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REVIEWS FROM BIRTH TO REBIRTH by C. V. Tramont, MD Swan Raven & Co., NC, USA, 2009 ISBN 978-1-893183-42-1 (247pp tpb) Available: www.granitepublishing.us ast-life therapy utilising hypnotic regression added a new, higher dimension to obstetrician Dr Charles Tramont's practice because of its ability to heal at a very deep level. With some disdain for the medicalised health system and moving into retirement, Dr Tramont was able explore the benefits o hypnosis in much greater detail and came to see a link between past-life therapy and the Gnostic approach to healing, which draws on the self- knowledge that can be accessed through intuition and contemplation. He now holds the idea of "cellular memory", where past-life events can create an imprint in a present life and show up as physical, emotional and mental problems. Dr Tramont has found a way to assist numerous people make their "transition to transcendance", helped too by higher spiritual guides. He presents some breathtaking case studies from his clinic that overturn conventional views of reality and also suggest that the key to healing lies within every one of us via the subconscious mind. Dr Tramont 72 ¢ NEXUS REVIEWS @ regards hypnotic past-life regression as a transformative medical treatment for the 21st century, and as a means to achieve Gnosis. ANEW SCIENCE OF LIFE by Rupert Sheldrake Icon Books, London, 2009 (3rd ed., revised and updated) (Ist ed. pub. by Blond and Briggs, London, 1981) ISBN 978-184831-042-1 (370pp pb) Available: www.iconbooks.co.uk; www.allenandunwin.com t's extraordinary to think that the then editor of Nature, John Maddox, wrote on the release of A New Science of Life in 1981 that it was "the best candidate for burning there has been for many years". Biologist and biochemist Dr Rupert Sheldrake has the last laugh, as his classic tome is now in its third edition with considerable updates, an extensive new preface and an appendix summarising his proposed 10 new tests for morphic resonance in areas of physics, chemistry, biology, psychology and computer sciences. There's also a dialogue with quantum physicist Dr David Bohm on the connections between his implicate order theory and Sheldrake's formative causation hypothesis, that nature is habitual and that life-forms draw upon and contribute to a collective memory of their species. Dr Sheldrake states that biology in the last quarter-century has seen remarkable developments, but also ones that show up the limitations of the conventional mechanistic approach and add to the plausibility of his hypothesis. The focus on genetics and biotechnology has not yielded information on how developing organisms adopt their forms and inherit their instincts. Nor has molecular biology been able to explain morphogenesis; this seems to depend on "morphogenetic fields". Dr Sheldrake puts out a call for democratising science and allowing imagination to flourish. His new edition is a must for any participant in the paradigm shift, but also deserving of a wide readership. Rupert Sheldrake RadioOutThere.com stimulating news and views streamed direct on the internet Presented by Barry Eaton, the host of RadioNexus, each show presents a unique look at a wide range of stories embracing mind, body and spirit the paranormal and the metaphysical. www.RadioOutThere.com stimulating news and views streamed direct Presented Presented by Barry Eaton, the host of RadioNexus, each show presents a unique look at a wide range of stories embracing mind, body and spirit the paranormal and the metaphysical. Barry ast of the www.nexusmagazine.com on the internet AUGUST — SEPTEMBER 2009