Ruth Montgomery

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Ruth Montgomery is an American journalist and self-described Christian psychic in the tradition of Jeane Dixon and Edgar Cayce. She was a protégée of Arthur Ford.

Montgomery initially believed her mission on Earth was to educate the public on her belief in life after death, which is common among spiritualists. However, she also studied reincarnation and came to believe that mental and physical illnesses often have their origins in past lives.

With other like-minded mystics, Montgomery founded the Association for Past Life Research and Therapy. Her many books (which she says were channelled from her spirit guides) popularised spiritualist notions in public consciousness in the 1980s and 1990s, and paved the way for what is now known as New Age religion. Montgomery is particularly noted for her popularization of walk-in theory.

In her books, Montgomery predicted (allegedly with the help of her spirit guides) that World War III would begin when New York was attacked. Although Montgomery's guides allegedly stated quite clearly that humans have free will and can make their own decisions regarding their destiny, if world attitudes did not change then the event was inevitable. The event in question was predicted to occur in the late 1990s.

References

• Ruth Montgomery: Herald of the New Age. ISBN 5551120651