abilities, past-life see talents, skills and abilities, past-life
abundance 155–64
and disillusionment 156–8
enhancing your abundance 163
and fears 161–2
and religious beliefs 158–61
acupuncture 139
affirmations 120
alchemists 8
allegiances 69–70
alpha brainwaves/state of consciousness 23
angels 194
anniversary syndrome 74–5
anorexia nervosa 142
apatite 113
apophylite 114
armouring 104
asthma 146–7
astrology 111–13
Athens, University of 7
Atlanteans 177–8
Augustine of Hippo 6
bags, as symbols 116
Baigent, Michael and Leigh, Richard: The Elixir and the Stone 16
base chakra 149
Bernstein, Morey: The Search for Bridey Murphy 8–9
beta brainwaves/state of consciousness 22–3
Bible 5–6
birth charts 111–13
birthdays 74
Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna 8
bodily effects, past-life 16, 99–106
and the chakras 148–53
dealing with the past-life cause of a physical problem 99, 105–6, 135–53
dowsing the body for 109
gestures 100–101
movement 104–5
physical reminders through actions 101–2
body armouring 104
books, as triggers of past-life memories 92–5
boots, as symbols 116
brainwaves 22–3
breathing
deep breathing exercises 119, 139, 146
problems 145–7
Bromfield, Louis 53–4
brooches 38
brow chakra 150
Buddha 128
cabalists 8
candles 120
cerussite 114
chakras 148–50
clearing exercise 150–53
children 41–52
child prodigies 45–6
games of 44
getting past-life clues from your childhood memories exercise 50–51
and mothers’ dreams 48–50
past-life clues of childhood 44–5
past-life memories of 41–5
and their past-life homes 42–3
see also Church Church 5, 6, 7
Church fathers 6
clogs, as symbols 116
clothes 34–7
footware 116
cloud, as a soul journey vehicle 121–2
Cockell, Jenny: Yesterday’s Children 49–50
completing unfinished business 54–6
consciousness
and brainwaves 22–3
levels/stages of 22–3
new global expansion of 4
your higher consciousness 194 see also spirit bodies
crown chakra 150
dowsing with 108
Dalai Lama 132
dance 105
Dark Ages, beginning of 6–7
De Felitta, Raymond 46
delta brainwaves/state of consciousness 23
disillusionment 156–8
dowsing 107–10
the body 109
maps 109
pictures/photographs 110
possessions 109
dreams 3, 15, 23, 33, 114–16, 183, 195
and free association 116
going back into the dream 115
incubating a dream 115–16
keeping a dream diary 115
learning the language of 116
lucid dreaming 23
mothers’ dreams of their children 48–50
and movement 104–5
and places 54
set in historical periods 67–9, 72–3
dress see clothes
eating problems 139–44
EEGs (electroencephalograms) 22, 23
Egyptian Therapeutae 6
electroencephalograms (EEGs) 22, 23
emotional suffocation 146
Faulkner, William 67
fears 161–2
Ferdinand of Naples 135
films, as triggers of past-life memories 89–92
forgiveness 156
forgiving your past self 29
free association 116
games 44
geography
places see places
and reincarnation 53–65
gestures, as past-life bodily effects 100–101
Goldberg, Bruce 142
Past Lives, Future Lives 96
Grant, Joan 70
group reincarnations 176–9
guided visualization 117
and self-regression 117–22
Guirdham, Arthur 72–3, 74, 137
healing negative effects
breathing problems 145–7
and the chakras 148–53
dealing with the past-life cause of a physical problem 99, 105–6, 135–53
old insecurities 173–5
places for 57–60
resolving old problems 171–3
skin problems 144–5
therapy for see past-life therapy
weight and eating problems 139–44
heart chakra 149
herkimer diamond 114
higher guidance 10
see also spirit guides Hinduism 133
holidays 74
Holy Inquisition 7
homes 32
secret past-life clues around the house 31–9
and their past-life homes 42–3
hope, messages of 183–6
hypnotism 135–6
incubating a dream 115–16
Inquisition 7
insecurities 173–5
introspection 16
jewellery 37–9
Jung, Carl Gustav 130
labyrinths 63
Lafontaine, Charles 135
language
of the body, concerning past lives see bodily effects, past-life
listening 120
lucid dreaming 23
magic carpet, as a soul journey vehicle 121
magnets, healing 139
mandalas 120
mannerisms, as past-life bodily effects 16, 100–101
mantras 120
map dowsing 109
marigold 86
massage 139
materialism 133
mazes 63
meaningfulness 130
messages of purpose 189–91
Medici, Cosimo de 7
and the alpha state 23
and self-regression 117–22
mementoes, past-life 16
memories, past-life 16–17, 24–6
the body’s holding of see bodily effects, past-life
of children see children
handling difficult memories during regression 28
healthy influence of happy memories 31
key questions to ask when memories arise 194–6
messages from see messages from past-life memories
triggers of see triggers of past-life memories
see also regression; self-regression
messages from past-life memories 183–91
of hope 183–6
of purpose 189–91
of self-worth 186–9
moldavite 114
money 155–63
mothers’ dreams of their children 48–50
movement
as a past-life bodily effect 104–5
and self-regression 119
movies, as triggers of past-life memories 89–92
music 120
mystics 8
Nazarenes 6
negative past-life experiences 20
forgiving your past self and moving on 28–9
handling difficult memories during regression 28
places to heal negative effects 57–60
therapy for see past-life therapy; regression
Netherton, Morris 26, 130, 136–7, 165
north nodes 112
occultists 8
past-life awareness 2–4
and abundance 155–63
benefits to the world from belief in reincarnation 131–4
finding your ways to 193–4
frequency of famous past-life beliefs 26–8
and health see healing negative effects; past-life therapy inner ways to 15–16 see also dreams; meditation; regression; self-regression and knowing why we are here 129
memories of past-life experiences see memories, past-life
outer ways to 16–17
personal benefits of 129–31 see also healing negative effects
and relationships see relationships over lifetimes
and self-identity 127–8
through astrology 111–13
through crystals 113–14
through dowsing 107–11
through dreams see dreams through guided visualization 117–32
through regression see regression; self-regression
through the body see bodily effects, past-life
through triggers see triggers of past-life memories
past-life experiences
held in the body see bodily effects, past-life
memories of see memories, past-life
negative see negative past-life experiences
places to strengthen positive effects 60–63
and relationships see relationships over lifetimes
past-life therapists 28
past-life therapy
birth of 9–10
with breathing problems 145–7
dealing with the past-life cause of a physical problem 99, 105–6, 135–53
expanding frontiers of 10
forgiving your past self and moving on 28–9
regression in see regression; self-regression
and relationships see relationships over lifetimes
with skin problems 144–5
with weight and eating problems 139–44
wide scope of 1
working with the chakras 148–53
peace 132–3
Petulengro, Lee 167–8
Pharisees 6
photograph dowsing 110
physical experiences, as past-life reminders 101–2
Pickingill, George 177
pictures
dowsing 110
as triggers of past-life memories 95–8
pilgrimage 62–3
Pius IX, Pope 135
places 53–65
for completing unfinished business 54–6
discovering your special past-life places 64
dowsing a map 109
geography and reincarnation 53–65
to heal negative effects 57–60
imagining relaxing in a beautiful place 120
and pilgrimage 62–3
spiral pathways 63
to strengthen positive effects 60–63
visiting favourite places 17
and wartime effects 55–6
play 44
Pollack, Michael 138
possessions
abundance 155–63
dowsing 109
secret past-life clues around the house 31–9
posture, as a past-life bodily effect 16, 100–101
poverty 159–61
priestesses 177
prodigies, child 45–6
psychiatrists 9
psychotherapists 9
purpose, messages of 189–91
in Bernstein’s The Search for Bridey Murphy 8–9
blockages to 24
and breathing 146 see also breathing
case example accounts 20–21, 36–7, 57–60, 61–2, 71–3, 76–7, 82–6, 91–5, 96, 97, 140–41, 142–3, 144–5, 157–8, 159–62, 171–5, 179, 184–9
conventional psychology’s use of 9, 20
emotional and physical effects of 26
and famous past-life beliefs 26–8
FAQs about 24–9
and higher guidance 10
reasons for seeking past-life regressions 24
relaxation techniques for see relaxation techniques
self-regression see self-regression
and the soul journey 121–2
and the stages of consciousness 22–3
validity of past-life regression 9–10, 25–6, 73
the way it works 21–3
Reich, Wilhelm 104
reincarnation 5–11
and awareness of past lives see past-life awareness
benefits to the world from belief in 131–4
and the early Church 5–7
groups that reincarnate together 176–9
healing effects of belief in 130–31 see also healing negative effects
made a heresy by Justinian 7
and places 53–65 see also places
and relationships see relationships over lifetimes
tolerance and belief in 132
world peace and belief in 132–3
relationships over lifetimes 16, 165–82
brief encounters 169–70
groups that reincarnate together 176–9
healing old insecurities 173–5
meeting someone from a past life in the maze exercise 180–81
positive past-life connections 166–8
resolving old problems 171–3
relaxation techniques 21–2
with affirmations 120
with breathing 119
focusing on an object 120
with mantras 120
with movement 119
with music 120
and self-regression 117, 118–22
with sound 120
with toning 119
with visualization 120
religious beliefs 158–61
resilience 130
retail therapy 32
retrograde planets 112–13
rings 38
Roman Empire 6–7
root chakra 149
Rosicrucians 8
round tables 196–7
sacral chakra 149
sandals, as symbols 116
Santayana, George 131
self-identity 127–8
self-regression 117–22
and the soul journey 121–2
and trust 117
self-worth 133–4
messages of 186–9
serpentine 114
shoes, as symbols 116
skills, past-life see talents, skills and abilities, past-life
skin problems 144–5
Socrates 45
solar plexus chakra 149
soul groups 176–9
soul journeys 121–2
sound 120
south nodes 112
space bubble, as a soul journey vehicle 122
special messages see messages from past-life memories
spiral pathways 63
spirit guides 27, 57–8, 61, 85, 118, 147, 174, 178, 185, 188, 194
Steiner, Rudolf 8
Stevenson, Ian 10, 42–3, 100, 103, 138
stilling the mind 120
Stonehenge 59–60
Sufi centres 7
Sutratma 133
symbols, language of 116, 117, 123
synchronicities 27, 62, 83, 85–6, 169, 183, 194, 195
tables, as symbols 116
round tables 196–7
talents, skills and abilities, past-life 16, 19–20, 81–7
and child prodigies 45–6
signs of your abilities from a past life 87
technology, Atlantean and modern 177–8
Theosophical Society 8
theosophy 8
Therapeutae, Egyptian 6
theta brainwaves/state of consciousness 23
third eye chakra 150
Thoth 189–90
throat chakra 149
time 67–78
anniversary syndrome 74–5
birthdays 74
dreams set in historical periods 67–9, 72–3
holidays 74
north node as the future to grow towards 112
and old allegiances 69–70
south node as the past to be left behind 112
tracking your past-life clues through time 78
working with the past 70–73
tolerance 132
toning 119
trance 23
triggers of past-life memories 16–17, 89–98
in the body see bodily effects, past-life
books 92–5
getting past-life clues from your childhood memories exercise 50–51
movies 89–92
physical reminders through actions 101–2
pictures 95–8
secret clues around the house 31–9
twins 47–8
unfinished business 54–6
Virgilius, Pope 7
visionary experiences 23
visualization
clearing your chakras exercise 150–53
guided see guided visualization
Wambach, Helen 137–8, 139, 171
wartime effects 55–6
wealth 155–8
see also abundance weight problems 139–44
Woolger, Roger 56, 138–9, 142, 145–6
world peace 132–3
wulfenite 114