The Near-Birth Experience A Journey to the Center of Self

by Bongard, Gerald; Bennett, Hal Zina

• ISBN13: 9781569246023
• ISBN10: 1569246025
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-24
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Summary

The Near-Birth Experience presents a compelling thesis: that we can reconnect to our life-and specifically our spiritual existence-in the period before our birth. Gerald Bongard introduces us to the concept of the near-birth experience, describes the techniques by which near-birth regression is accomplished, provides accounts of dozens of people who have had near-birth experiences, and outlines the various states-in the womb, in the interlife, and in previous lives-that it has the power to connect us to. "This book will present you with the memory of who you are," Bongard writes, "which is not primarily a human being have a spiritual experience, but a spiritual being having a human experience." The Near-Birth Experience testifies to why these experiences-like their near-death counterparts-have profound effects on the lives of those who have them. "Pioneers like Gerald Bongard are forging an important path that can carry us beyond pathologizing the human condition." - from the foreword by Hal Zina Bennett

Author Biography

Jerry Bongard, M.A., M. Div., is chaplain at Bethany of the Northwest, a multi-facility organization that provides care for the aging. He has thirty years of experience counseling individuals as a teacher and pastor and lives in West Seattle, Washington

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Acknowledgments and Thanks	xv
Introduction	1	(8)
The Full-Length Mirror	9	(12)
Searching for the Donkey	21	(12)
Memories From the Womb?	33	(12)
Ideomotor Finger Signals and the Inner Voice	45	(12)
Regression to the Womb	57	(12)
Return to the Interlife	69	(14)
Return to a Previous Life	83	(18)
Barbara and the ``A-Team''	101	(18)
The Light and the Voice on the Radio	119	(14)
The Cheese Sandwich	133	(12)
Endnotes	145	(6)
Annotated Bibliography	151	(8)
For Further Reading	159	(10)
About the Author	169