Grief: A Dark, Sacred Time
Flying Horse Books (Verlag)
978-1-910531-34-1 (ISBN)
In 2004 we published Life After Grief: An Astrological Guide to Dealing With Loss (which is still in print). The first 100 pages deal solely with the process of grief and grieving (and no astrology), and they struck a chord with many of our readers who aren't astrologers - and who wanted more. The idea of expanding that section out into a whole book fermented through the intervening years, and now we're delighted to present the result.
Grief doesn't discriminate. It will touch all of us at some point; an uninvited guest that can't be shown the door, that takes over our lives and changes us forever. In this gut-wrenchingly beautiful book, Darrelyn shows us how knowing the shape of grief and its consequences over time give edges and boundaries to this dark pathway, revealing that through the prickly branches and the mist, life awaits us at the edge of the forest, dressed in cloths of gold and sustained with love and warmth.
Helping ourselves first means we gain the wisdom that grief gives us to help others on their unique journey to encounter a changed future with focus, determination, and understanding when grief comes to call. To allow someone in grief to give voice to their experiences is not just being kind. It is saving their life.
Darrelyn Gunzburg has a doctorate in medieval art history (University of Bristol) and is a tutor for the Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. She is the editor of The Imagined Sky and has written extensively for The Art Book and Cassone. From an early age her memories of her parents were the work they did for the Chevra Kadisha, a voluntarily organisation of men and women within the Jewish community whose sole function was the care of the dead from the time of death until burial. This guardianship, known as Chesed Shel Emes, represented an act of genuine kindness, since it could never be repaid by the recipient. Since death did not have a timetable, her parents could be called out at a moment's notice. The actual impact of death, however, made itself felt in their household at age of twelve with the loss of her grandfather. Her background as a circus fire-eater, working in the Australian film industry, studying theatre directing and playwriting at NIDA and working for ten years as an award-winning playwright before moving to the UK in 2002 taught her the value of story, an attribute she has used extensively in her ongoing work since 1988 as a practising professional astrologer. Her specialism is working with clients in grief and her published astrological work includes 'Life after Grief'.
The Myth of Grief v
1 - What is Grief? 1
2 - How Do We Learn to Grieve? 71
3 - A Normal Life 91
4 - A Way Through the Dark - Parents in Grief 128
5 - Children and Grief 168
6 - Terminus 196
Bibliography 201
Index 207
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.04.2019 |
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| Verlagsort | Bournemouth |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Trennung / Trauer | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-910531-34-0 / 1910531340 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-910531-34-1 / 9781910531341 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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