Some of my favorite passages on
Death and Dying
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On Death and
Dying
A collection of writings about death and
dying that have impressed me the most over the years. In the aftermath of my father's
passing away scanned and posted them to share with
friends.
Dry bones
come back to life, Prophesy
of Ezekiel.
Old Testament, book of Ezekiel Chapter 37, 1-14, (written circa 593-560
BC)
He is risen; he is not here
New Testament, Mark 16:1-8 (written circa 65 AD)
Ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
St. Paul, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 (written 51 AD)
Ulysses Visits the Underworld,
From The Odyssey by Homer (written 800 BC)
Afterlife
and Socrates Death
From Plato (427-347 BC), Phaedo (360 BC)
The Cumean Sibyl
From the book: Satyricon,
written 62-65 A.D. by Titus Petronius
Arbiter.
"Peace be with the dead!"
By Lord Byron (1788-1824), letter
written in 1811 a few days after his mother's death.
Thoughts
on Death, From Anna Karenina Part 4, Chapter 07
By Leo Tolstoy (1828 - 1910) Written between 1873-1876
Redemption
From Elegies and Satires (1927), by Kostas Karyotakis (1896-1928)
Dialogue on a dialogue
From El Hacedor (1960) by Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)
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