The pagan book of living and dying : practical rituals, prayers, blessings, and meditations on crossing over /: practical rituals, prayers, blessings, and meditations on crossing over. (©1997)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Starhawk, M. Macha NightMare, and the Reclaiming Collective.
• Other Names: Starhawk; M. Macha NightMare; Maloney, Mack; Reclaiming Collective (San Francisco, Calif.)
• Contents: List of Rituals, Prayers, Songs, Chants, Poems, and Meditations -- Acknowledgements -- How This Book Came to Be:Reflections on My Mother's Death -- How to Use This Book -- Introduction -- Part One -- Pagan Tradition -- 1: The Sacred Cycle -- 2: Current Practice -- 3: Practices and Meditations -- 4: Myths of Descent and Return -- Part Two -- The Pagan View of Death -- 5: Lessons from Death -- 6: The Land of the Dead -- 7: Karma and Reincarnation: Embracing the Wheel of Birth and Death -- Part Three -- The Dying Process -- 8: Preparing for Death -- 9: Working with the Dying -- 10: The Moment of Death -- 11: What We Must Do for the Dead -- 12: Funerals and Memorials. Part Four -- Death Has Many Faces -- 13: AIDS, Children, Violence, and Sudden Death -- 14: Death and Choice -- Part Five -- Carrying On -- 15: Making Room for Grief -- 16: Practical Work -- Appendix A: How to Make a Mask -- Appendix B: Books on Death and Dying for Adults and Children -- Appendix C: Example of a Living Will Declaration -- Appendix D: Example of a Health Care Proxy/ Durable Power of Attorney -- Glossary.
• Publisher Details: San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco
• Publication Date: 1997
• Copyright Date: 1997
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxv, 353 pages), music
• Subjects: 299/.93; Religion -- General; Religion -- Spirituality; Death -- Religious aspects -- Goddess religion; Death -- Religious aspects -- Neopaganism; Witchcraft; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780062125217; 0062125214
• Related ISBNs: 0062515160; 9780062515162
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-333).; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.