Death and DyingBillions have died in the thousands of years since human beings first developed language, but we do not have a single credible account of the subjective experience of dying and the afterlife. This is why death continues to be an immense mystery and a subject of eternal fascination. In Death and Dying, scholars and intellectuals illumine the major issues raised by the inevitable ending to life. The range is wide: from the dread that accompanies all notions of mortality to the objective evidence for the existence of an afterlife; from an exploration of the spiritual dimensions of mourning to analyses of how death was perceived and interpreted by geniuses like John Keats, Rabindranath Tagore and Carl Jung. Utterly compelling, these essays prompt us to question our fears and notions of death while enabling us to perceive this phenomenon with greater understanding and intelligence. |
Contents
Survival Research and Self | |
John Keats and the Music | |
Death and Afterdeath in the Writings of Rabindranath Tagore | |
Jungs NearDeath Experience and Its Wider Implications | |
Goodbye and Good Mourning | |
Symbolizing a Definitive AbsenceA Psychoanalytic Reflection on Death | |
A Jain Tradition of Liberating the Soul by Fasting Oneself | |
Palliative Care and PsychoOncology | |
References | |
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