The Pagan Book of Living and Dying: T/K: Practical Rituals, Prayers, Blessings, and Meditations on Crossing Over - Softcover

Starhawk; NightMare, M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062515160 ISBN 13: 9780062515162

Publisher: HarperOne, 2005

Synopsis

In response to her own mother's death, Starhawk, along with other Pagan authors, present an inspiring collection of essays, prayers, blessings and meditations that present the Pagan way of dying.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

RITUALS AND RESOURCES FOR HONOURING DEATH IN THE CIRCLE OF LIFE

Birth,growth,death,and rebirth are a cycle that forms the underlying order of the universe. This is the core of Pagan belief – and the heart of this unique resource guide to death and the process of dying. Filled with encouragement, strength, and inspiration, 'The Pagan Book of Living and Dying' is an invaluable source of both invaluable source of both spiritual counsel and very practical tools and techniques for:
· honouring and caring for a dying person
· grieving a beloved relative, partner, or friend
· planning a funeral or memorial service
· distributing personal possessions and making room in the home for a loved one’s memory
· understanding and mourning specific types of death, including miscarriage and terminal illness
· providing final instructions for one’s own death
· and much more.

Bestselling author Starhawk and other pagan writers have combined practical rituals with prayers, chants, blessings, meditations, essays, and insightful personal stories to offer a new understanding of death and a powerful new approach to the various stages of dying and grieving.

A beautifully crafted and deeply spiritual guidebook, 'The Pagan Book of Living and Dying' teaches that death, like birth, is a doorway – another stage in the cycle of life. It will enhance the spiritual beliefs of readers of any faith and help each of us learn to welcome the change and renewal that awaits us on the other side of life.

Starhawk is a Witch,ecofeminist, peace activist, and the author of several books, including 'The Spiral Dance' and 'Truth or Dare'. She is cofounder of 'The Reclaiming Collective', a group of women and men working to unify spirit and politics in the San Francisco Bay Area. M. Macha Nightmare is a member of Reclaiming and coeditor and copublisher of 'WomanBlood'.

About the Author:

Starhawk is the author of nine books, including her bestselling The Spiral Dance, The Pagan Book of Living and Dying, and Webs of Power, winner of the 2003 Nautilus Award for social change. She has an international reputation, and her works have been translated into many different languages. Starhawk is also a columnist for beliefnet.com and ZNet. A veteran of progressive movements who is deeply committed to bringing the techniques and creative power of spirituality to political activism, she travels internationally, teaching magic, the tools of ritual, and the skills of activism. Starhawk lives part-time in San Francisco, in a collective house with her partner and friends, and part-time in a little hut in the woods in western Sonoma County, where she practices permaculture in her extensive gardens and writes.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperOne
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0062515160
• ISBN 13: 9780062515162
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384