Press Release
For
Soul Connections
Book 4 of the Dacque
Chronicles
Doug Simpson
Genre: Fiction/General/Christian/Fantasy/Romance/Paranormal/Ghost/Visionary
& Metaphysical
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Digital ISBN 13: 978-1-939217-47-9 ISBN 10: 1-939217-47-4
Print ISBN 13: 978-1-939217-48-6 ISBN 10: 1-939217-48-2
Purchase link : www.5princebooks.com/buy.htm
Soul Connections
Soul Connections describes the educational journey, guided by
the spirit of a sudden murder victim, of a group of individuals through the
process of investigating their inter-connected past lifetimes. As well as the surprising discoveries
uncovered through their past-life research, the spirit and soul of the murder
victim educates its past relatives, from its previous lifetimes, in the
knowledge retained by our souls after death, and in the ‘life’ of souls
temporarily residing on the other side as they await their next incarnation.
"Tag Line "
Do you know what your soul planned for you for this
lifetime, before you were born?
Bio for Doug Simpson:
Doug Simpson is a
retired high school teacher who has turned his talents to writing. His first
novel, a spiritual mystery titled Soul Awakening, was published in the United
States in October of 2011, by Booklocker. It was reissued in October of 2012 by
5 Prince Publishing as Soul Awakening, Book I of the Dacque Chronicles. For
further details visit them at http://5princebooks.com/.
It is available in print and eBook
format through most bookstores around the world. Soul Rescue, Book II of the
Dacque Chronicles was published in November of 2012, and Soul Mind, Book III of
the Dacque Chronicles was published in January of 2013. His magazine and
website articles have been published in 2010 to 2013 in Australia, Canada,
France, India, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. His
articles can be accessed through his website at http://dousimp.mnsi.net.
Author Contact Info:
Excerpt from Soul Connections:
Dacque inched his vehicle into the driveway at 77 Mayflower Crescent
but did not disembark for a few long seconds. He had postponed this meeting for
about as long as he could without creating the perception that he was
deliberately avoiding it. Dacque felt sad, not so much at the thought of
meeting Rosalie Westgate again per se, but due to the memory of the
unanticipated and unfortunate events that had occurred in their lives over the
previous four months. Out of our hands, he reminded himself.
In response to the
chime of the doorbell, Rosalie Westgate opened the front door. “Good morning,
Detective LaRose,” she cooed. “It is wonderful to see you again.”
“Thank you, Rosalie.
It is nice to see you again as well. We do need to dispense with the detective
reference, though. Now that the Rolland Jones murder case, currently classified
as unsolved and considered as likely unsolvable, has been relegated to the
backburner, my few weeks of playing volunteer detective will probably soon
become no more than a fading memory. Please call me Dacque.”
“Come in, Dacque,”
Rosalie said, smiling broadly at his description of his recent Good Samaritan
adventure, and closed the door behind him. “Would you prefer to settle into the
living room, or migrate to the kitchen table? The coffee pot is still warming.”
“The kitchen table
is fine with me.”
Rosalie led Dacque
down the hallway and into the kitchen. She was immaculately dressed and
coiffured, and certainly did not look anywhere near her age, which Dacque
assumed had to be middle forties based on the information gleaned from their
earlier meetings and the story supplied by the spirit of the late Rolland
Jones. At the kitchen table, Rosalie went to, and stood behind, the same chair
that she had occupied on his last visit. Dacque noticed immediately that the
chair opposite Rosalie’s apparently favorite spot was pulled out, as it had
also been on that memorable visit when the assembled group awaited the imminent
arrival of the spirit of Rolland Jones, formerly known as Johnny Abruzzi. “Is
Rolland’s spirit joining us this morning?”
“Not that I’m aware
of,” Rosalie responded, “but I habitually pull out his chair in the morning
when my husband and daughter have departed for the day, so Johnny can join me
at the table whenever he decides to pop in for a visit. I consider it a
sentimental gesture to him that his spirit is always welcome to pay me a
visit.”
“Rosalie, I know he
will always be Johnny to you, but I’m sure you realize that, except when you are
alone or with someone like me who knows the entire story, you refer to him as
Rolland. Rolland tried so very hard to preserve his new identity. As far as I
know you and me, and Detective Jensen of course, are the only ones in the
vicinity of the city of Anywhere who are aware of the entire story. I suspect
that the details revealed by Rolland’s spirit, on our last get-together, never
made it into the official police report. Can you imagine a police report
starting out with, ‘The spirit of the late Rolland Jones told us that ...?’ ”
Rosalie laughed. “I
had never really thought of it that way. I assure you that I will try very hard
to refer to him as Rolland in our conversations, but as you are aware, Rolland
is not the reason for our little get together this morning.”
“I know.”
“Please sit down,
Dacque. Can I bring you a coffee before we get around to business?”
Dacque sat in the
chair with his back to the hallway, as he had on his previous visit to
Rosalie’s home with Detective Jensen. “No, thank you. I think I’m all
coffeed-out for now.”
Rosalie settled into
her chair. “Dacque, as you know, Rolland’s spirit mentioned to you on your last
visit that I was interested in discovering some of my past lifetimes, like you
and your friends have done. But, I have had lots of time to do a great deal
more thinking on the subject since your last visit, and I am also interested in
discovering or learning more about reincarnation, and what Rolland’s spirit
referred to as soul justice, which I assume is similar to Karma. He did tell me
on one of his other visits that we had shared four previous lifetimes together
before this one, so of course I would like to discover those in particular. I
would also like to learn how this soul-justice notion works. If Rolland’s murder
was an example of the price he was required to pay for his misdeeds back nine
hundred years ago as a soldier for Godefroi de Bouillon, then I, and the rest
of the world, need to know how that works. Does that make sense?”
“Your understanding
is very good, Rosalie. Soul justice is more commonly referred to as Karma, and
it is certainly wise for the entire population to understand the ramifications.
First, though, let’s talk about the reincarnation aspect. Rolland may have told
you that there is a group here in the Anywhere area called the Reincarnation
Enlightenment Group. We aren’t a large group by any means, but we obviously
have the mutual desire to discover information from some of our past lifetimes.
“One of the founding
members of the group is a licensed hypnotherapist, and she became interested in
researching reincarnation many years ago when she realized that some of her
hypnotised patients were apparently regressing back into previous lifetimes. To
further her research, she will give Group members free past-life regression
sessions, in her spare time. Membership is free, and members are requested to
use an alias, so their identity is protected, as well as a unique email account
which is used only for group communications, which keeps possible unscrupulous
members away from our regular email accounts. I should add, in case you are
concerned, that we have never experienced any unscrupulous activity, so it is
just a little extra insurance.
“I had three
past-life regression sessions with this lady, over three years ago now, and
have discovered about a dozen past lifetimes. In a normal regression session
individuals usually discover previous lifetimes which are significant to their
current lifetime. I guess we can say that probably would have been the case
with Rolland, if his deduction is correct and he paid the price for actions he
carried out nine hundred years ago, but unfortunately he never got around to
having his first regression session before he was murdered, so he never knew of
his past deeds prior to his demise.
“Please do not get
the idea that the past lives that we discover always reveal bad Karma, as that
is definitely not the case. I am no expert, but I think more past lives are
uncovered in order to continue relationships with significant people in our
present lifetime, than to advise or warn us of bad Karma. It is quite possible
that none of your four previous lives spent with the soul of Rolland, or
Johnny, involved bad Karma, so do not commence this investigative journey with
any preconceived ideas that your earlier associations with Johnny will
necessarily involve negative Karma.
“I have never heard
that our hypnotherapist friend has regressed individuals to specifically
discover associations with other, pre-identified souls, but I do not see why it
would be impossible. Because this lady is interested in research, the idea
might be very appealing to her. I can assist you in joining the group and
requesting your reincarnation regression session, and if you like I can ask the
hypnotherapist if she is able to gear the sessions to discover past
associations with specific souls?”
“That sounds
wonderful. I would appreciate that very much. Where do we begin?”
“First, you need to
select an alias. I use Streetwalker because I love to walk around the city most
days. It is my principal exercise. Some of the other aliases that I am aware of
include Clippers, Freethrow, Tackle, and Beanpole. The hypnotherapist goes by
Eyeonthepast, but we often shorten it to Eye. I have known her now for almost
seven years, but do not know her real name.”
“How does Newyorkgal
sound?”
“Wonderful. I don’t
think anyone has that one. Now you need a new email account.”
“I actually have an
old email account that I never use anymore. Will that work?”
“That’s fine, as
long as it is active?”
“It is.”
“If you trust me and
write it down for me, I can send an email, with your information, off to
Eyeonthepast when I get home, and recommend that you be accepted for membership
in the Group. If you are recommended by a Group member in good standing, then
you are allowed to book a regression session before first going to a Group
meeting, which only convene bi-monthly.”
Rosalie stood up and removed a pad from a kitchen drawer near the
sink, then wrote something on it. “There you are,” she said, as she handed the
paper to Dacque and sat back down.
“Thank you. You
should receive a reply in a day or two, so keep checking the email account.
Now, scheduling your regression sessions could present a problem we should
discuss today. Eye normally holds her free sessions on Saturday mornings and
afternoons, and Sunday afternoons, but has held some in the evenings when
necessary. She also does not normally allow witnesses, as she regards our
past-life information as confidential. She does make a CD recording of each of
our revealed past lives, but she gives these to us at the conclusion of the
session and does not retain a copy. To conceal her identity, she does not hold
the sessions in her office, so you will need to figure out an appropriate location,
in those time slots, with no witnesses.”
“That is not going
to be an easy one, I’m afraid.”
“I live in an
apartment complex, and some of my friends have used my place for their sessions
when they wished to protect their identity. If it is any help to you, you are
welcome to hold your sessions at my place, and I will disappear on one of my
daily walks?”
“You would do that
for me? You hardly know me!”
“True, but the
spirit of Rolland Jones seems to trust you, now, and that is plenty good enough
for me.”
“Thank you. That is
nice to hear. Let me think about this unanticipated wrinkle for a while.”
Dacque removed a
card from his wallet and handed it to Rosalie, as he stood up. “If you need to
talk to me, you can find me.”
“Thank you,” Rosalie
said, and walked Dacque to the front door.
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