Category Archives: spiritual care

Spirituality & Practice: Sacred Presence with the Dying

Posted on October 12, 2015 by webmaven

This e-course with Megory Anderson is one of three on end-of-life issues in Spirituality & Practice’s Elder Spirituality Series. They demonstrate how death and dying is a multi-faceted process affecting not only the dying but all those around them. Each … Continue reading →

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What are the 5 Steps to Better Caregiving?

Posted on September 20, 2015 by webmaven

Denial’s not a River We live in a time of tremendous cultural denial of aging and end of life issues. That’s why the Caregiver Revolution is so valuable. It goes right to the heart of the issue. To start, you … Continue reading →

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Stages of Dying – Dissolution of the Elements

Posted on September 12, 2015 by webmaven

As discussed earlier, when we think of the stages of dying it is easy to get confused with Kubler-Ross’s 5 stages of grieving when facing death which are widely known as “the 5 stages of loss” as put forth by … Continue reading →

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

Posted on August 26, 2015 by webmaven

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

Posted on August 18, 2015 by webmaven

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

Posted on July 21, 2015 by webmaven

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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