Phyllida Anam-Áire

A Celtic Book of Dying (eBook, ePUB)

The Path of Love in the Time of Transition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

• Describes the Celtic rituals of honoring death and dying and offers prayers, meditations, and blessings for the time of transition • Offers reflective questions and exercises to explore your beliefs, attitudes, and fears around your own death • Includes the sacred meditation of traveling with the dead as offered by an anam-áire or Celtic soul carer THE CELTS BELIEVED in the transmigration of the soul, in the magical rhythm of life with a particular order of coming and going for each soul. As they celebrated every new stage of their lives with a ritual, they also honoured the passing of a soul--the death of the physical body. In her decades of work with the dying, Phyllida Anam-Áire has revived the ancient Celtic tradition of watching with the dying and traveling with the soul after death. Integrating the wisdom of her Celtic ancestors with modern knowledge of the death process, she shows how a peaceful transition for the leaving person is possible and how this process can be consciously supported by relatives or friends. Reflective exercises and meditations help us become aware of our beliefs and fears around dying and acknowledge our own death as a natural transformation, allowing our essence to move on into love. Once we come to terms with our own mortality, we will find it easier to assist family and friends in their last hours in this life. Rituals, prayers, and blessings in this guide offer compassionate support for the one transitioning and for those left behind. Phyllida also shares the sacred meditation of traveling with the dead as held by a Celtic Anam-Áire, or soul carer. In addition, she addresses many practical questions around the care for the dying and their environment during and after the process, stressing the importance of silence. A practical yet soulful guidebook, A Celtic Book of Dying deepens our spiritual understanding of the internal journey of the dying and the adventurous afterdeath journey still to embark on. Dying is the most natural step we will ever take.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781644112991
• Artikelnr.: 61458501

Autorenporträt

Phyllida Anam-Áire, a former Irish nun, as well as grandmother and therapist, who trained with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, has worked extensively with the sick and dying. She offers Conscious Living, Conscious Dying retreats in Europe and gives talks on children and dying to nurses and palliative care workers. Also a songwriter, she teaches Celtic Gutha or Caoineadh, Irish songs or sounds of mourning. The author of A Celtic Book of Dying, Phyllida lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Inhaltsangabe

Glossary of Gaelic Words and Expressions Introduction How I Met with the Teachings
My Own Story: In Grief Did My Mother Conceive Me
Brigit, Stirrer of the Cauldron PART ONE Death and Dying in the Celtic Tradition Opening the Heart to Death
Life Is Not Threatened by the Loss of Form
Never
Ending Life
Death as Mystery in the Celtic Tradition
A Time for Change
Death, the Great Catalyst
A New Language
The Áite, or Passages of Birth and Death
The Áite of Birth
The Áite of Death PART TWO Dealing with Your Personal Death and Dying Process Natural Transformation as Death Approaches
The Paths Home
Slip Away
After the Death of the Body
How Can We Live and Die Consciously?
Celtic Festivals of Transformation
Death Is Simply the Next Step
Lessons in Tough Love
Learning to Receive Love PART THREE Helping a Dying Person and Their Relatives How Can We Help a Dying Person Make a Happy Transition?
“I Am Afraid of Pain”
The Stages of Releasing into Healing
The Power of Music: Medicine for the Heart
The Work of an Anam
Áire
The Service of a Traveller with the Dead
Care of the Environment When a Person Is Dying
How Can We Best Support the Dying?
Guidelines for Helping the Dying
Technology Can Help People Suffering Alone in Hospital
Sacred Ritual of Watching with the Dead
Blessing the Body
Disposing of Water and Bedclothes
Burial of Rings
Letting Go of the Past
Distant Help for the Dying through Imaging and Meditation
Prayers for the Dead
Do What Is Natural
The Ethics of Assisting Another in Their Desire to Die PART FOUR Being With the Bereaved Supporting Bereaved People
The Golden Breath of Love
Sacred Ritual for Bereaved People
Other Rituals Celebrating Transitions in Life PART FIVE Lessons from the Heart of Nature Nature Is Our Guide
The Seasons Are Our Teachers PART SIX Stories from the Heart of Death “Do This for Each Other Often
Don’t Wait until You Die”
Fear Versus Love Appendix The Alchemy of Love
The Court of Love Overview of Exercises and Practices Index Acknowledgements About the Author