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A Celtic Book of Dying

The Path of Love in the Time of Transition
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A Celtic Book of Dying by Phyllida Anam-Áire guides readers through a compassionate exploration of the process of dying from a Celtic perspective. The book offers insights into embracing death as a natural part of life, integrating spiritual teachings and practices to bring comfort and understanding throughout the journey. It serves as both a personal and universal guide, encouraging a deeper connection to one’s own spirituality and inner peace.
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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in exploring compassionate perspectives on the end-of-life journey, guided by Celtic wisdom. It's a thoughtful guide for those seeking to deepen their understanding of life, death, and the spiritual continuity between them.

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Deepen your spiritual understanding of the internal journey of the dying and the adventurous after-death journey to come

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Deepen your spiritual understanding of the internal journey of the dying and the adventurous after-death journey to come

Describes the Celtic rituals of honouring death and dying and offers prayers, meditations, and blessings for the time of transition.

Offers reflective questions and exercises to explore your beliefs, attitudes, and fears around your own death.

Includes the sacred meditation of traveling with the dead as offered by an anam-áire or Celtic soul carer.

The Celts believed in the transmigration of the soul, in the magical rhythm of life with a particular order of coming and going for each soul. As they celebrated every new stage of their lives with a ritual, they also honoured the passing of a soul—the death of the physical body.

In her decades of work with the dying, Phyllida Anam-Áire has revived the ancient Celtic tradition of watching with the dying and traveling with the soul after death. Integrating the wisdom of her Celtic ancestors with modern knowledge of the death process, she shows how a peaceful transition for the leaving person is possible and how this process can be consciously supported by relatives or friends.

Reflective exercises and meditations help us become aware of our beliefs and fears around dying and acknowledge our own death as a natural transformation, allowing our essence to move on into love. Once we come to terms with our own mortality, we will find it easier to assist family and friends in their last hours in this life. Rituals, prayers, and blessings in this guide offer compassionate support for the one transitioning and for those left behind.

Phyllida also shares the sacred meditation of traveling with the dead as held by a Celtic Anam-Áire, or soul carer. In addition, she addresses many practical questions around the care for the dying and their environment during and after the process, stressing the importance of silence.

A practical yet soulful guidebook, A Celtic Book of Dying deepens our spiritual understanding of the internal journey of the dying and the adventurous after-death journey still to embark on. Dying is the most natural step we will ever take.

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A Celtic Book of Dying by Phyllida Anam-Áire intertwines Celtic and Christian traditions to explore death as part of life's natural cycle. The book is praised for its authentic insights derived from the author's experiences, offering readers a more conscious understanding of life and death. It includes Celtic blessings, poems, and practices to help those accompanying the dying, while also prompting self-reflection and acceptance of one's mortality. Many reviewers highlight its compassionate guidance and its transformative potential in preparing for the transition of death.

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ISBN: 9781644112984

Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 April 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Findhorn Press

Edition: 2nd Edition, Revised and Updated Edition

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 383g

Pages: 208

About the Author

Phyllida Anam-Áire, a former Irish nun, writer, and therapist, who trained with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, has worked extensively with the sick and dying. She offers Conscious Living, Conscious Dying retreats and gives talks to nurses and palliative care workers. The author of The Last Ecstasy of Life, Phyllida lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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