From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty

To hold the space is to create a ring of safety around the family and friends of the dead, providing a place where they can grieve openly and honestly, without fear of being judged. Holding the space is crucial, and exactly what we are missing. But while From Here to Eternity isn’t exactly what I’d consider a light book, but for a book written almost entirely about death, it’s about as much fun as you’re likely to find. With my secular bias, 'holding the space' sounded like saccharine hippie lingo. 'From Here to Eternity' by Caitlin Doughty review When I think of reading something for fun to relieve stress, my mind rarely jumps to talking about death.

Nine years ago, when I began working with the dead, I heard other practitioners speak about holding the space for the dying person and their family. Caitlin Doughty is a mortician and the New York Times best-selling author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, From Here to Eternity, and Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs She is the creator of the web. It is the responsibility of those who have been tasked with creating physical and emotional environments where safe, open interaction with death and dead bodies is possible. From Here To Eternity by Caitlin Doughty is a fascinating look at funerary practices from around the world. In rural Indonesia, she watches a man clean and dress his. Exquisitely illustrated by artist Landis Blair, From Here to Eternity is an adventure into the morbid unknown, a fascinating tour through the unique ways people. Death acceptance is the responsibility of all death professionals-funeral directors, cemetery managers, hospital workers. From Here to Eternity is an immersive global journey that introduces compelling, powerful rituals almost entirely unknown in America. It is far too challenging to expect that each citizen will do so on his or her own. Facing death is not for the faint-hearted. “Death avoidance is not an individual failing it's a cultural one.

From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty