The Lost Secret of Death: Our Divided Souls and the Afterlife

by Peter Novak

Book Overview

Novak investigates a belief called the Binary Soul Doctrine (BSD) which states simply that humans possess two souls which split at death, the conscious going on to reincarnate again and again, while... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571743243
• ISBN13: 9781571743244
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing Company
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Stunning proof that the key to the afterlife has been found!

That we all have a soul is a given. But after reading Peter Novak's awe-inspiring & shocking The Lost Secret of Death: Our Divided Souls and the Afterlife, an intensely researched argument for the Binary Soul Doctrine, any givens are suddenly up for grabs.So persuasive is Novak's book, & the amazingly rich & detailed evidence he backs up his theory with, that this reader was completely changed & will never think the same about life, death or anything again.The Binary Soul Doctrine, as Novak claims so persuasively, is a theory that has been present from the beginning of time, & one that is found in every great religion on the face of this Earth. The Doctrine states that we have two souls, divided at birth, that long for union all through our lives.That most of us will never achieve union while we are alive is tragic, & the author brilliantly parallels the divided soul theory with the ills & miseries of human life, especially in modern times when we are so cut off from our inner voices. But the real scary & challenging stuff is not what happens during life, but after death.Using a myriad of near-death accounts, past life regressions, & the writings of religious texts, Novak compares the after-death experience & finds that there is a pervasive similarity which runs beneath all -- the divided soul that is trying to unite its two parts. Even the Bible is filled with comments about this binary soul, as are the major texts of the world's religions, as well as the ancient shamanic & earth-based traditions.Novak also examines the most recent research into consciousness, the brain & thought to show how this dual soul theory also reaches into the realms of science & human biology, & how it explains the constant battle between left & right brain, reason & intuition, science & art.With all this evidence of the Binary Soul Doctrine, it is hard to see how we could have gotten so far from the possible truth & instead settled on a one-soul theory that permeates our belief systems today. Novak covers those issues as well, along with the fact that Christ himself may have been our real ticket to soul union, & unless we learn from him & follow his lead, the suffering our souls may face in the afterlife will be tremendous.What this book does is shoot down so many shaky theories we hold near & dear about how pretty & cozy death will be, & for some it will be. But for many it will be just the opposite, & without giving away too much, suffice to say that the author does a truly convincing job of explaining heaven & hell in Binary Soul Doctrine terms.The glorious thing about the Binary Soul Doctrine is how it explains all the discrepancies, differences & disparities between science & religion, & between Eastern & Western spiritual thought. It also reconciles different accounts of life after death with one basic concept that is so hard to ignore or deny once you've read this book. The Doctrine also connects the worl

A Must Read for any Thinking Person!

This book ought to be read by every thoughtful person on this planet - because by studying the after-life, we can all learn to get more out of our current lives. Peter Novak effectively pulls it all together: religion (the major World religions' after-life beliefs of reincarnation and a heaven/hell scenario, and more); science (current scientific ideas about the duality of the mind, ie. the conscious and un-conscious aspects of the brain); "paranormal" activity (ie. near-death experiences, past-life hypnosis regression analysis, ghosts, and poltergeists).Through his comprehensive research, lasting over a decade, Peter Novak has shown that the current major World Religions have all been partially correct in their after-life beliefs about what transpires after we leave this three-dimensional existence, but none has had the whole picture. The simple, yet profound, very early Christian belief of the Binary Soul Doctrine, which was effectively squelched over time by a variety of means, has been almost single-handedly resurrected by Peter Novak. And now, with the advent of the Internet, the ideas discussed in this book, may have a real chance to elevate our global consciousness and unity. Passages from the Bible, whose meaning had heretofore eluded comprehension by most of us, now re-looked at through the Binary Soul filter, make a lot more sense! While his book is brilliant, Peter would be the first to admit that his attempt to resurrect the ancient binary soul beliefs is a work-in-progress. Peter continues fleshing out the nuances of the ideas proposed in his book, via his web site and discussion groups. I think a third book may eventually result from his continued research and I'll be one of the first in line to purchase and read it! For those who haven't read his first book, "The Division of Consciousness: The Secret Afterlife of the Human Psyche" - I highly recommend it also!

This book came as a revelation to me.

The book came as a revelation to me. I have been interested in death and what happens after one dies for a long time, but due to the contradictory nature of the different reports, I gave up trying to learn any truth involving life after death. The binary soul doctrine not only explains all these diverse reports, but actually anticipates them. Not only does this book present a thoroughly rational and scientifically validated hypothesis of existence after death, but states that this experience is directly related to the way we live our lives while we are alive. I have traveled many religious and spiritual paths, but I never grasped the statement that we must become whole/one in order to save our souls until I read this book. Not only did this book answer many, if not all, of my live after death questions, it gave me a direction and meaning for living the rest of my life.

An Outstanding Synthesis !

The Lost Secret of Death by Peter Novak should be read by every soul searching person. For far too long people have been mislead in believing that soul and spirit were synonymous. Peter has done an excellent example of research on the subject. The Binary Soul Doctrine Theory is an outstanding synthesis! Every Metaphysician should add this book to their library.

Awesome!!!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I must say that the proposition of being annihilated at death is disturbing at best and terrifying at worst. After having read and studied much spiritual and new age literature, I find this work to be most satisfying and compelling- though it is not "new Age". Rather it is a well researched and well presented accounting of how ancient religions, near death experiences, out of body experiences, past life regression therapy, and modern science & psychology all point to and support the theory of the Binary Soul Doctrine. A must read for all seekers of forgotten knowledge- maybe the most important read of your life!