British-born psychic Petrene Soames is one of a handful of people in the United States who uses progression therapy. She has used the technique for six years. "It can take you into a future time in this life, or into a future life," she said. "Both are limitless I have taken people anywhere from a few days to far into the future." One of her subjects had an especially long look ahead while Soames was facilitating a progression on British television. "That person went several thousand years into the future. It was definitely this Earth, but things were much more in harmony than they are now," she said.

Most of Soames' clients don't especially care what will happen on Earth thousands of years from now. They want to learn what will happen to them in the near future. Reece was one such client. At 38, the French native lives in Houston, where he is an Internet communications specialist. "I was skeptical at first," he said. "I have a very logical mind and I was not completely sure about this." He decided to try progression therapy after Soames gave him several accurate psychic readings and he felt confident of her abilities. Reece said he wanted to see his future for himself rather that having it told to him by someone else . And with Soames' help, that's just what he did.
"It's difficult for me to visualize things," Reece said. "So what I saw was not clear, like a movie, but I was able to have a good image. "It was like being in two places. I was here, but I was also there - really there [in the future]. There is no doubt in my mind it was happening." Reece first saw, himself doing a future Internet installation in Spain. "I was working for a company that was supervised from Asia," he said. Later he saw himself back in the United States, in an attractive office, interacting with people from the Asian team. Reece also viewed his future home. "I just bought a house about seven months ago, but I didn't see that house. The house I saw was much nicer than the one I have now," he said Perhaps most important, Reece's progression instilled in him a new confidence and a sense that his life is headed in the right direction. He said he can now be more selective about the jobs he accepts, instead of "killing myself for a little money, but getting nowhere." In spite of his having slowed the pace since his progression, Reece said he still makes a good living. And he is happier and more relaxed now. "For me there is no doubt [that what I saw] is going to happen. I'm already headed in that direction," he said.

Through the Doorway

Soames described her technique for progressing clients into the future: Once they're in a state of deep relaxation, she leads the person, by suggestion, to a stairway, a door, or a corridor that acts as a portal for moving back and forth through time. "I always take people back before taking them forward. [That way] they can get an idea of what it's all about," Soames said. "I [remove] blocks from their childhood or past lives, allowing their higher selves to heal and clear [the problem], so we aren't stopped from going forward." After a person has passed through the doorway to their future, Soames tells them to look down and describe their shoes and then their clothing. She asks what they are feeling and if anyone else is with them. "Once we've established where we are, I tell them, 'Let's carry on and see what happens next,' " she said. People often describe a day or part of a day. Sometimes they tap into future events in their job or a relationship. Gathering as many details as possible, Soames asks what the person did to arrive at the future they see. "If they're happy with what they see happening, it's wonderful. If not, they can decide what steps they're going to take to avoid a thing," said Soames, who is convinced that people direct their futures by the choices they make.

One of her clients, Dr. Thor Magneson, proved that point quite nicely. A professional fund raiser from Iceland, Magneson met with Soames for a progression while she still lived in London. "He had a meeting to go to in three days in Barcelona. There were going to be a lot of rich, influential people there and he needed to know how it was going to go," she said. According to Soames, Magneson was progressed three days ahead and saw the room where the meeting would take place. The scene was detailed down to the wood grain on the conference room table and some French windows that soon would impress him. "His original intention was to focus on a certain person he thought was going to donate a lot of money. But because of the progression, he focused on someone else. That worked out for the best, and he phoned me afterward. He was absolutely ecstatic," she said.

Soames believes that even if progression is merely due to imagination, the exercise is not futile. "It's all relevant," she said.

NOTE FROM PETRENE SOAMES TO THE EDITOR OF FATE

I felt the article was well presented. However there are two important points that need to be corrected:

Firstly, I do not and have never used hypnosis in either Regression or Progression sessions. This has always been something that I strongly point out to the public and media alike. I feel this is misleading the reader in having any awareness of what these two experiences are or can be.

Secondly, the writer concludes at the end of the article on page 24 that "Soames believes that even if progression is merely due to imagination, the exercise is not futile." I have never expressed such a belief. It is my absolute belief, experience, and knowledge that the reality experienced in Progression is as solid and as real as anything experienced in past or present reality. The two words "merely" and "imagination" completely digress from anything and everything that Progression is about. I realize that as humans, writers may have a tendency to express their own point of view and draw on their own concepts. However I am sure that you can see how damaging this was to the article in giving the readers the best possible choice in drawing their own conclusions.

I feel that it is necessary that the above corrections be published as soon as possible in Fate Magazine.

Petrene Soames
December 13, 1996

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