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| | '''Life Between Lives (method)''' — hypnotic regression method developed by Michael Newton exploring the soul's state between incarnations. A concept from Michael Newton's research on life between lives. |
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| ! Full name || Life Between Lives Spiritual Regression (LBL)
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| ! Type || hypnotic regression method
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| ! Originator || [[Michael Newton]]
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| ! Taught by || [[The Newton Institute]]
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| '''Life Between Lives''' (LBL; full name, ''Life Between Lives Spiritual Regression'') is a hypnotic regression method developed by the American hypnotherapist [[Michael Newton]]. Unlike classic [[Past-Life Regression|past-life regression]], the method focuses on the interval that, by Newton's accounts, the soul spends in the spirit world '''between''' incarnations. The method is taught by [[The Newton Institute]]. | |
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| == State of consciousness and the session ==
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| According to [[The Newton Institute]], access to the "memories of the soul" is achieved through a deep trance state called the "superconscious." A session is structured as an extended hypnotic regression: the client is first led through memories of the present and a past life, and then into the between-lives state. The stated aim of the practice, in the institute's words, is an experience of "love, compassion, and an understanding of one's life purpose."
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| == Stages of the between-lives journey (according to Newton) ==
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| In Newton's model the soul's transition is described as a sequence:
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| # death and separation from the body;
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| # the "healing shower" — restoration of energy;
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| # meeting with a spirit guide and review of the life just lived;
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| # return to one's soul group (typically 3–25 related souls);
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| # the Council of Elders (usually three to seven), connected with reflection on karma;
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| # planning the next life and selecting a body (the Ring of Destiny);
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| # a new incarnation, with loss of memory of the spirit world.
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| == Mapping the spirit world (according to Newton) ==
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| In his accounts the spirit world includes a "distribution hub," a "library of lives" with records of incarnations, a "city of shadows" (rehabilitation), and a "Space of Transformation." Souls are divided into six levels of development, to which Newton assigned aura colors — from white (beginners) to indigo-violet (advanced "masters").
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| == Origins and spread ==
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| The method took shape out of Newton's practice from the late 1960s onward and was set out in his books, above all ''[[Journey of Souls]]'' (1994). To train practitioners, Newton in 2002 founded the organization now known as [[The Newton Institute]]; according to it, the method is practiced by more than 200 certified facilitators in 40 countries.
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| == Sources ==
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| * [[Michael Newton]]. ''Journey of Souls'' (1994), ''Destiny of Souls'' (2000) — Llewellyn Publications
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| * The Newton Institute — [https://www.newtoninstitute.org newtoninstitute.org]
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| * Early version of the institute's site (copyright 2003–2005) in the [https://web.archive.org/web/*/newtoninstitute.org Internet Archive]
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| == See also == | | == See also == |
| * [[Michael Newton]] | | * [[Spirit World]] |
| * [[The Newton Institute]] | | * [[Spirit Guides]] |
| * [[Past-Life Regression]] | | * [[Soul Group]] |
| * [[Reincarnation]] | | * [[Council of Elders]] |
| | * [[Ring of Destiny]] |
| | * [[Soul Levels]] |
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| [[Category:Reincarnation]] | | [[Category:Reincarnatiology]] |
| [[Category:Hypnotherapy]]
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Life Between Lives (method) — hypnotic regression method developed by Michael Newton exploring the soul's state between incarnations. A concept from Michael Newton's research on life between lives.
See also