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The Call to the Far Shore: Carrying Our Loved Ones Through Dying, Death, and Beyond - Paperback
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by Nancy MacMillan (Author), Robert Sardello (Foreword by)
How to care for the dying for their healing, ours, and the world's
- Explores how to carry our loved ones through death, how to honor their bodies and spirits, and how to awaken to the ever-present help of our ancestors - Reveals the healing and closure that can be brought about through the process of washing and preparing a body for a home vigil or funeral - Offers guidance on advance care planning, grieving, and forgiveness as well as green burial Having become disconnected from the natural cycles of life, we have lost the fundamental knowing of what death looks like, and fear fills the void. How can we transform our fears surrounding death and be with the dying more fully and more consciously? Through her work with the dying, Nancy MacMillan reveals the very real imaginal world where nature, myth, dreams, ancestors, and those yet to be born whisper from the far shore, a place beyond our last breath. She reminds us that caring for our dying consciously is a transformative act, radical even, in restoring meaning to our place and purpose in the universe. She explores how to carry our loved ones through death, how to honor their bodies and spirits, and how to awaken to the ever-present help of our ancestors. She shows how the practice of caring for the dead can help both those grieving and the newly dead, and she reveals how healing and closure can be brought about through the process of washing and preparing a body for a home vigil or funeral--a ritual she provided for her own mother. Sharing personal stories, Nancy offers guidance on advance care planning, grieving, and forgiveness as well as green burial. Through her own close encounters with the specter of death, the author shows how to follow the ancient wisdom of "learning to die before you die" and find a seaworthy passage to the far shore.Author Biography
Nancy MacMillan is a registered psychotherapist and retired certified spiritual care practitioner with master's degrees in education and theology and experience working in palliative care, intensive care, geriatrics, and bereavement. She lives outside of Kingston, Ontario.
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