Awakened by death life-giving lessons from the mystics /

Taking readers on a journey through history guided by the mystics, Awakened by Death shows us how our psychological and spiritual relationship to death has changed over time, and helps us to reclaim a healthy engagement with our own mortality. Ultimately, readers will gain a deeper understanding of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peterson, Christiana N. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, MN : Broadleaf Books, [2020]
Temas:
Death.
Death > Psychological aspects.
Fear of death.
Mysticism > History.
Death
Attitude to Death
Mort.
Mort > Aspect psychologique.
Peur de la mort.
Mysticisme > Histoire.
deaths.
Death > Psychological aspects
Fear of death
Mysticism
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Graveyard meditations
  • Part I. The Body Turned Inside Out : the Medieval Mystics:
  • 1. The great leveler
  • 2. The specter of age
  • 3. The horror of the body
  • 4. Acts of love
  • 5. A living death
  • Part II. Skulls and the Suffering God : Early Modern Mystics and the Fear of Death:
  • 6. The scorches of predestination
  • 7. Wounds of resurrection
  • 8. Lesser deaths
  • Part III. Childhood and the Mystery of Death : a Victorian Mystic :
  • 9. The odd Victorians
  • 10. An artistic sense for death
  • 11. Unlocking the imprisoned mind
  • 12. The courage of fairy
  • 13. Falling from a dinosaur
  • Part IV. Funeral Practices, Racism, and Climate Change : Mystics in America :
  • 14. The communal rituals of death
  • 15. The tensions of death and life
  • 16. Between birth and death
  • 17. Conquering nature
  • Part V. Living and Dying Well : Walking the Path of the Mystics :
  • 18. A lonely death
  • 19. Grief
  • 20. A good death
  • 21. The spiritual practice of dying
  • Conclusion: Anointing the grave.

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