I finished reading this book about 2 months ago. But with my crazy life, and it has been crazy since that time, I had to put off on reviewing it.
First of all, this is a sequel to the original "Journey of Souls" which I reviewed here, http://libraliving.blogspot.com/2009/12/journey-of-souls-review.html. Second, this book is much deeper, thicker, and longer to go through. But it is indeed a book you read and be done with after you read it-this isn't "how to" or a self-help type of book. This is a book for educational purposes and it is about life after death, as its prequel.
Pros: Destiny of Souls has much more depth than the first book. It has details of how we are welcomed after our life here on earth, and by whom.
It has very detailed descriptions of every little thing that the first book has missed. Some of it is our 'life review' stage that is taken place in some chamber with 3 wise beings. It describes what type of medallions these beings are wearing, if they are wearing any, how they act, and make us feel, and all the other types of processes that take place in life after death, between the time we die and chose to reincarnate on this or other planets. It describes the library in life after death, the room, the seats, etc.. It describes many other type of locations, classrooms with our spirit guides as teachers and our soul family as students, choosing a body for the next incarnation, and many more stages.
The book talks about soul birthing process, a process in which new souls are born, and many more interesting subjects.
One of the biggest pros that I've read is how it says in the afterlife, it is totally acceptable if someone helps the other person to die in order to stop their pain. Example; someone is paralyzed from neck down, and they want to go but our society keeps preaching that it is a wrong doing to kill someone. So we keep them hooked on machines when they are nothing but a vegetable. So if say a friend of that immobile individual gets a signal that he is ready to go, and unhooks the machine to help him release from the body, in life after death this is not considered a 'sin' to be punished for as it is in our society. I loved that part and 100% agree with it.
Cons: The guy seems hypocritical in some parts. The biggest reason I say this because even in his first book he mentions exorcism, and how certain people need to be put through it in order to drive certain spirits out that don't belong in the body in the first place. But he always talks about how "there is no hell". I understand that there is no "Hell" as describes in the religion texts, but I do believe that there are "lower" realms in which it is not so pleasant and in fact, much worse then in the worst place found on Earth. This is my personal opinion, and I don't understand how he can say there are no "evil" or "bad" places in the Universe in life after death by saying there is no hell. I'm not trying to put words in his mouth, but that's what I got from reading all of his "there is no Hell" comments.
In my opinion, all of these cases he brings up are by clients who choose (keyword: choose) to go see him and find out about their past lives. This may just be a group of wealthy Americans who believe in life after death, and choose to peruse it and find out more about it. It doesn't mean that somebody who is say a psychic vampire, or a 'demon' that occupies a human body would go see this guy. These other sorts of entities that live within a human body may choose not to go see a past life regression therapist. Therefore, he may not have gotten a chance to be exposed to other realms of dimensions that are totally different than to what the average "good person" describes after he dies. Again, this is all my opinion and it comes from reading his contradicting statement(s).
Another thing I did not like about this book is that it is much longer, and stretched out. I found myself bored reading many of the pages thinking "when will this chapter be over?"
In conclusion, if you are interested about life after death and you still haven't read his first book, Journey of Souls, I strongly encourage you to read it. And if you like that book, this one is worth following up with.
2.75/5 Stars
And lastly, I leave you with a quote I really liked followed by his interview about Destiny of Souls.
"The solution for all of us to improve is staying with the process of continuing evolution to become better than we are. Our spirit guides were once just like us before they attained their current status. We are given many host bodies and all of them are imperfect. Rather than being obsessive about a body which will only last one lifetime, concentrate on the evolution of your soul Self and rely on your spiritual power."
