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Book SynopsisInvestigates the spiritual anatomy and evolution of animals. Where do the spirits of animals go after they die? Do animals have chakras or auras? Why were animals worshipped in ancient religions?
Exploring these questions and more, David Barreto presents a deep investigation into the spiritual evolution of the animal kingdom, from ants and cockroaches to cats, dogs, owls, pigeons, dolphins, and whales. He examines the spiritual anatomy of animals, including their aura, etheric fields, chakras, and mental, astral, and buddhic bodies. Detailing how reincarnation works among various species, Barreto explores their experiences between physical lives, how they accrue karma, and how the way that animals die can have different effects on their spiritual bodies in the astral realms. Drawing on both modern physics and metaphysics, he reveals, for example, how dogs can love unconditionally because of their large electromagnetic field, which nourishes the etheric bodies of those around them, and how cats can detect subtle energy shifts and disharmonies and conduct etheric filtration while they sleep.
Examining esoteric schools as well as ancient spiritual traditions around the world, the author explores how animals are viewed and worshipped in different religions and how animal adoration and animal-connected gods arose in ancient Egypt, India, and China. He looks at animal totems, animal archetypes, animals in alchemy, and the astral connections between animals and elementals. The author also examines the spiritual and energetic repercussions of meat consumption and animal sacrifice, revealing the astral and etheric components of slaughterhouses.
Detailing the role of the animal kingdom in the Age of Aquarius, the author shows how, with the awakening of this new astrological era, animals will have their earthly lives elevated with lasting worth and dignity, equal to the love and respect they have been transmitting for millennia.
Trade Review“Where else could you read that ants emanate an energetic plasma in waves that radiate pure sweetness and love, or that an anthill is a single Atman comprising 2,800 ants, or that when an ant reincarnates as a stone it is rose quartz and as a plant it is a rose? Barreto is true to a mix of anthroposophical, theosophical, Hindu, Taoist, and other traditions and lores as he blends them in a journey through the interdimensional goings-on of other animals that humans blithely miss.” * Richard Grossinger, author of Bottoming Out the Universe and Dreamtimes and Thoughtforms *
“If Steve Irwin, Thoth, Charles Darwin, and Saint Francis were to have collaborated on a book about the spiritual origin of species, I suspect it would look very much like Karma and Reincarnation in the Animal Kingdom. Barreto envelops a refreshing wisdom and enlivened framework of metaphysical languages in the animal kingdom. Through myth, tradition, science, and story—combined with the talent of his edgy brand of psychism—the reader transcends into the spiritual realm of animal Jumanji.” * Ruslana Remennikova, sound healer and animal whisperer *
“While one may not adhere to all of Barreto’s meticulously and well-expressed ideas, he successfully shakes up our anthropocentric belief, and what could be more welcome?” * Christopher Freeland, author of Other-Dimensional Entities *
Table of ContentsForeword by Robert Sardello, Ph.D.
INTRODUCTION
An Egalitarian Perspective on Animal Spirituality
PART 1
Exploring the Spiritual Nature of Animals 1 The Soul
2 Karma and Reincarnation 3 Animals and Metaphysics
PART 2Impacts of Human Activities on Animals’ Spiritual Journeys 4 Spiritual Repercussions of Eating Meat
5 Animal Sacrifice
6 Animal Worship in Ancient Religions
7 Animals in Mysticism
PART 3 The Brink of Conscious Expansion
8 Planetary Transformation through the Ages
9 An Aquarian Shift in the Status Quo Recommended Reading
References
Index
