Phyllida Anam-Aire

A Celtic Book of Dying

The Path of Love in the Time of Transition

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Produktbeschreibung

Deepen your spiritual understanding of the internal journey of the dying and the adventurous after-death journey to come

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
• 2nd Edition, Revised and Updated Edition
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9781644112984
• ISBN-10: 1644112981
• Artikelnr.: 61340522

Autorenporträt

Phyllida Anam-Áire, a former Irish nun, as well as grandmother and therapist, who trained with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, has worked extensively with the sick and dying. She offers Conscious Living, Conscious Dying retreats in Europe and gives talks on children and dying to nurses and palliative care workers. Also a songwriter, she teaches Celtic Gutha or Caoineadh, Irish songs or sounds of mourning. The author of A Celtic Book of Dying, Phyllida lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Inhaltsangabe

Glossary of Gaelic Words and Expressions Introduction How I Met with the Teachings
My Own Story: In Grief Did My Mother Conceive Me
Brigit, Stirrer of the Cauldron PART ONE Death and Dying in the Celtic Tradition Opening the Heart to Death
Life Is Not Threatened by the Loss of Form
Never
Ending Life
Death as Mystery in the Celtic Tradition
A Time for Change
Death, the Great Catalyst
A New Language
The Áite, or Passages of Birth and Death
The Áite of Birth
The Áite of Death PART TWO Dealing with Your Personal Death and Dying Process Natural Transformation as Death Approaches
The Paths Home
Slip Away
After the Death of the Body
How Can We Live and Die Consciously?
Celtic Festivals of Transformation
Death Is Simply the Next Step
Lessons in Tough Love
Learning to Receive Love PART THREE Helping a Dying Person and Their Relatives How Can We Help a Dying Person Make a Happy Transition?
“I Am Afraid of Pain”
The Stages of Releasing into Healing
The Power of Music: Medicine for the Heart
The Work of an Anam
Áire
The Service of a Traveller with the Dead
Care of the Environment When a Person Is Dying
How Can We Best Support the Dying?
Guidelines for Helping the Dying
Technology Can Help People Suffering Alone in Hospital
Sacred Ritual of Watching with the Dead
Blessing the Body
Disposing of Water and Bedclothes
Burial of Rings
Letting Go of the Past
Distant Help for the Dying through Imaging and Meditation
Prayers for the Dead
Do What Is Natural
The Ethics of Assisting Another in Their Desire to Die PART FOUR Being With the Bereaved Supporting Bereaved People
The Golden Breath of Love
Sacred Ritual for Bereaved People
Other Rituals Celebrating Transitions in Life PART FIVE Lessons from the Heart of Nature Nature Is Our Guide
The Seasons Are Our Teachers PART SIX Stories from the Heart of Death “Do This for Each Other Often
Don’t Wait until You Die”
Fear Versus Love Appendix The Alchemy of Love
The Court of Love Overview of Exercises and Practices Index Acknowledgements About the Author