, and Free Will 64
The Concept of Karma 65
Chapter 2: The Godhead 69
The Father 71
The Son or Daughter 72
The Holy Spirit (The Mother) 72
Returning to Our Original Nature 73
Chapter 3: The Soul’s Path 75
An Esoteric History of Souls on the Earth Plane 75
Universal Life Purpose 79
Progressing Toward God 80
Individual Life Purpose 83
Eight Primary Human Needs 85
The Interdependence of the Eight Human Needs 92
Desire Versus Embellished Need 93
Identifying Our Individual Needs 94
Conclusion 97
Part III: Spirit Communication: The Ascendant Path
Chapter 1: The God Force 101
God and Prayer 101
The Physical Universe and Its Laws 108
The Higher Laws 111
Souls and Soul Mates 115
Spirit Guides and Teachers 132
The Inner Teacher 144
The Masters 147
Chapter 2: The Earth Plane 151
The Temple of the Soul 151
Human Emotions 162
Sexuality and Human Relationships 168
The Divine Healer 178
Seeking Personal Power 187
Patterns of Psychic Unfoldment 191
On Trance Channeling 201
Chapter 3: The Return 206
The Dream State 206
Intuition, the Still Small Voice 210
States of Meditation 214
The Chakras, Template of Perfection 229
Death, Rite of Passage 238
Past Lives 247
The Ascendant Path 250
Appendix: The Storytellers/Other Voices 259
