Crossing Over: A Pagan Manual On Death And Dying

by M. Macha NightMare (Editor)

Discusses all aspects of death, from pagan thealogy (from thea meaning goddess, rather than theo meaning god) to the dying process itself, and it even covers sensitive subjects like helping children cope with death. Congenial essays such as Sharon Jackson's "Crash Course in Being Present with the Dying" and insightful perspectives like Diana Paxson's "Preliminary Thoughts Toward Midwifing Your Own Passage" offer a written spiritual resource for assisting and comforting the dying, and advice on facing one's own passage.

108 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

M. Macha NightMare (Aline O’Brien, M.Div.(h,c,))is a ritualist, interfaith activist, and internationally published author who has contributed to anthologies, encyclopedia, textbooks, and periodicals. Much of her work in recent years has been in the liminal realm between the magic and the mundane. She serves on the Advisory Boards of Cherry Hill Seminary and the Sacred Dying Foundation, and represents the Covenant of the Goddess and CHS in the American Academy of Religion, Marin Interfaith Council, Marin Interfaith Climate Action (founding member), and at interfaith symposia throughout the U.S. Currently she serves the inmates of the Wiccan circle at San Quentin State Prison.