Nine Rules To Conquer Death

by Kevin Toolis

Drawing on the wisdom of the ancients, from the Aztecs and the Iliad to the Irish Wake, Nine Rules to Conquer Death provides the answer to those eternal mortal fears and longings. Kevin Toolis distils insights drawn from millennia of human experience into a profound and punchy guide to dying – and living – well. Why life would be terrible if we did not die. Why we should embrace our mortality, and see the life-affirming necessity of sharing the company of the dead.  Nine Rules up-ends every fear and presumption we hold about death to help us live a more authentic, fear-free life. Nine Rules is a guidebook like no other.

Paperback

First published January 1, 2020

Reviews

[Tonkica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Svima nam je smrt zajednička i iskreno bih voljela da se više o njoj govori, da ju naučimo prihvaćati, ali onako iskreno kao što prihvaćamo sunce ili mjesec na nebu. Imam osjećaj da je s godinama postala tabu tema, tema o kojoj se ne govori jer ju se na taj način (valjda) priziva. :-/

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[Mrs. Danvers]

I'm not rating this book because it wasn't written for me. I think it's probably fine for what it is, but I have had the privilege of being with people in the times leading up to death, at death, and in the hours after death, and among other things, this has left me with no fear of death and, I should have known by the title, nothing to conquer.

[funkgoddess · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a little book, it packs a lot of punch and asks a lot of questions. A meditation on life, death, grief and what it is to be human.