On Grief and Dying: Understanding the Soul's Journey [Hardcover]

Diane Stein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1996

Drawing from the wisdom of various sources—the contemporary Goddess movement, powerful psychic techniques, and the ancient traditions of Buddhism and Greek mythology—healer and writer Diane Stein leads the reader on a remarkable journey toward loving acceptance, affirmation, and hope. ON GRIEF AND DYING offers a healing perspective and important insights on the central issues of death and loss.

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About the Author

DIANE STEIN is a popular and acclaimed healer and the best-selling author of Essential Reiki and 25 other books in the fields of metaphysical healing, women's spirituality, and alternative health. She lives and teaches in Florida.

 THE AUTHOR SCOOP

Read any good books lately?My favorite reading is science fiction, there are new good books coming out every day.  Look at Sharon Shinn, Tamora Pierce, Ann Bishop, and so many more talented women fiction writers.If you had to boil your book's message down to one sentence, what would it be?Serve the Light, trust the Light, make a difference in the world with who you are and what you do.

What are you working on now?I prefer to keep future books a secret until they are finished.  No one will know until the manuscript is mailed in.Do you eat your vegetables?I have been a vegetarian since 1983.  I do eat my vegetables.If you had a superpower, what would it be?Wonder Woman, of course.How long did it take you to write this book?  I have been working with herbs for over 35 years, so you could say it took that long to write it.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 116 pages
• Publisher: Crossing Press (August 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895948303
• ISBN-13: 978-0895948304
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 0.6 x 7.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #687,059 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

DIANE STEIN is the author of Essential Reiki, Essential Energy Balancing, and more than 30 books in the fields of metaphysics, women's spirituality, and alternative healing.

She teaches Essential Reiki and Essential Energy Balancing workshop weekends, mostly for women, in Florida (contact [e-mail] if you are interested in attending). See her website www.dianestein.net for books, handmade gemstone Goddess jewelry, antler and crystal ritual wands, workshops for women and more.

Coming up: books on ebook, and some formerly out of print books returning on ebook and in print. New in December, 2011--Prosperity and the Light from ARE's 4th Dimension Press, also coming Healing Flowers A-Z from The Lotus Press. Watch for the return of Brede's Garden Essences and the Lords of Karma video on DVD--coming soon, see www.dianestein.net.

Diane does private phone sessions for healing, karmic release, psychic reading, etc. Cost is $125 for 1/2+ hour. Contact [e-mail].

Follow her on Facebook, LinkedIn, Multiply (http://dianestein.multiply.com) and Twitter (@ednaelk).

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Little Too Tidy For This Reader..., July 31, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: On Grief and Dying: Understanding the Soul's Journey (Hardcover)

Known for her works on women's spirituality and natural healing, Diane Stein has written what could be called a compassionate Goddess-centered guide to death, dying, and grief. Part New Age spirituality, part standard grief psychology, part mythological teaching, this book might have us believe that Stein has already been there. How else could she speak with such certitude about what awaits us all:

"We all come from Mother, who is a
Mother to all, and women are made
in her image. At death all souls shed
the physical body and descended to the
underworld for rest, learning, further
healing, and reunion with those gone
before. All souls undergo this process"
(46).

For some, who are raging at the sudden death of one deeply loved and who are not ready to hear that for everything there is a season, On Grief and Dying might just be too compassionate and gentle to bear.