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050 0 0 _aBL504 .G75 1994
100 0 _aGrof, Stanislav
245 0 _aBooks of the dead
_b: manuals for living and dying
300 _a96p.; ill. (some col.); bibliog.
336 _a text
_b txt
_2 rdacontent
337 _a unmediated
_b n
_2 rdamedia
338 _a volume
_b nc
_2 rdacarrier
490 0 _a(Art and imagination)
505 0 _aPart 1 - The ancient books of the dead. Manifestation in the light: The Egyptian Book of the Dead. Liberation through hearing: The Tibetan Book of the Dead. The ballgame in the underworld: The Maya Book of the Dead. The mystery of the plumed serpent: The Nahuatl Book of the Dead. The art of dying: the Christian book of the dead. The posthumous journey of the soul. Myth and science. Part 2 - Themes. Egyptian deities of the 'First Time'. The sun's underworld voyage. Visions of the Bardo Thodol. The six realms of existence. Death, rebirth and the Maya underworld. The ballgame of the gods. Quetzalcoatl: the redemption of spirit from matter. Death and the strategy of life. The visionary quest. Attitudes to the human body. The scenery and inhabitants of the Netherworld. Animals of the beyond. Deities as models. Transcendence and the emergence into light
563 _aPaperback (Katerbound)
650 _aDeath
_2FAST
650 _aDeath in art
_2FAST
942 _cBOOKS
_kM
_mGro
999 _c50925
_d50925
264 _aLondon
_bThames and Hudson
_cc1994