Black Elk was a warrior and mystic who lived from 1863 to 1950. In Black Elk Speaks, written with John Neihardt, Black Elk describes a spiritual journey he took to the land where his ancestors …

In The Sacred Pipe, Lakota mystic Black Elk described a ritual that helped survivors establish a new relationship to the deceased in the year following the loved one’s death. The ritual was called “The Keeping …

Rivers feature prominently in many accounts of the the transition between this world and the next. They are found in myths, near-death experiences, literature, and dreams, and often pose an ordeal or test to the …

One phase in a great many of the soul journeys involves passage over or through a body of water. The water crossing is perhaps the most universal theme in all afterdeath accounts.

Landscape with Charon Crossing …

This life is all we really know for sure. But what happens after death?.