Ruth Montgomery

Who was Ruth Montgomery?

Ruth Shick Montgomery was a widely read, well-respected journalist, political columnist and author in Washington, D.C. She was also a self-described Christian psychic in the tradition of Jeane Dixon and Edgar Cayce. She was a biographer of Dixon and a protégée of Arthur Ford who claimed he could access the Akashic Records of the Universe.

After her long time friend and mentor Arthur Ford died of natural causes, Montgomery began automatic writing and was able to communicate with Ford on the otherside. This began a lengthy series of books which sent her path in a whole new direction.

Montgomery, who enjoyed great financial success via her prolific New Age writings, initially claimed to believe her mission on Earth was to educate the public regarding her views on 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. Montgomery wrote of such things as birth marks indicating the possible sites of past life injuries, and commented that often children born with serious defects or illnesses are in fact re-paying debts incurred in previous existences.