title: Echoes of the Soul: The Soul's Journey Beyond the Light - Through Life, Death, and Life After Death
author:  Echo L. Bodine 
description: Renowned psychic Echo Bodine speaks to the life and afterlife of the soul. In the beginning, Bodine addresses life in heaven, shedding her psychic gleanings on the different "levels" of the soul, starting with level one ("totally self-absorbed") through level five (those who "understand the oneness with all of creation and with God"). From here Bodine enters into discussions on the soul's being sent to earth for birth, or "going back to school." Life is considered "the school on earth." And death is our "graduation." Bodine also speaks to the more familiar experiences of "soul travel" (a.k.a. "out-of-body experiences") and the disassociated and depressed state of "soul loss" (which, she believes, is reparable).
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  _For my cousin Felicenne Houston_ ,
  
  
  _who introduced me to the inner spirit_
  
  
  _and allowed others to live beyond her death_.
  
  
  _For my parents, Melvin and Felicenne Ramey_ ,
  
  
  _who taught me the infinite value of my soul_.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  [_Author’s Note_](../Text/aut.htm)
  
  
  [_Preface_](../Text/pre.htm)
  
  
  [_List of Images_](../Text/lis.htm)
  
  
  [INTRODUCTION The Value of Life and Death](../Text/int.htm)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 1 Preconception: Women and Future Increase](../Text/c01.htm)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 2 Infancy and Childhood](../Text/c02.htm)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 3 Adolescence, Young Adulthood, and Soul Values](../Text/c03.htm)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 4 Midlife and Older Adulthood](../Text/c04.htm)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 5 Elderly and Superannuated](../Text/c05.htm)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 6 Postmortem: Death and Ghost Values](../Text/c06.htm)
  
  
  [EPILOGUE The Afterlives of Slavery](../Text/epi.htm)
  
  
  [_Acknowledgments_](../Text/ack.htm)
  
  
  [_Appendix: A 