Deathing: An Intelligent Alternative for the Final Moments of Life [Paperback]

Anya Foos-Graber (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1989

" . . . Deathing offers much comfort and reassurance, in its relief of the helplessness of those who are dying, and in its insistence on death as a joyful birth into a new life."--Patty Campbell, Wilson Library Bulletin.

Product Details

• Paperback: 430 pages
• Publisher: Nicolas-Hays, Inc.; 1 edition (September 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892540168
• ISBN-13: 978-0892540167
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #496,907 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gift for the terminally ill and loved ones., May 6, 1999

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Tobey H. Llop "Tobiwan" (E. Amherst, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deathing: An Intelligent Alternative for the Final Moments of Life (Paperback)

While I keep an extra copy of this book to give away if I learn someone is terminally ill, it is a good read for anyone. "On Death and Dying" (Elisabeth Kbler-Ross) offers seminal research on the pre-death experience. "Deathing" richly illustrates the soul's transition, what follows, how to prepare, and what to expect.

The reader learns how traditional rituals were designed to help the soul in transition and how one can help a loved one at that milestone. I consider both books essential background for anyone who works with the terminally ill. Long herself an adept and teacher of out of body movement, Anya Foos-Graber brings the creativity of a novelist and deep, affirming, personal spiritual insight to this most important of topics.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Looking into Death's Face as a Friend, August 28, 2006

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Janet Riehl "Riehlife Village Wisdom for the ... (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deathing: An Intelligent Alternative for the Final Moments of Life (Paperback)

Written in 1984 when the conscious birth movement was gaining ground along with the conscious death movement, Anya Foos-Graber provided us with a vivid case study combined with a manual for preparing for our own death or being a loving and skillful companion for someone facing their death.

Among the other books you might enjoy reading to amplify her essentialized manual, I'd suggest Sogyal Rinpoche's "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying." Her book, written before the publication of his, was not able to cite this in its bibliography.

This is a useful book for changing cultural attitudes and metaphors of facing death more directly with less fear and more hope.

--Janet Grace Riehl, Sightlines: A Poet's Diary

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Conscious vs adventitious dying, October 3, 2000

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Oneorigin (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deathing: An Intelligent Alternative for the Final Moments of Life (Paperback)

I discovered this book 11 years after its publication. It should rank as important as "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying".But how we MODERNS learn about dying,either for our own or for our loved ones? This book gives a step by step instruction in a compassionate way. It integrated ancient wisdom,NDE research and conscious dying into a powerful experience! It is a joy to read. THANK YOU,ANYA.