I just finished Seat of the Soul and Soul Stories. While Seat of the Soul is the more difficult read, I found few good ideas and lots of "this is the way it is" righteousness. He lumps all animals into groups of souls, a dolphin soul, a dog soul. Where does he get this insight and why does he force himself to deal with the evolution of animal to human souls to eternal souls with such convoluted reasoning. I found myself reading and rereading passages just to try to understand his use of intention and personality and temptation. I got the same message repeatedly, and I found myself saying OK where is the depth of feeling and thought to justify all this obtuseness. Still I give it 4 stars for the attempt to get people to think of the consequences of their actions. But there are better books out there.