Articles tagged with: journey
A Lakota Ritual for Keeping a Loved One’s Spirit Alive
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 …
The River of Death in “The Pilgrim’s Progress” and in a Siberian NDE
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 …
The Soul’s Water Crossing
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 …
