111 Things That Help Grieving: Alchemy of the Heart (Used)

The loss of a loved one is one of the most intense and traumatic experiences of an embodied life time. Depending on the nature of the relationship and energy connections, the loss may be THE most intense and traumatic experience of an embodied lifetime.On October 31, 2011 my beloved soulmate, Carol Susan, disembodied as her beautiful radiant spirit left her physical body to return to our spirit realm home. The disembodiment of my soulmate has been THE most intense and traumatic experience of my embodied life. I have experienced the hellfires of grief, black nights of the soul, a broken heart, and my embodied soul's lament. The image is of being repeatedly struck by invisible black lightning during a raging storm that has no end.The work of grief is grieving. This may seem self evident; however, in a culture that abhors dying, death, grief, and grieving; the work of grieving is encouraged to remain underground - to be experienced in private or better still forgotten. 111 Things That Help Grieving offers suggestions and recommendations to honor the disembodied (usually called "the dead") and to honor the embodied (usually called "the living").