Rituals for Living and Dying: From Life's Wounds to Spiritual Awakening E($19.95Value)

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If you are called upon to recommend a single book to an individual or family facing death or grief, this is the book. How We Can Turn Loss & the Fear of Death into an Affirmation of Life Learn the Alchemy of Transmuting Grief to Creativity Part I: Rituals for Living and Dying - One Family's Experience Part II: Cultivating an Empowering Mythology for Confronting Death Part III: The Alchemy of Transmuting Grief to Creativity A powerful step toward opening the mind to the heart...I recommend this book to anyone confronting illness or loss. --Stephen Levine The provocative exercises and thoughtful text can help you approach death, and thus life, with enhanced integrity. --Ram Dass With passion, creativity, and sensitivity, Feinstein and Mayo have fashioned rituals ... that nurture relationships, ease transitions, and feed the spirit. --Jeanne Achterberg, Ph.D. David Feinstein, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist who has worked extensively with individuals facing life-threatening illnesses, lives in Ashland, Oregon. He is in wide demand as a lecturer and workshop leader who focuses on cultivating relevant, contemporary ritual and myth. Peg Elliott Mayo, M.S.W., is a clinical social worker, writer, workshop leader, and storyteller, living in the rugged Coast Range Mountains of Oregon. Her psychotherapy combines a Jungian perspective, Gestalt immediacy, body awareness, and the power of ritual.