This penetrating account of the first year following a husband's sudden death addresses the complex physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual needs of those who face seemingly inconsolable loss. The author portrays the turbulence of grief without sentimentality, nostalgia, depression, the expert's "how to," reliance on pharmaceuticals, or a specific religious tradition. She shares otherworldly phenomena that accompanied his passage and invites readers to open to the union of our innermost being with what lies beyond.
This book breaks through the usual grieving customs and renders meaningful our most painful experiences.Situated at the juncture between physical and spiritual planes, This Vast Being penetrates the mysterious reaches of the psyche, fearlessly admits what others may be ashamed of, and yokes the spirit's release to the body's howl.Ann Kreilkamp received her doctorate in philosophy in 1972 from Boston University and taught for one year at an experimental college, New College of California, from which she was fired as ôtoo experimental.ö She then became a student of astrology, working and writing in that field for over two decades (see www.celestialnavigations.net). Along the way, she founded and published three experimental magazines, one of which, Crone Chronicles: A Journal of Conscious Aging (1989-2001), was twice nominated for Utne Reader's annual awards. She now lives in Bloomington, Indiana, where she works with others to transform her suburban neighborhood into a sustainable village.
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