NEW AGE / DREAMS In this captivating and inspiring guide to the land of the dead, Moss shocks and thrills by revealing the hidden truth--that the Otherworld is in fact the familiar landscape of our dreams, where we go every night. For a better death and life -beyond death, do not miss this extraordinary book. --Catherine Shainberg, author of Kabbalah and the Power of Dreaming An important work for a world in which we quickly dispose of our dead and move on. Learn to become a voyager of the imagination where you can meet with loved ones and guides in a place as true as this one. --Mary K. Greer, author of Women of the Golden Dawn and Tarot for Your Self We yearn for contact with departed loved ones. We miss them, ache for forgive-ness or closure, and long for confirmation that there is life beyond physical death. In The Dreamer's Book of the Dead, Robert Moss explains that we have entirely natural contact with the departed in our dreams, when they come visiting and we may travel into their realms. As we become active dreamers, we can heal our relationship with the departed and move beyond the fear of death. We also can develop the skills to function as soul guides for others, helping the dying to approach the last stage of life with courage and grace, opening gates for their journeys beyond death, and even escorting them to the Other Side. Drawing on a wealth of personal experience as well as many ancient and indigenous traditions, Moss offers stories to inspire us and guide us. He shares his extraordinary visionary relationship with the poet W. B. Yeats, whose greatest ambition was to create a Western Book of the Dead to feed the soul hunger of our times. Moss teaches us the truth of Chief Seattle's statement that there is no death; we just change worlds. ROBERT MOSS survived three near-death experiences in childhood and has been dreaming with the departed all of his life. He is the creator of Active Dreaming, an original synthesis of dreamwork and shamanic techniques for empowerment and healing. A former university professor of ancient history at the Australian National University, he is a novelist, shamanic counselor, and the author of Conscious Dreaming, Dreamgates, and Dreamways of the Iroquois. He lives in upstate New York. Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Pioneers of Death 1(10) Prologue: The Night When the Veil Thins 11(16) I DREAMING WITH THE DEPARTED 1 The Presence of the Dead 27(17) 2 Dream Visitations 44(10) 3 Thirteen Reasons Why the Dead Come Calling 54(23) 4 Night Travels among the Departed 77(10) 5 Healing Our Relations with the Dead 87(17) 6 Spiritual Release 104(11) 7 Assisting the Imaginations of the Dead 115(10) II THE POET AS GUIDE TO THE OTHER SIDE 8 A Friend in the House of Time 125(12) 9 Through the Muslin Walls 137(8) 10 The Bureau of the Spirits 145(6) 11 Eminent Victorians Report from the Other Side 151(8) 12 Spiritual Gravitation and the Mingling of Minds 159(6) 13 Visioning the Western Book of the Dead 165(10) III DREAMING THE WAY FROM DEATH TO BIRTH 14 Houses of Death and the Art of Dying 175(16) 15 Death and Rebirth through the Goddess 191(17) 16 Taking Flight 208(6) 17 The Crossing 214(14) 18 Way of the Heart 228(10) 19 Getting a Life on the Other Side 238(10) 20 Active Dreaming to Help the Dying 248(16) 21 Soul Choices and Parallel Lives 264(12) APPENDIX I: Dreaming Resources 276(2) APPENDIX II: The Dream Reentry Technique 278(2) Notes 280(12) Bibliography 292(12) Index 304