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Close to the Bone
Life-Threatening Illness as a Soul Journey
10th Anniversary Revised Edition
Jean Shinoda Bolen
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“This book is a staff on which to lean as we ourselves walk or
are called upon to help others walk into the valley of the shadow
of death.”
—Alice
Walker
“This is the book I needed when my daughter was sick. It would
have helped me through it, like a map of the underworld. Myths,
stories, prayer, touching, visualization, rituals, and especially
love are some of the tools and wisdom that this extraordinary
book gives us. Thank you, Jean.”
—Isabel
Allende
“Jean Shinoda Bolen moves far beyond ordinary notions of medicine,
treatment, and even suffering to place illness within a human
framework. When you are sick, read pages from this book to be
reminded that you and your illness are full of soul.”
—Thomas
Moore, author of Care of the Soul
“If you or a person close to you have a catastrophic illness, this
is one of the most wise and helpful books you could ever read.”
—Lawrence
LeShan, author of Cancer as a Turning Point
“This book can be a companion to anyone in physical or mental pain
or crisis.”
—Louise
L. Hay, author of You Can Heal Your Life
“Beautifully written…Anyone affected by a serious illness will
find Close to the Bone a wise and warm companion.”
—New
Age Journal
“Simple and straightforward…this book probes beneath, urging the
reader to plumb the depths and then return to the surface.”
—Houston
Chronicle
“Practical and accessible…The author conveys well to her readers
her sense of the immeasurable gift that is each life and all
life, and they can be grateful to her and with her for this.”
—New
Mexican
“This combination of the spiritual with the pragmatic will be helpful
and even reassuring both to those facing death, particularly
those with a catastrophic illness such as AIDS, and their caregivers
and companions.”
—Oregonian
“Jean Shinoda Bolen has created a poetic rhythm that will uplift
the spirit and soul. This is a deep, powerful, and gentle book,
in which Dr. Bolen masterfully discusses the search for meaning
as well as the power of prayer and angels.”
—Gerald
G. Jampolsky, M.D., Founder,
Center for Attitudinal Healing
“Should be required reading in medical schools and by anyone who
wants to understand how illness can be a midwife that helps the
soul to emerge.”
—Natural
Health Magazine
“Dr. Bolen sees with an insightful eye into the true meaning of
healing. A compelling and compassionate book!”
—Marion
Woodman, co-author of Dancing in the Flames
“For those who yearn for a deeper meaning to disease and death,
Close to the Bone is a healing breath that will be a tremendous
comfort.”
—Hugh
and Gayle Prather, authors of Spiritual Parenting
“Richly Probing…A skillful assemblage of views on the harrowing
experience of physical illness and mental dissociation from which
we can and may emerge with a new clarity about who we are and
what we want our lives to be.”
—Publishers
Weekly
“The great teacher is our mortality. Let this book be a guide to
your feelings and enlightenment. There are no exceptions, we
are all mortal. Accept that—read this book and live a fuller,
healthier, more meaningful life.”
—Bernie
Siegel, M.D., author of Love, Medicine and Miracles
“A finely polished mirror for the healing heart and body. An important
statement of theories and practices which have aided many in
the course of their illness and recovery.”
—Stephen
Levine, author of Who Dies?
“Thought-provoking and optimistic.”
—Booklist
“Immensely readable and revealing…this book is a godsend.”
—Patricia
Holt, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review