Product Description
A groundbreaking addition to today’s popular literature on death and dying, in The Pagan Book of Living and Dying is the first comprehensive guide to Paganism’s beliefs and practices in facing death.
In response to her own mother’s death, Starhawk, the bestselling author of the classic Spiral Dance, along with other Pagan authors, created in inspiring collection of essays, original prayers, blessings, and meditations that present the Pagan way of dying. In the tradition of such bestsellers as How We Die and The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, it offers a new understanding of death and the rituals that surround it, adding insight and depth to spirituality.
An inclusive, respectful, and deeply spiritual guidebook for those in the Pagan community and beyond, this powerful resource will help the dying make the transition between life and death, and their loved ones will find spiritual comfort and strength through the grieving process. It shows us that death can be a process of renewal and transformation.
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 a Witch, ecofeminist, peace activist, and author of several books, including Truth or Dare and the acclaimed novel The Fifth Sacred Thing. She is a co-founder of the Reclaiming Collective, a group of Bay Area women and men working to unify spirit and politics. M. Macha Nightmare is a membreof Reclaiming Collective and the author of WomanBlood. Both authors live in San Francisco, CA.
