Llewellyn Journal: Death and Dying https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/RSS.php?topic=Death+%26+Dying The Llewellyn Journal RSS news feed for articles by famous and new writers on Death and Dying. https://www.llewellyn.com/images/moon_logo.gif Llewellyn Journal: Death and Dying https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/RSS.php?topic=Death+%26+Dying en-us Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:00:00 CST Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:00:00 CST TextPad TLJEditor@llewellyn.com (Journal Editor) 8 Signs that Your Recently Departed Loved One Is Near https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2970 The death of a loved one is one of life's most difficult experiences, but the good news is that we do not really die. Our departed loved ones are still with us, just in a different form. After death, they are usually very eager to let us know that they are okay and that they still want to be part of our lives. Here, Healing from Great Loss author Ann J. Clark provides 8 signs that our recently departed loved one is near. Wed, 22 Dec 2021 15:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com () https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2970 Death and Dying The Complex Offerings Of Grief: Changing The Legacy of Loss https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2915 When it comes to grief, there are no shortcuts. There's no easy way out; there is only through. We have to sit with the ache. Grief teaches us that sometimes discomfort is a necessary part of progress. However, our loved ones in spirit never leave us, and can provide reassurance from the other side. Here, Clueless and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch star Elisa Donovan explains the power that connection with our loved ones in spirit provide, and that can help us turn our grief into something powerful and beautiful. Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com () https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2915 Death and Dying What Happens When We Die? 4 Types of Extraordinary Experiences at the End of Life https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2855 Death and the process of dying are scary prospects; we know that we are mortal and that someday our bodies will fail us, yet our minds embrace immortality. So, is there any way that we can truly know what happens when we die? Or to be less fearful of the process? Dr. Kenneth J. Doka presents 4 types of end-of-life experiences that can provide us information. Mon, 02 Nov 2020 15:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com () https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2855 Death and Dying Our Name is Melancholy: The Many Faces of Death Personified https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2865 For countless generations, artists have pondered over it, poets written to it, composers etched out music of melancholy and gloom to it: Death. As we approach Samhain, a time in the Wheel of the Year when the veil between the worlds is thinnest, As the Last Leaf Falls author Kristoffer Hughes examines our approaches to and our fear surrounding death. Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com () https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2865 Death and Dying Why We Fear Death https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2769 Someday, each and every one of us will die, a fact that we have lived with for millennia. So, if we know that it will eventually happen, why do we live with so much fear of death? Tomás Prower, author of Morbid Magic, presents five reasons that we fear death. Mon, 30 Sep 2019 15:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com () https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2769 Death and Dying What 3 Near-Death Experiences Taught Me About Heaven https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2683 Is it possible to venture into "the great beyond" without having to pay "the ultimate price" to get there? As a survivor of multiple Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), How to Get to Heaven (Without Really Dying) author Robert Kopecky provides some insight into what Heaven is really like...and how we can experience it here on Earth. Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com () https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2683 Death and Dying The Fear of Death: A Great Illusion https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2287 Fear is the most fearful of all things, and it, in itself, is an illusion. The fear of death is one of its greatest cultivations. Death can freak you out totally. And unless you think about it, take it apart molecule by molecule, and begin to figure it out, it will continue to paralyze you. What does it take to conquer the fear of death? For Ginny Brock, author of By Morning's Light, it was meeting her recently-deceased son in spirit...and realizing just what was beyond. Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:00:00 CST TLJEditor@llewellyn.com (Ginny Brock) https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2287 Death and Dying