Shamanic Guide to Death and Dying [Paperback]

Kristin Madden (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 4, 2005

A New Understanding of Life, Death,and Reality awaits as you journey with a shamanic deathwalker trained to guide the dead to the next world. This revised and expanded handbook will bring comfort to loved ones mourning their dead, illustrate the immortality of the soul, and transform your views of death. Rituals, exercises, meditations, and ceremonies are included to help release the pain of grief, move past the fear of death, honor the passing of a beloved pet, communicate with loved ones, and more.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This book is far more than a guide to the process of dying; it is also a guide to living. We are reminded, gently and with compassion, that that death is not an end but a more of a 'change of address.'

"The Shamanic Guide is filled with useful meditations on such things as how to contact someone who has died, how to access information about your past lives, and how to cope with grief in a society that is consistently at a loss when confronted with negative emotions. There is clear, practical information about how to prepare for your own death." -- Facing North

About the Author

Raised in a shamanic home, Kristin Madden is a healer and deathwalker, assuming a role handed down in her family for generations. Deciding to offer these services outside her family, Kristin has been working as a healer since 1980 and deathwalking since 1990. She has been a member of an international shamanic journeying and healing group since 1996.

Kristin has explored Eastern and Western mystic paths since 1972. She is a Druid, tutor, and tutor-mentor for the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids and is on the Board of Silver Moon Health Services, a pagan sponsored non-profit health services organization based in New Mexico.

Her work has appeared on websites and in publications throughout North America and Europe, and she has been a guest on radio shows throughout North America.

Product Details

• Paperback: 324 pages
• Publisher: Spilled Candy Publications (October 4, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892718553
• ISBN-13: 978-1892718556
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,539,781 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Obviously, I'm an author but I am also a homeschooling mom and the Dean of Ardantane's School of Shamanic Studies (www.ardantane.org). I'm a Druid and tutor for the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids and a licensed Avatar Master. In my spare time (hahahaha), I rehabilitate wild birds and co-lead a children's peace group.

I was raised in a shamanic home of spiritual explorers. Since 1972, I have been trained in a variety of Eastern and Western mystic paths and New Age technologies. I live with my wonderful family and assorted (and ever-changing) menagerie of creatures in the desert Southwest.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book will change how you look at Death, November 9, 2005

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Lorna Tedder "Author, Life Coach, Rebellious ... (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shamanic Guide to Death and Dying (Paperback)

At last! Kristin Madden's long-awaited re-publication of her SHAMANIC GUIDE TO DEATH AND DYING is finally, finally available!

Originally published in 1999, Kristin revised and expanded this book to a whopping 324 pages of rituals, meditations, and absolutely wonderful stories from her own experiences. Touching and beautiful.

If there was ever a confirmation for me that this book was meant to be re-published, it happened this past summer. I'd led a rather unique healing and protection ceremony for the land at a farm two hours' drive away. I shared a ride over with a very sweet couple whom I'd just met and who run a "green" cemetery.

On the way home, they talked of the unusual encounters we had that night with the Other Side and how these encounters related to a book they'd read several years ago. The book was so treasured that they kept a copy from its first printing, now dog-eared and well-read. The name of the book? THE SHAMANIC GUIDE TO DEATH AND DYING by Kristin Madden, no longer in print and hard to find, even for $90 or more for a used copy. Between my experiences that night and this couple's recommendation that I hunt down a copy of the book--if I could--I knew it was time for this book to make its re-appearance.

And now it's available on Amazon, brand new! It's become the subject of much discussion with the seniors in my family, and is paving the way to talk about their own passing in a constructive, positive manner. Thank you, Kristin!