Sacred Dying Book

Contents

Foreward by Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul

Chapter 1. Journey with the Dying

Chapter 2. Returning the Sacred to the Act of Dying

Chapter 3. Rituals for Embracing the End of Life            

Chapter 4. Traditions: Incorporating Religious Rituals

Chapter 5. Centering and Preparation: Sacred Space/Sacred Participant

Chapter 6. Letting Go of Burdens: Rituals to Release Emotional Grief

Chapter 7. Letting Go of the Body: Rituals to Comfort and Release           

Chapter 8. Music: Healing and Transcendence

Chapter 9. When Loved Ones are not Present

Chapter 10. Dying Alone

Chapter 11. Intentional Death: Ending Life Support

Chapter 12. After Death: Until the Funeral

Readings: Scriptures, Prayers, Poems, and Literature