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The Pagan Book of Living and Dying

Practical Rituals, Prayers, Blessings, and Meditations on Crossing Over

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An accessible guide to rituals and resources for honoring 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 spiritual counsel and very practical tools and techniques for:
  • Honoring 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 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.
    "Far more than another how-to ritual book. I found the reflections to be very moving. Rituals are easily accessible and well-grounded in the core Pagan understanding of the cycle of Birth/Death/Rebirth. . . . I recommend it for Pagans and others who might be facing dying or grieving." —SageWoman
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        November 1, 1997
        The several books about wiccans and pagans only briefly mention beliefs about an afterlife. Wiccan and pagan funereal rites seem practically nonexistent, a fact Starhawk and company discovered when her husband died, and that spurred them to assemble this useful resource. It is a collection of essays that begins by explaining pagan "thealogy" (the distinctive spelling indicates goddess study) and proceeds to actual rituals and chants, a discussion of symbolism, and the personal experiences of pagans and wiccans. There are several types of wiccan and pagan sects, and although there are connections between them, there is nothing like a synod to establish dogma or particular rituals. Yet any religious tradition must meet its adherents' strong needs for dealing with grief, which Starhawk and her coauthors answer by drawing on ancient and global mythologies. Virtually every modern mortality issue is covered in this book--physician-assisted suicide, dying from AIDS, and care of the terminally ill, among others. This is a beautiful and unique book on a very important topic. ((Reviewed November 1, 1997))(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 1997, American Library Association.)

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