Stephen Levine's book reads in one breath and will undoubtedly prove useful for all who approach the problems of life and death seriously and with understanding. It strips the enormous melodrama called "death" of its terrifying power, replacing fear with calm, straightforward, compassionate understanding.
Stephen Levine is a poet who has long practiced and taught Buddhist meditation; together with his wife Ondrea he devotedly serves those who stand on the threshold of death. In this book he has brought together all the spheres of his competence and created a work of classic resonance.
As Elisabeth Kübler-Ross says, "Stephen's work is magic; few people I know are able to work so skillfully and lovingly…"