Death is an inevitable stop along the timeless journey of life. Whether we are grieving the loss of a loved one, or confronting our own mortality, death will touch us all. This collection of poems, philosophy, and inspirational writings surveys man's exploration of the mystery of death and, in death's reflection, the meaning of life.
From across time and around the world, PASSAGES brings together the work of great poets and philosophers, and common men and women. This collection includes works of the ancient Greeks, Confucius, Lao-Tzu, Buddhist monks and Sufi mystics intermingled with great American and European poets. Excerpts from the Bible, the Bhagavad Gita and the Koran are represented along with wise proverbs of the Crowfoot and Minquass Indians and the Ewe and Dinka people of Africa.
Winding its way through lifes most emotional and solitary experience, PASSAGES comforts us while it inspires and challenges us to think about death, and life, in new ways. Bringing new perspective, meaning and comfort at a time in our existence when we feel so alone, PASSAGES reveals through poetry, philosophy and inspirational words that we are all one.