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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies
Urgent Whispers: Care of the
Dying
On Death and Dying
the Power of Myth
Final Passage: Sharing the Journey as this life ends.
The Zen Path through Depression
Mysterium Mortis
Lifetimes, the beautiful way to explain death to children
Talking to Heaven
The Mourning Song
Graceful Exits
BARDO- Awakening from the dream
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Motherless Daughters The Legacy of Loss
Embraced By The Light
Companion Through The Darkness Inner Dialogues on Grief
Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Death: The High Cost of Living
Memnoch the Devil
Resources for Ministry in Death and Dying
Life between Life
The Grace in Dying:
Life, Death and The Essence of Spirituality
The Pagan Book of Living and Dying
Grieving the loss of someone you love
Illness as Metaphor
Life After Life
The Caring Helper
There Is No Death
As Someone Dies
You Can Help Someone
who's Grieving
Thu Apr 15 07:27:00 2004 Reviewer: M / F34 in London, =UK= Prof/Studies: Rigpa Student Name: Ingrid Rodgers <ingridrodgers-at-tfsmail.net> Web: http:// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying Author: Sogyal Rinpoche Publisher: Rider Pub Info: Revised and updated in 2002/Rider Price / Pgs / Info: www.randomhouse.co.uk - Ģ10.99 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: This book helped me to love my mother at the moment of death and keep my heart open to her through a lot of fear, anxiety and grief, it is still helping me to deal with unfinished business and the process of becoming a kinder and genuine human being. This book will take your hand and show you, with great precision and care the essence of what it means to be a good human being. I cannot recommend it highly enough. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: My mother was diagnosed out of the blue with acute myeloid leukemia and given days to live without chemotherapy. I was already following a graduated study & meditation programme in London, based on The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. However, when I saw the seriousness of my mother's condition for myself, for the first time I found myself really, really reading this book looking for straight answers on how to support myself and my mother and family. The book was a compassionate guide and took me through how to be with my mother, how to just let go and love without less and less expectation or fear. Chapters 13 -"Spiritual Help for the Dying" & 14 - "The Practices for the Dying" took me through step by step exercises on how to unblock my love for my mother, how to forgive and ask forgiveness and how to create a loving and honest environment. Chapter 11 - "Heart Advice for Helping the Dying" skillfully shares the experience of those who have worked with the dying, and gently guided me around the many possible pitfalls in communication with the dying that I would have been in danger of falling into with only a few precious days left. "...Dying will bring out many repressed emotions: sadness or numbness or guilt, or even jealousy of those who are still well. Help the person not to repress these emotions when they rise. Be with the person as the waves of pain and grief break; with acceptance, time and patient understanding, the emotions slowly subside and return the dying person to that ground of serenity, calm and sanity that is most deeply and truly theirs. Don't try to be too wise; don't always try to search for something profound to say. You don't have to do or say anything to make things better. Just be there as fully as you can. And if you are feeling a lot of anxiety and fear, and don't know what to do, admit that openly to the dying person and ask his or her help. Sometimes the dying know far better than we how they can be helped, and we need to know how to draw on their wisdom and let them give to us what they know." From Chapter 11, "Heart Advice on Helping the Dying, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche Although based on the teachings of the Buddha, these practices are so flexible that you are encouraged to visualise whoever for you embodies the spirit of love and compassion, Jesus Christ, God, Buddha or if you are without faith whatever for you embodies universal love. Following weeks of painful chemotherapy the result was that at the moment of her death myself, my father and brother were able to accept the reality of the situation with more confidence knowing that though our hearts were breaking we had to let go of our attachment to the person we thought would never die and pay homage to her in our hearts with gratitude for all the love she had brought to us in her life. Chapter 15 - 'The Process of Dying' shows us clearly that we can practice the art of dying while we live, in that we can learn to love deeply, let go of our negative emotions, fears, pride, hopes and fears in daily life - that we can learn to live and die without regret. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Fri Dec 26 15:51:16 2003 Reviewer: F48 in New York, New York =USA= Prof/Studies: Bereavement Counselor Name: Debra O. <> Web: http:// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies Author: Therese A. Rando, Ph.D. Publisher: Bantam Books Pub Info: August 1991 - Bantam Edition Price / Pgs / Info: US $12.95 - 338 pages - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: I bought this book literally days before the death of my mother, and it became my essential handbook through the time following her death, especially in normalizing what felt like my insanity. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: Therese Rando, a highly respected professional in the field of death and dying, presents this work which is accessible to the layperson. It offers a wealth of information to support and educate the grieving individual through the bereavement experience. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Fri Apr 19 21:20:04 2002 Reviewer: F40 in Ottumwa, IA =USA= Prof/Studies: Activities Therapist with the Aged Name: Machelle Scully <scullyzoo=at=pcsia.net> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: Urgent Whispers: Care of the Dying Author: Jerral Sapienza Publisher: L L X Press Pub Info: 2002 PO Box 3462 • Hillsboro, OR • 97123 • USA • (541) 343-1202 Price / Pgs / Info: $14.95 / 152p | Death & Dying / Self-Help / Spirituality - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: How has the book been useful to me? It's so difficult to choose what to say! My life has been enriched from reading this book and now, my residents' lives will be, too. I found it to be very tenderly written and loved the pearls of wisdom that concluded the right side pages. I love literature and I was very pleased to read this book for it's literary value. I was captivated by Sapienza's use of brilliant metaphors. Within the realm of Thanatology, this book is a unique breath of fresh air. Wow! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: Wonderful book all around I liked the design, format and overall presentation. I also liked having the press and web info included. About the exercises in this book: I love to write in books! Most of my college notes were scribbled in my text books. This one, however, I'm saving because I have some people I'd like to share it with first. I've spoken with them about this book and they are eager to check it out! Oh, and it's a Very Handy Size. I like the size of the book because my brief case is full enough and I definitely want to carry this book with me everywhere! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sat May 18 12:27:50 2002 Reviewer: M 40 in Bangkok, =Thailand= Prof/Studies: Teacher od English as a foreign language Name: Don Epp <eppdon=at=hotmail.com> Web: http:// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: on death and dying Author: Elizabeth Kubler ross Publisher: Pub Info: Price / Pgs / Info: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: Incredibly insiteful advice. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: It helped me to understand the grief process. The stages we all seem to go through. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Fri Oct 5 23:25:56 2001 Reviewer: female32 in austin, tx =us (of presently patriotic ) a= Prof/Studies: dance arts cultures Name: dougie <phelia2010=at=yahoo.com> Web: http://uk.profiles.yahoo.com/phelia2010 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: the power of myth Author: joseph campbell Publisher: doubleday Pub Info: 1988 / bantam doubleday dell publishing group Price / Pgs / Info: $20 / 231 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: Especially if you get a chance to see the video series do so over the book. This series changed my views on religion/life, made me realize the basic truths of god and religions. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: "I never met anyone who could better tell a story. Listening to Joseph Campbell talk of primal societies, I was transported to the wide plains under the great dome of the open sky, or to the forest dense, beneath a canopy of trees,and I began to understand how the voices of the gods spoke from the wind and thunder,and the spiit of God flowed in every mountian stream,and the whole earth bloomed as a sacred place-the realm of mythic imagination." Bill Moyers ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Fri Jul 6 06:14:40 2001 Reviewer: M 63 in Atlanta, Georgia =USA= Prof/Studies: The process of recovery from childhood trauma Name: Charles Whitfield, MD <c-bwhit=at=mindspring.com> Web: http:// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: Final Passage: Sharing the Journey as this life ends. Author: Barbara Harris Whitfield Publisher: Health Communications, Inc. Pub Info: 1998 Can be ordered direct from HCI at 800-441-5569 Price / Pgs / Info: $10.95 195 pages plus index - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: Final Passage is no mere recounting of case studies of the dying process. Rather, it is the lived experience of a compassionate, understanding and truly loving caregiver. Barbara Harris Whitfield shares her most intimate thoughts and emotions in this engaging account of human relationships, which demonstrate the unmistakable bonds connecting all of us to each other and to our Divine Source. Final Passage should be required reading for all health professionals who care for the terminally ill, from physicians to counselors, from nurses to orderlies. --- Jack McBride, executive director, Shepherd's Gate Hospice, Inc., Covington, Georgia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: Final Passage: Sharing the journey as this life ends. Barbara has many years of experience working with dying people, assisting them in all kinds of ways to help them cope with demands of this life and approach the Mystery of the next. She demonstrates how it is possible to stand back and not interfer with the process yet at the same time, embrace the spiritual help that is always available if we are open. In this book she shares 10 stories of patients and friends-- as they are dying and in some cases, the actual death scene including her mother's (who also abused and neglected Barbara when she was a child) and also her father's death. She starts this book by telling her own profound near-death experience that happened 26 years ago and how it has affected her life and the way she approaches helping others through the dying process and for those that are left-- how she helps them to grieve. A good read and is very helpful. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Mon May 21 15:13:52 2001 Reviewer: F47 in , == Prof/Studies: Name: <mirfstotal.net> Web: http:// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: The Zen Path through Depression Author: Philip Martin Publisher: Harper San Francisco Pub Info: 1999 Price / Pgs / Info: $8.99cdn, 146 pages - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: Have suffered from severe depression for 7 years. Found reading this book very comforting. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: For anybody suffering from severe depression for a very long time. This book describes to perfection how people feel when severely depressed and it is done with a lot of compassion. For the depressed person who struggles to explain to doctors, friends and family about the effect this condition has on him/her it is comforting to read that somebody else has been through it and that they understand. It is important to feel understood and this book does that. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Mon Feb 26 04:06:19 2001 Reviewer: F25 in Budapest, =Hungary= Prof/Studies: theology Name: <btrixi=at=web.de> Web: http:// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: Mysterium Mortis Author: Ladislaus Boros Publisher: I knew just the hungarian, but itīs existing the english version Pub Info: Price / Pgs / Info: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: Because it is a positiv way to understand the death and dying, and you can use it for free overthink. But it comes from the catholic religious belief. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sat Feb 10 21:57:05 2001 Reviewer: F36 in Victoria, B.C. =Canada= Prof/Studies: MA in counselling Name: Beth Burton-Krahn <beth=at=burton-krahn.com> Web: http:// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: Lifetimes, the beautiful way to explain death to children Author: Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen Publisher: Bantam Books Pub Info: bantam books copyright 1983 Price / Pgs / Info: $16.95 canadian (11.95 US) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: I found this book on my own, in the best bookstore in my city. I bought it to read to my two sons, age 5 and 2. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: The first page of this books reads, "There is a beginning and an ending for everything that is alive. In between is living. this book has a definate buddhist slant, very readable with beautiful illustrations. It also deals with all of life, not just the human experience. In doing so it puts living within a greater cosmic context, and connects all living things by doing so. Although it is written for children, it is an exceptional book that adults with benefit greatly from as well. 5 out of 5 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sat Dec 16 15:36:49 2000 Reviewer: F43 in Omaha, NE =USA= Prof/Studies: Gerontology & Hospice Care Name: L. Abalos <ljabalos=at=home.com> Web: http:// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: Talking to Heaven Author: James Van Praagh Publisher: Dutton Pub Info: 1997 Price / Pgs / Info: Hardback-$22.95/191 pgs./Medium's Message of Life After Death - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: If you are an open-minded person in seach on an explanation for the loss of someone you love, I strongly encourage you to read this book. It helps with understanding and acceptance when there seems to be no other explanations for death. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: Talking to Heaven is a book written by a spiritual medium. There are some who may not believe in this type of activity, but I desperately needed to read what he had written in this book at a certain point in time. He addresses many different 'spriritual' reasons for loss by various means such as tragic accidents, natural death, suicide, and others. I read this book after my 44 year old brother took his own life. I could accept my brother's death better after reading what VanPraagh had to say about the issue of suicide. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sat Dec 16 15:23:33 2000 Reviewer: F43 in Omaha, NE =USA= Prof/Studies: Gerontology Name: Linda A. <ljabalos=at=home.com> Web: http:// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: The Mourning Song Author: Joyce Landorf Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company Pub Info: 1974 Price / Pgs / Info: Hardback - $14.00/184 pages/Great book on stages of dealing with death - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: As mentioned, this book helped me to deal with the death of my mother. I had learned about Joyce Landorf when I was searching spiritually. Ms. Landorf is a terrific Christian author and speaker. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: This is the book that helped me to deal with the idea of my mom dying long before she actually did. At the time she was just ill and the thought of losing her compelled me to read it. Then when I actually did lose her, I read it again. The book addresses the five stages of dealing with death and/or grief. Very healing book. I recommend it to anyone who is concerned about the idea of dealing with the lose of a loved one. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sun Oct 8 06:46:12 2000 Reviewer: M 64 in Hurleyville, NY =USA= Prof/Studies: Retired professor Name: Joseph Blackman <jblackman=at=syda.org> Web: http:// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: Graceful Exits Author: Sushila Blackman Publisher: Weatherhill Pub Info: Price / Pgs / Info: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: My wife, the book's editor, got cancer while preparing it, and this was her final offering. Her personal story is contained in an afterword. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: This highly-reviewed compilation appeals to crossover audiences--those interested in death and dying, those interested in eastern traditions (Zen Buddhist, Hindu, and Tibetan) and spirituality. Graceful Exits is made up of separate, very short stories. Each story descrbes the death of great spiritual masters in these traditions. A link to the book is contained below. Here's what the reviewers said about it: Publishers Weekly Written in lucid prose, the book is a training manual for making graceful exits from this life. Midwest Book Review Not since the ground-breaking work of Kubler-Ross on death and dying has there been such a much needed compilation of inspirational stories and examples of how to prepare oneself for the inevitable. Book Description In a society in which the fact of death is obscured by fear and denial, we are in dire need of teachers who can show us how to leave this world with grace and dignity, and to place death in its true perspective. Graceful Exits offers such guidance in the form of 108 stories recounting the ways in which Hindu, Tibetan, and Zen Buddhist masters, both ancient and modern, have confronted their own deaths. By directly presenting the grace, clarity, and even humor with which great spiritual teachers... read more From the Back Cover This beautiful little book, Graceful Exits, is a gem. It contributes to our understanding that we are truly timeless. --Deepak Chopra, MD http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0834803917/o/qid=961355711/sr=8-1/ref=aps_sr_b_1_1/002-3264785-6660833 Please let me know if you are interested. Thank you for your consideration. Joseph Blackman 371 Brickman Road Hurleyville, NY 12747-5313 (845) 434-0366 jblackman=at=catskill.net ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sat Aug 26 05:23:44 2000 Reviewer: M 51 in Uebersee, =germany= Prof/Studies: Therapist and seminar leader on death and dying Name: Veetman <livingdying=at=aol.com> Web: http://www.living-dying.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: BARDO- Awakening from the dream Author: Veetman Publisher: Institute for Living and Dying Pub Info: livingdying=at=aol.com Price / Pgs / Info: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: a contemporary edition with authentic spiritual background and an honest encounter with ego structures and about the significance of meditation and compassion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: A contemporary edition of the ancient tibetan meditation for a conscious death and rebirth. An audioset with beautiful music and the relaxing and trustcreating voice of Veetman. www.bardo-meditation.com ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Wed Aug 2 15:26:16 2000 Reviewer: M / F in , =USA= Prof/Studies: Name: Dennis Sibley <dsibley=at=ukonline.co.uk> Web: http:// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying Author: Sogyal Rinpoche Publisher: HarperCollins Pub Info: 1992 Price / Pgs / Info: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: Hi, I was interested to read a review of Sogyal Rinpoche's book 'The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying'. One of your reviewers stated that Sogyal was raised by "catholic nuns". Is this true ? If so, what evidence is there to support it ? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sun Apr 16 20:48:28 2000 Reviewer: M / F35 in NY, NY =USA= Prof/Studies: Psychology Name: Dee <dortom7993=at=aol.com> Web: http:// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: Motherless Daughters The Legacy of Loss Author: Hope Edelman Publisher: Dell Publishing Pub Info: Copyrite1994 Price / Pgs / Info: paperback 11.95/283 pages - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: I started out just looking for reference material for a paper I have to write for my Psychology class.I was so blown away by this book because the author has lived and survived the loss of her mother. She knows what shes talking about. Every feeling I have ever had in my life is written in that book. i have read so much about Childhood loss written by doctors and people with a string of letters after their name.Not one could even come close to describing what its like to grow up without a mother. They had statistics and studies and how long the grieving process should take. I'd like those people to read this book also,they'll learn alot.In this book Hope Edelman said what myself and other motherloss daughters know about when does a person get over it .The answer is never. It effects every facet of your life for the rest of your life. So if you've lost a mother this is a book you need to read. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: This is a wonderful book.It is written by a woman who lost her mother at the age of 17. It is full of interviews with other women who have also lost their mothers at various ages.It is written with heart and a little humor.I lost my mother when I was 6 and have been searching for a book like this my whole life.For people who have lost there mother regardless of what caused the loss be it death,suicide abandonment,or incapacitation,this is the book they must read. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Thu Mar 30 16:11:46 2000 Reviewer: M / F in , =USA= Prof/Studies: Name: <> Web: http:// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: Embraced By The Light Author: Betty Jane Eadie Publisher: Pub Info: Price / Pgs / Info: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: It gave an insight to how the after-life is, and what a person who dies experiences. It also explained that we have free-will, but everything is all part of a master plan. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Wed Feb 16 09:02:41 2000 Reviewer: F59 in Drouin ( 100ks.from Melbourne, Victoria =Australia= Prof/Studies: RN. RM., Post-Grad.B.Ed and B.N.ing. Writer . Am a contributing author in the book, " Spirituality, The Heart Of Nursing " ( details on the www ) in which my chapter is called - ' Spirituality as a Healing Force' and in which I define ' Spirituality ' Name: Jacquie B.ambery <jacb=at=dcsi.net.au> Web: http:// NIL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: Companion Through The Darkness Inner Dialogues on Grief Author: Stephanie Ericsson Publisher: Aquarian / Thorsons. An imprint of Harper Collins Pub Info: 1993, The Aquarian Press, Hammersmith, London Price / Pgs / Info: AUS : $ 19. 95 ; Papeback - 186 Pages. Author 's husband died whilst she was pregnant with their only child. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: I thik I've answered this in hte above. Obviously I think it has a place on this site. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: Ericsson's book speaks 'the language of loss' in a way that no other book on grief that I have read, manages or dares to do. I have probably read 100 to 200 books on the subject, as a Nurse, as a University Student studying 'Death, Dying and Bereavement 'and most meaningfully of all - as someone who has lost ( to Cancer ) the only three relatives I had - both my parents and my joyfully beloved husband ( now six years ago ). The book consists of a series of short essays accompanied by excerpts from the Author's own diaries, written in the full throes and painful passion of her grief and bereavement. In the Listing of Contents, alongside the name of each chapter, is a keyword that gives the reader an idea of both the subject matter in each specific chapter and the emotions / experiences of the Author as she moved to different stages in the grief process. Some of these keywords are - silence, rage, alone, envy, suicide, humour , goodbye and new life. Perhaps one ( of many ) of the book's best aspects is that the chapters can be read in any order. The reader can guage by browsing the List of Contents with their keywords, where the author was 'up to' at a particular moment in her grief journey. When I, deeply engrossed with my grief following my husband's death, read this book, I used to pick it up each day and select the keyword that most resembled my mood / emotion on that day. What is different to any other book on grief that I have read, is Ericcson's courage in telling 'it ' as is really was for her. There are no oversimplistic, meaningless ( to the bereaved ) platitudes here, no avoidance of any aspect of her grief as she experienced it. She talks openly about the most awful moments in her grief, she discusses subjects that those who stand aloof as observers, don't want to know about or confront because of their own sense of dis-ease and discomfort. Ericcson discusses the undiscussable and she lays bare the most sacred of the ' sacred cows' of professional grief- support mythology, and dares to put them where they belong - in the trash can. This is not a book about 'How one should grieve', this is a book about 'How people do grieve.' And with the reading of these pages, the one who grieves acompanies the author on her journey and is assured and reassured that someone else has walked this road, with the same terror and pain, and that, that someone has come through the blackness into the healing light of a fine new day. This book is indeed ( as the title states ) a 'Companion Through the Darkness' for those who grieve. It was for me in my period of grief, the most helpful and instructive and reassuring of companions. Six years after my husband's death, I still on occasions, pick it up and read a page here and there. My final comments are as a Registered Nurse with more than thirty years working with those who died and the loved ones that they left behind. This book, in my opinion should be on the compulsory reading list for all those who are undertaking any form of study or work concerned with the support of those who are bereaved. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sat Jul 24 09:31:11 1999 Reviewer: F44 in San Juan, PR =USA= Prof/Studies: Lawyer Name: Roxana <bimbam=at=coqui.net> Web: http:// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: Tibetan Book of Living and Dying Author: Songyal Rinpoche Publisher: Harper Collins Pub Info: Price / Pgs / Info: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: It is particularly helpful in understanting each step of what is going on during the procees of death, and thereinafter what will be the couse of events. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: Tibetan's understanding of death present a whole new outlook on the issue. Fundamental to this understanting is the belief of reincarnation as an inevitable process each soul must follow until enlightment is achieved. Although I was a believer of reincarnation, I still could not visualize the enormity of its proposition, as an ongoing evolutionary and changing process equivalent to that of nature in all its manifestations from mineral, to animal, to human, to cosmic! For the first time I could really grip on the fact that it is an endless chain of evolution consequent with each manifestation of the Universe or what buddhists call the "Manvantara". ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sun Jul 4 10:16:04 1999 Reviewer: F52 in , VA =USA= Prof/Studies: T'ai Chi Ch'uan Name: pat <sun_bu_er=at=hotmail.com> Web: http://members.bellatlantic.net/~gdbest - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: Tibetan Book of Living and Dying Author: Sogyal Rinpoche Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub Info: 1992/HarperCollins Publishers Price / Pgs / Info: 425 pages with index and appendixes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: With his teachings I have begun to see Christianity in a much clearer and "enlightened" way. The book, and Rinpoche's tapes, have now become my daily support for life,the death of those around me, and for my eventual death. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: I bought this book when it first came out in 1992. I worked with a man whose daughter was terminally ill. I thought I could read this book to find a way to help them in their grieving. Instead, I found that the idea of death was too foreign and too fearful for me -- too close for comfort. I put the book away without reading it. Then in 1997, I came to a point in my life that I was able to take in these lessons. As the title of the book shows, it is about living and dying. I was ready to live. Beginning of chapter two is a quotation by Montaigne:"To practice death is to practice freedom. A man who has leaned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave." Although the book goes into the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, Rinpoche teaches to a Western mind. He was raised by Catholic Nuns after his family escaped Tibet during the Chinese invasion. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sun Jul 4 03:10:38 1999 Reviewer: M24 in Indianapolis, IN =USA= Prof/Studies: salesperson and wanna-be student Name: Robert Morgan <puredthi=at=cs.com (anti-spam; remove Xs to e-mail)> Web: http:// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: Death: The High Cost of Living Author: Neil Gaiman Publisher: DC Comics Pub Info: Price / Pgs / Info: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: I felt really odd suggesting that a comic book would a help to people... but it was one for me. I read this book at a time in my life when my emotions were out-of-whack, and I really felt that I shouldn't go on. I felt out of touch spiritually, emotionally, and physically. In short, my body was almost finished growing, and I was having the last pangs of teenage angst. I actually read Death without having read the original Sandman stories; I went into the story with no idea of what would be presented, and assuming the story would revolve around dark Goth-like themes. Being presented with a different representation of death actually got me to begin thinking of how I view death, what death meant to me, etc. I don't actually view death as being a 16 year old girl; I don't really view death in any kind of form. But the gift of life and the gift of death really became palpable for me, and I realized I shouldn't rush through with either of them. ...and, after all was said and done, and my brain's chemicals settled into a steady-state shortly thereafter, I had a brand new comic-book mythos to collect and read. Heh. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: Death: The High Cost of Living (Death) is a compilation of the 3 monthly issues of the original Deeath limited series comic book, published by an imprint of DC Comics known as Vertigo. Death is a character from the Sandman series (same publisher, author), and is a physical representation of the concept of death. (Her siblings include other physical representations of various phenomena, including Dream (Lord Morpheus, Sandman). Most of the characters take on anthropomorphic forms; Dream is wraith-like, Destruction looks like a Viking, Desire looks like an asexual Patrick Nagel litho... Death looks like a 16 year old Goth girl. Death had been a popular character since her introduction in Sandman #8, a story where she takes her depressed brother Morpheus on a day-in-her-life; while showing the human ramifications of death, she shows Morpheus that what they do for a "living" is necessary, and that it an ends unto itself, rather than a meaningless diversion. In the Death book, the story focuses on a boy who is contemplating suicide, and whom Death takes an interest in during one of her periodic stays on earth. Much of the story has Death being the cheery, happy person, enjoying life because she so rarely has a chance to. There is the obligatory comic-book adventure throughout, and the story concludes with Death leaving, and the boy who had been contemplating suicide realizing that, while life may not seem to be worth living, it is literally a one-time only experience, and good or bad, he should see what it has to offer. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sun May 16 08:27:29 1999 Reviewer: f17 in woodbridge, virginia =USA= Prof/Studies: astronomy/physics/statistics Name: kristine <polastre=at=erols.com> Web: http:// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: Memnoch the Devil Author: Anne Rice Publisher: Pub Info: Price / Pgs / Info: generally at the beginning of the book - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: It shows that hell is not an eternal burning of souls it is a place where people experience all the evil they did when they were alive until they learn to accept god and what they did was wrong - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: The idea of hell and heaven is generally good; vampires do not have a big part in the story even though Lestat is the main character. The end is a bit disturbing though it contains a very repulsive part. But besides that, the plot is a good one but has nothing to do with vampires just God, the Devil, hell, and heaven. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Wed Feb 3 15:33:40 1999 Reviewer: M 37 in Logansport, IN =USA= Prof/Studies: Chaplai/ Bereavement Counselor (Hospice) Name: Rev. Scott Ellison <duke=at=cqc.com> Web: http:// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: Resources for Ministry in Death and Dying Author: Larry A. Platt & Roger G. Branch Publisher: Broadman Press Pub Info: Nashville, 1998 Price / Pgs / Info: 15.00$, 312 ppgs., Good resource for hospice chaplains - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: As a hospice chaplain, I found it to be extemely helpful, and hope others will to. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: This book is a good primer for any minister entering into any form of chaplaincy or ministry where death and grief issues will be apparent. The book deals directly with ministry to the terminally ill and bereaved, and how the Christian caregiver can truly help. It attempts (very well) to cover the theological, psychological, and methodological issues that surround this area of ministry. I recommend it highly. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sat Jan 23 20:15:51 1999 Reviewer: M 62 in Gosford, NSW =Australia= Prof/Studies: Student/writer about spirituality Name: John Kench <johnny=at=tac.com.au> Web: http://www.tac.com.au/~johnny - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: Life between Life Author: Dr Joel Whitton & Joe Fisher Publisher: Grafton Books Pub Info: Price / Pgs / Info: Au$8.95 268 pages paperback - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: I recommend this book because it states, in very plain language, just what it is that happens while we are between lives. I found it to be a good read and very helpful in the completion of my second book. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: I am a very keen student of spirituality and am in the final stages of completing my second book. I came across this great book in the office of my Naturopath. I have often been puzzled by what exactly happens between lives and this great text gives compelling evidence and example of what doe happen "between lives." It is very easy to read and once picked up, is very difficult to put down. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sun Dec 6 14:50:47 1998 Reviewer: M43 in Eugene, OR =USA= Prof/Studies: Curator, the Bardo of Death Studies Name: Jerral Sapienza <Jerral -at- Bardo.ORG> Web: http://WWW.Bardo.ORG/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: The Grace in Dying: How we are transformed spiritually as we die Author: Kathleen Dowling Singh Publisher: Harper San Francisco Pub Info: 1998 Price / Pgs / Info: HardBack $22.00 330pp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: I have always believed that Death & Dying is a place for Spirit and Poetry, for Meditation and the wide spectrum of Possibility. And I find in Kathleen Dowling Singh's GRACE IN DYING a whole choir of voices raising beautiful notes of celebration and courage, spirit and poetry, all around the issues of Death & Dying. The inclusion in the book of intimate stories of people's unique and individual messages of courage, patience, humor, resolve, growth & acceptance all help to better personify answers to the myteries of Death & Dying as our culture nears the 21st century. It's time for so wonderful a book's emergence! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: The Death & Dying process is a mystery to many people, primarily because they can't seem to wrap their consciousness around it in their daily lives. But that's where Kathleen Singh's book comes in handy. Here is an exquisitely researched and delicately presented tourbook of a very differernt view of death which you really must check out. GRACE in DYING contains very practical information on the form and processes of death and dying for those who need more comfort in that area. And for the experienced death & dying practitioner, here is a celebration of our work and its subtle gifts, some of which might otherwise seem to go completely unnoticed. Graceful and compassionate in its presentation of so complicated a subject as death, GRACE in DYING also serves well as as something of a mediatation on the concepts, lessons, intricacies and possibilities of being present with someone as they die. The book is a rich and encouraging as guide to many of the subtle yet critical aspects one might best begin to understand in order to effectively ponder and prepare for the death of a friend or loved one, or for our own eventual embrace and dance with death. I highly recommend Kathleen Dowling Singh's book, THE GRACE IN DYING: HOW WE ARE TRANSFORMED SPIRITUALLY AS WE DIE, and wish her every success in bringing this message to people around the world. A great book. -JS 12/6/1998 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Mon Apr 6 21:10:40 1998 Reviewer: Male50 in Chicago, ILL =USA= Prof/Studies: Psychology and Spiritual technology Name: Leonard Ingram <Leonard=at=angermgmt.com> Web: http://www.angermgmt.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: Life, Death and The Essence of Spirituality Author: Bhagwan Ra Afrika (Leonard Ingram) Publisher: Royal House Publishing Pub Info: 1997/ P.O. Box4505-288 Oak Park, Il 60302 Price / Pgs / Info: Vol 1& 2, 174 pages, $16.95 available online at http://www.angermagmt.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: Book explores death and dying in the context of it's relaationship to the quality of life drawing on a wide varity of source materials including the Eygtian Book of the Dead - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: A comprhensive examination of the Bardo states and the negative spiritual consequences of the fear and denial of death. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sat Nov 8 13:52:00 1997 Reviewer: M / F32 in Regina, =Canada= Prof/Studies: Name: jan <> Web: http:// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: Grieving the loss of someone you love Author: Raymond R. Mitsch and Lynn Brookside Publisher: vine books Pub Info: 1993 Price / Pgs / Info: 208 pages, Adaily guide through grief. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: It is easy to read because when you are grieving you don't always feel like reading. these are short 2 page reading designed to give you enough information at a time and not overload you. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: This book is very helpful. It is short daily reading that walk you through the grieving process. you don't feel so crazy When It says that you may experiance certain feeling You realize that it is ok and you will get through this. i still go back and look at it sometimes. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sat Oct 25 13:02:52 1997 Reviewer: M in Eugene, OR =USA= Prof/Studies: teach literature; edit a cultural studies journal Name: Erick Heroux <heroux=at=darkwing.uoregon.edu> Web: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~heroux/home.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: Illness as Metaphor Author: Susan Sontag Publisher: Doubleday Pub Info: 1979. several editions out Price / Pgs / Info: ~87pgs. --check used bookstores - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: If you're suffering from a disease that makes you an outcast or that makes you feel guilty or embarrassed, Sontag's book will be a source of solace through its rigorous critique of those myths that surround certain diseases. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: Susan Sontag is one of the most renowned intellectuals and this book again demonstrates why that is. Sontag herself had cancer about 20 years ago, which she survived by getting active medical treatment. This experience led her to write this rather objective study of the history of "metaphors" or myths and interpretations about certain diseases. Such metaphors--like it is God's punishment or it expresses you own inner conflict--invariable make suffering worse by blaming the victim. Sontag also shows that cultural myths about disease tend to isolate the sufferer and to create an Us versus Them situation, where the healthy assume a morally superior position. Sontag deconstructs this kind of discourse around illness. Here's a statement of purpose from the first page of her book: "... I want to describe, not what it is really like to emigrate to the kingdom of the ill and live there, but the punitive or sentimental fantasies concocted about the situation: not real geography, but stereotypes of national character. My subject is not physical illness itself but the uses of illness as a figure or metaphor, and that the most truthful way of regarding illness--and the healthiest way of being ill--is one most purified of, most resistant to, metaphoric thinking. Yet it is hardly possible to take up one's residence in the kingdom of the ill unprejudiced by the lurid metaphors with which it has been landscaped. It is toward an elucidation of those metaphors, and a liberation from them, that I dedicate this inquiry." I think that both those threatened with a deadly illness and those who try to help them really ought to read Sontag's book. Sometimes the attempt of psychotherapists to attribute "meaning" to a real disease winds up hurting rather than helping. Sontag shows, e.g., that when disease epidemic disease is interpreted metaphysically, people continue to die. When a mysterious disease like cancer used to be interpreted as an expression of one's hidden neurosis, people continued to die. Such metaphor kill, she concludes, by discouraging folks from getting to the real disease and to effect treatment. Moreover, she notes that cancer does not equal Death, since 50% of cancer cases are now cured--if one pursues good medical treatment. In other words, cancer = cancer, not something else. And the healthiest way to live through an illness is to see is for what it is, not for something else that we associate with it. Ten years after this book, Sontag published a similar study, updated for the advent of AIDS. It is called _AIDS and Its Metaphors_ and it helps to explain what her earlier book tried to accomplish. The myths around AIDS have particularly intense in our time, and Sontag's work on it is a another brilliant history of how AIDS unfortunately acquired a set of traditional interpretations about the plague. Sontag's book is not for specialists, yet it is still difficult reading for some people. It is not pop-psych nor is it self-help. But if you now want a critical inquiry by a very informed and motivated intellectual into those myths, connotations, suspicions, and interpretations of illness in our culture, then her book cannot be over-estimated. One realizes that this study kept her sane during her own bout with cancer. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Thu Oct 23 04:44:14 1997 Reviewer: M27, =USA= - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: Life After Life Author: Raymond Moody - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: Stories of visions from that Other Side - people who've died on the operating table, etc., who came back. Their stories from where they ended up and how they feel about things as they return. A great book. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Tue Jul 1 16:09:51 1997 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: The Caring Helper Author: Dale G. Larson, Ph.D. Publisher: Scro Publications (www.appliedvision.com/tch.htm) Pub Info: PO Box 1344, San Carlos, CA 94070 Price / Pgs / Info: 6-video set w/workbook, $195 + $15 S&H - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: This video and workbook training program is in use at over 500 hospices and caregiving centers in the U.S. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: Hospice Journal, Volume 9, Number 1: The series has been designed as a training program for caregivers... Because it is succinct and well orgnized, it is a very effective teaching tool. This set of tapes is comprehensive, offering practical suggestions and valuable information in a relaxed and pleasant way. The workbook is designed to take the viewer the extra step to look inward within the context of each of the subject areas. It would be worthwhile to incorporate these tapes and workbook into the orientation for hospice caregivers...I would venture to say that even the most experienced hospice caregiver would come away with a new insight or be reminded of something once known. The price is attractively low for a very comprehensive and useful program. (quoted from review by Clare Tehan in the Hospice Journal) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Tue Apr 22 14:12:18 1997 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: There Is No Death Author: Betty Bethards Publisher: Inner Llight Foundation Pub Info: 5th printing May 1993 Price / Pgs / Info: 9.95? 93pages - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: This book took away all my fears. It is written in a very easy to read big print and easy language. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: The author explains there is no death. She talks about her own Near death experience,and Her two sons deaths. We fear death because we fear the unknown.....but death is nothing different than sleep except that we disconnect from this body. You learn how to help others who are facing death and a wonderful meditation to prepare you for death. This one book truly changed my life. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sun Mar 30 03:56:01 1997 Reviewer: M41 in Eugene, OR =USA= Prof/Studies: Curator, Bardo of Death Studies Name: Jerral <Jerral -at- Bardo.ORG> Web: http://WWW.Bardo.ORG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: As Someone Dies Author: Elizabeth A. Johnson Publisher: Hay House (Louise Hay) Pub Info: 1987; Santa Monica, CA Price / Pgs / Info: US$6.95 paper / 80p / "A handbk for the Living" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: A handbook for the living, it calls itself. Similar vein to Louise Hay's consciousness works... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: The book is set up in a Before / During / After way, to assist people to know more about what's going on with the process of being present while someone is dying. The book is basically a collection of short thoughts and discussions about what is going on, and how you might want to frame it. Includes a section at the back "the Death of a Child" for that special situation. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sun Mar 30 03:48:11 1997 Reviewer: M41 in Eugene., OR =USA= Prof/Studies: Curator, Bardo of Death Studies Name: Jerral <Jerral -at- Bardo.ORG> Web: WWW.Bardo.ORG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title to be Reviewed: Title: You Can Help Someone who's Grieving Author: Frigo, Fisher, Cook Publisher: Penguin Books Pub Info: 1996 Penguin Books, NYC Price / Pgs / Info: US$9.95 / 105p / How-To healing handbook - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brief comments / overview of this Book: The book is a small paperback book. Feels nice; is presented in a way so as to be an idea book after the fact... helping someone who's in grief over a loss. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Detailed Commentary or Review: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Write your own review... This page ©1997 by The Bardo of Death Studies/ and Lifelong Learning Excellence, Inc.... Curator, Jerral Sapienza |
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