Books to help on the Journey toward Death

Sacred Dying: Creating Rituals for Embracing the End of Life, by Megory Anderson.

Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs and Communications of the Dying, by Maggie Callahan and Patricia Kelly.
These two hospice nurses have 20 years of close and comforting work with the dying. They share insight into the special awareness that they have termed Nearing Death Awareness. Unlike near death experiences, the Nearing Death Awareness is part of the dying process Itself and serves a very vital purpose. *Excellent chapter on what a person needs in order to die peacefully.

The Wheel of Life, by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.
Ms. Ross shares with us her life story as she herself faces death.

Graceful Passages, A Companion for Living and Dying, (book and CD)by Michael Stillwater & Greg Milkin.
Provides life-affirming music, with messages from celebrated leaders of personal development, guides us to examine what matters most, transforming fear and pain into a pathway of healing, compassion, and understanding.

Death, the Final Stage of Growth, by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.
Offers a spectrum of viewpoints about death including cultural differences.
Living with Death and Dying, by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.
Compassionate guide to communicating with the terminally ill.

Advice on Dying, and Living a Better Life, by the Dalai Lama.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama draws from a wide range of traditions and beliefs to explore what happens when we die.

Parting Visions, by Melvin Morse.
Dr. Morse shares insights from his research into near death experiences.

Life After Life, by Raymond Moody.
Accounts of Near Death Experiences.

The American Book of Dying, by Richard Groves and Henriette
Klauser.
Lessons in Healing Spiritual Pain.

The Sacred Art of Dying, by Kenneth Kramer.
How World Religions Understand Death.

Home With God, by Neal Donald Walsch.

If I Should Wake Before I Die, by Lamont Satterly.
Healing words for dying people .

Facing Death and Finding Hope, by Christine Longaker.
A Guide to the Emotional and Spiritual Care of the Dying.

The Grace in Dying, by Kathleen Singh.
Very deep, more through provoking and presents transpersonal psychology approach to dying.

The Place We Call Home, by Robert Grant.
A look at the death experience through the Eyes of Edgar Cayce.

The American Book of Dying, by Richard F. Groves and Henriette Anne Klauser.