LIFE AFTER DEATH

VOLUME 35 NUMBER 2 SUMMER 2010

6          THE NEW GOOD LIFE  John Robbins

The bestselling author on finding new life after loss

14        “MY HEART STANDS IN THE HILL”  Neil Rusch

An extinct culture returns to us through its words and images

24        SUCH IS THE NAME OF THE OTHER WORLD  Plato

The afterlife as seen by the great philosopher Socrates

26        A WORK FOR PRESENCE  Frank R. Sinclair

An excerpt from a new book about life, death, and beyond

29        INSTRUMENTS OF THE SPIRIT

A conversation with Frank Sinclair

34        WHAT IS LEFT BEHIND LIVES ON  Jeff Greene

Memorials and their meaning

44        PASSED AWAY  Joyce Kornblatt

How breath can serve as a guide to the mysteries of life and death

50        THE WEDDING CELEBRATION  Gilla Nissan

A glorious lesson on how to die right

56        CARL JUNG’S RED BOOK  Claire Dunne

An acclaimed biographer explores Jung’s secret book

64        A VISION OF NEW WORLDS  Philip W. Groves

On what may lie on the Other Side, by a wise man from Down Under

70        MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE  Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi

Discovering the great and hidden art of a Buddhist monk

82        UP IN SMOKE  Lauren Deutsch

You can take it with you—according to an ancient Chinese practice

88        DEATH AND ITS AFTERLIVES IN THE TAROT  Rachel Pollack

A surprising look at the Death card and what comes after

POETRY

22        MORTALITY  Tilo Ulbricht

23        WHERE IS MY HOME?  Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Tilo Ulbricht

55        “FOR WHOM DOES THOU WRITE?”

“FOR THE DEAD WHOM THOU DIDST LOVE.”  Roy Ashwell

ARCS

62        Something Strange is Happening

TANGENTS

98        WORLD RELIGIONS GET DOWN TO EARTH  Trebbe Johnson

A report from the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions

Book REVIEWS

106     INTO THE SILENT LAND

Martin Laird | reviewed by Mark John Franklin

118     THE FUTURE CHURCH

John L. Allen, Jr. | reviewed by Bill Williams

121     COMMON GROUND BETWEEN ISLAM AND BUDDHISM

Reza Shah-Kazemi | reviewed by Elena Lloyd-Sidle

128     ENDPOINT