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Communications with the two worlds commenced, it became widespread worldwide, Victorian’s taken it to new levels table turning in their living rooms. From this action, curiosity aroused by people wanting to converse with relatives, friends after bereavement. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had an interest in spiritualism and participating. Spiritual associations, Lyceums, also churches were being established due to this. The Roman Catholic churches in 1898 disapproved of these public displays also outsiders seen these display as evil or fraudulent. The churches allowed scientific mediumship phenomena, scientifically proven genuine, this followed the creation of the Spiritualist National Union Limited in 1901.

Painful as it may be, such experiences brings home the finality of death. Something deep within us demands a confrontation with death. A last look assures us that the person we loved is, indeed, gone forever.” (108) Cable finishes his essay by asking, Tim if his job ever depressed him. Tim in reply says, “No it doesn’t, and I do what I can for people and take satisfaction in enabling relatives to see their loved ones as they were in real life.” (108) After reading this essay I feel as though sometimes we don’t understand death so therefore we do not talk much about it. By reading about what goes on after your loved one dies and is sent to these places to be prepared and ready for burial, it helps to understand why morticians and funeral directors do what they do. Knowing that someone enjoys taking the responsibility in providing that comfort in a sorrowful time makes me appreciate these people in these occupations a bit

Death is something that people must deal with every day in our world, and there are several aspects of death that sometimes the living do not consider. For example, how does one celebrate or remember passed loved ones? What happens to you when you die? How would you like to be remembered? There are multiple ways to answer these questions, and examining differing points of view can be enlightening.

Multiple family members gather together to give care to the loved one from far and near. The father or the oldest male relative holds the greatest power in most families to make health-related decisions for an ill loved one. Family members feel responsible for bathing, changing, and feeding their loved one daily even during hospital stays (Taxis, 2008). In addition, prayer and ritual are also critical components of the dying process. Family members may pray with the patient at the bedside, at a home altar, or at church. At times, candles are kept lit for 24 hours a day as a symbol of continuous worship. Clergy members may visit to offer spiritual support. As the ill loved one approaches death, the sacrament of anointing of the sick is administered by a priest or lay member (Kemp, 2001). Mexican American families use religious beliefs in the afterlife to help them cope with this emotional process.

An analysis of the book “Day of the dead in the USA” by Regina M. Marchi revealed that to Latin Americans, death does not provoke fear but instead brings together family and friends to value life and each other while it lasts. The first chapter of the book gives a definition of what the Day of the Dead details, a historical background and different customs of celebrating this day in Central America and South America. The second chapter of the book moves onto specifically why Mexico is associated with the Day of the Dead and how they celerate this day. Then the third chapter of the book switches over to how the Day of the Dead is celebrated here in the United States. Finally, the fourth chapter goes into

Death has always been and will be a topic that just a few want to talk, but since time immemorial man has worshiped their dead, and this is reflected in the various rituals and forms of burial. The anguish of death has been considered the deepest anguish of man. Death is the inevitable companion of life, is the final stage. It can occur at any age, suddenly or after a long illness. Despite knowing that someday we will have to die the death of a loved one is a terrible fact, very difficult to accept, that affects everyone around the deceased person. When the link with the deceased breaks, the suffering is so great, that they put into question the fundamentals of being, of human existence and our deepest beliefs, affecting significantly the basic family and social relationships.

“There is no greater gift you can give someone in grief than to ask them about their loved one and then really listen!” I read this quote once when I was small from the diary of quotable quotes collected by my grandfather. At that time, I was too young to understand what the words ‘really listen’ meant. But now in this process of training to become a counsellor, I am experiencing what it means to ‘really listen’ and how powerful it is!

Not all witches and wizards were shamans. The boundary between a shaman and a layperson was not always clear. Non-shamans could experience hallucinations and almost every person could report memories of ghosts, animals in human form, or little people living in remote places, suggesting that the entire community was made up of witches and wizards. Some heard voices from ice or stone. Some experienced daydreams, trances, and reverie. Everyone was welcomed to report their experiences and interpretations. The ability to summon helping spirits was at the discretion of the shaman, but laypeople could also profit from spirit guides through the use of amulets.

An important holiday celebrated in a lot of Spanish speaking countries is Day of the Dead. Day of the Dead or Dia de los Muertos is a celebration of dead relatives. The celebration consists of going to the dead person’s gravestone and decorating it with flowers and some of the dead person’s favorite things. This is done in the hopes of drawing the loved one’s spirit to the gravesite. The thought of a dead person’s spirit being with them doesn’t scare the people who celebrate this holiday, it actually comforts them.

While I was unable to attend, this community gathering, I did find Dr. Gonzales description of the Day of the Dead meaningful. In her email, she stated the following.

Although very interesting, I found the stories of Helena Blavatsky to be very suspicious. While reading about her in all of my sources I constantly got the sense that what I was reading wasn’t the truth or was very phony. It might be because I am a Christian and do not believe in spirits or contact with ghosts. It could also be that society has branded psychics and mediums as frauds. I have always pictured mediums as very clever people who use mourning people to make a living. Although Helena was not a psychic or a medium her belief in Spiritualism at an early age made me very wary of her credibility later in life. I also found the example of her most popular phenomena to be intriguingly similar to a story in the Bible. The story goes that

It seems that throughout my quest for seeking self-knowledge, this heuristic process is leading me into a dreamlike mystical experience. I have become friends with a Reki instructor that I seem to have a strong connection with. She is into health, fitness, zumba, and Reki. She performed my first session on me at the beginning of this study and I was curious to find what my animal totems would be in Shamanism. I exchanged aesthetic and body sculpting light therapy services with her for a Reki session. The session took about an hour and a half long. She cleared my chakras for new healing energy to emerge. She waved an eagle feather over me and hummed a song so beautiful that after about five minutes, I begin to cry. I could feel her soul flooded me with a quiet wave of peaceful energy that seemed to start from my feet and then ran upward to my crown area. However, she explained that the she was only being used as a vessel from the divine spirit to channel this energy into me. After the session, she said to

Case in point, when thinking: “I guess I’ll get pizza tonight? Oh, what the heck! I’ll do it, what’s it going to hurt me? I’m not the one who died of heart failure, Craig was. Ha!” You're not precisely found in the best light when thoughts such as that escape their way onto your Cuzco-bought condolence card, particularly by your nearby neighbour, Mrs. Clarisio; who as of

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There are three main groups of mediumship: physical, mental, and spiritual healing. Physical mediums have physical manifestations initiated by disembodied spirits; this includes rapping's, levitation, and materializations. A mental medium uses means of extrasensory perception by means of communicating with the deceased. These include: inner visions and mental impressions. Spiritual healing includes both mental and physical mediumship. The