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Death, Dying, and Mysticism

The Ecstasy of the End

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  1. Thomas Cattoi
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  2. Christopher M. Moreman
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Part of the book series: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Mysticism (INTERMYST)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Thomas Cattoi
    Pages 1-13

  3. Lady Jacopa and Francis: Mysticism and the Management of Francis of Assisi’s Deathbed Story

    • Darleen Pryds
    Pages 15-34

  4. Mystical Dying in Contemporary Autobiographies

    • Lucy Bregman
    Pages 35-47

  5. Traces of Resurrection: The Pattern of Simone Weil’s Mysticism

    • Stuart Jesson
    Pages 49-64

  6. Thoreau’s Religious Response to Death

    • Robert Michael Ruehl
    Pages 65-85

  7. You Create Your Own Reality: The Fallacy of Death in the Seth Material Paradigm

    • Cynthia A. Hogan
    Pages 87-101

  8. Symbolic Death of the Subject in the Structure of Jacques Lacan

    • Jin Sook Kim
    Pages 103-115

  9. Anomalous Experiences and the Bereavement Process

    • Callum E. Cooper, Chris A. Roe, Graham Mitchell
    Pages 117-131

  10. Heaven Is for Real and America’s Fascination with Near-Death Experiences

    • Candy Gunther Brown
    Pages 133-151

  11. Mystical Knowledge and Near-Death Experience

    • Lee Irwin
    Pages 153-175

  12. The Experience of Death as Non-Death

    • Jordan Paper
    Pages 177-188

  13. Death Visions of the Goddess Kali: The Bengali Shakta Corpse Ritual at the Burning Ground

    • June McDaniel
    Pages 189-201

  14. Samādhi as True Death in the Yogasūtra

    • Lloyd W. Pflueger
    Pages 203-218

  15. At Our End Is the Beginning: Death as the Liminal Real in the Art of Frida Kahlo

    • June-Ann Greeley
    Pages 219-233

  16. Modern Requiem Compositions and Musical Knowledge of Death and Afterlife

    • Martin J. M. Hoondert
    Pages 235-246

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 247-281
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This volume offers a sample of reflections from scholars and practitioners on the theme of death and dying from scholars and practitioners, ranging from the Christian tradition to Hinduism, Lacanian psychoanalysis, while also touching on the themes of the afterlife and near-death experiences.

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“As an introductory insight into the world of mysticism and death, this book would well suit readers unfamiliar to the topic; being able to readily choose a direction of their interest. However, even a reader familiar with the area may be able to gain greater understanding, primarily by re-balancing their existing knowledge within a larger context, and thereby helping to shake off any academic astigmatisms or tunnel-vision which can sometimes develop with time.” (Vladimir Dubaj, Australian Journal of Parapsychology, Vol. 17, December, 2017)

“Death, Dying, and Mysticism offers a rich, multi-disciplinary perspective on physical death as a time of transformation, and examines the mystical loss of ego mentioned in various religious narratives on dying. … A number of articles in this book explore death, grief, spiritual experience, and identity for various key thinkers, artists, and composers.” (Dr. Lise Vail, RR Reading Religion, readingreligion.org, September, 2016)

“The book is an interesting and diverse collection of essays analyzing the relationship of mysticism and death in a variety of disciplines. ... presents a challenge to our contemporary hermeneutic of interpreting both mysticism and death as one dimensional and universal. Cattoi and Moreman’s edited collection reminds the reader that the numinous can be encountered in many different shapes and forms—even, and especially, in encounters with dying and death.” (Candi K. Cann, Omega, Vol. 73 (2), 2016)


'In this thoughtful, interdisciplinary, and integral compilation of essays, Cattoi and Moreman gracefully open our awareness to the mystical process of death and dying. Through so many perspectives, one grasps the spiritual evolution of the soul, with death and dying marking a final dissolution of egoic consciousness opening toward a 'boundless' dimension or unity consciousness and our original nature. Inspiring!' - Barbara Morrill, Chair, Integral Counseling Program, The California Institute of Integral Studies, USA

'Thomas Cattoi and Christopher Moreman have presented a striking overview of spiritual analyses and interpretations of the death and the dying process. While the diversity of the material in this volume is considerable, the unifying themes are the inevitability of death, even for those of us in contemporary culture who seek ways to deny it, and the ennobling capacity of the human spirit to embrace and sanctify life, even as it slips away, or perhaps, especially when it slips away.' Laura Weed, The College of Saint Rose, USA

About the authors

Lucy Bregman, Temple University, USA Callum E. Cooper, University of Northampton, UK Chris A. Roe, University of Northampton, UK June-Ann Greeley, Sacred Heart University, USA Candy Gunther Brown, Indiana University, USA Cynthia Hogan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Martin Hoondert, Tilburg School of Humanities, The Netherlands Stuart Jesson, York St. John's University, USA Jin Sook Kim, Graduate Theological Union, USA June McDaniel, College of Charleston, USA Jordan Paper, York University in Toronto, Canada Lloyd W. Pflueger, Truman State University, USA Darleen Pryds, Franciscan School of Theology, USA Robert Michael Ruehl, Syracuse University, USA Juanita Ruys, University of Sydney, Australia Lee Irwin, College of Charleston, USA Graham Mitchell, University of Northampton, UK

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