Category Archives: end of life

Why do readings for someone who is dead or dying? An examination of the time and timelessness that characterizes physical death.

Why do we do readings? What is it that we are trying to do? If at all, how are we helping? It has taken me years to understand and formulate the basis of the practice of Labyrinth Reading but I … Continue reading

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What’s a Death Midwife? Inside the Alternative Death Care Movement by Jennifer Luxton

Excellent,  informative article – required reading! What’s a Death Midwife? Inside the Alternative Death Care Movement by Jennifer Luxton — YES! Magazine.

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Bhutan’s dark secret to happiness

This is a wonderful  article with, surprisingly, quite a bit of material to contemplate. Why are we so out of touch with death in the west? Well, for a start, because we don’t take a moment to ever even think … Continue reading

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What it means to “hold space” for people and the Labyrinth Reader’s Mindset

“What does it mean to hold space for someone else? It means that we are willing to walk alongside another person in whatever journey they’re on without judging them, making them feel inadequate, trying to fix them, or trying to impact the … Continue reading

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Artocratic: American Book of the Dead

An engrossing well written article about one man’s relationship with death & dying and with a text that we talk a lot about around here.  Artocratic: American Book of the Dead. From the article: “The stated goal is for the reader … Continue reading

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To the dying, spiritual caregivers can be godsend

To the dying, spiritual caregivers can be godsend  A good article, and  so very nice to see the word godsend in print…  

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