Sarah’s Reviews > Spirits, Seers & Séances: Victorian Spiritualism, Magic & the Supernatural > Status Update

“While most of us do not want to be morbid and morose around the clock, there are disadvantages to being completely alienated from the realities of sickness, death, and dying. It can hinder our ability to empathize and be compassionate people, and both the dying and the bereaved can feel invisible in a society that likes to pretend grief and death don't exist.”