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The Wild Edge of Sorrow

Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

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The Wild Edge of Sorrow

By: Francis Weller, Thomas Hübl - introduction, Michael Lerner - introduction
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 Hope and healing for a profoundly fractured world—a pathway home to the brightness, pains, and gifts of being alive

The bestselling book on grief and loss from psychotherapist Francis Weller: “One of the best books on grief I have ever read. … It helped me turn to and understand my grief in ways I never had before. It has helped me feel alive again.” —Anderson Cooper

Profoundly moving, beautifully written, The Wild Edge of Sorrow is a balm for the soul and a necessary salve for moving together through difficult times. Grounded in ritual and connection, this book welcomes each grief with care and attention, opening us to the feelings, experiences, and sacred knowledge that connect us to each other and ultimately make us whole.

Psychotherapist Francis Weller introduces the 5 gates of grief, helping us come to terms with grief and loss within a culture so fundamentally detached from the needs of the soul.
  • The first gate recognizes that everything we love, we will lose. Here, we meet the pain of losing a loved one; the grief of illness; and the tender invitation to touch the depths of our losses and loves

  • The second gate helps us uncover the places that have not yet known love: our secret shames, our shadow sids, and the neglected pieces of our soul that need restoration and care.

  • The third gate meets us at the immense sorrows of the world

  • The fourth gate, what we expected but did not receive, offers wisdom for tending our wholeness after the love, care, and validation we need are withheld

  • The fifth gate opens to our ancestral grief: the traumas, pains, losses, and unrealized dreams of those who came before us.
With grief rituals, reflection prompts, and deep, ageless wisdom, The Wild Edge of Sorrow is a genre-defining invitation to healing and renewal. Weller helps us rediscover wilwhat modernity has made us forget…and reconnects us to our most profound and human yearnings. Less a self-help volume than a blessing, this book is a homecoming for the soul. Grief & Loss Personal Development Relationships Spirituality Grief Solar System
All stars
Most relevant
highly recommended, its certianly challenged my thinking in a positive and thoughtful way. loved it

sensational

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I found this book to be a captivating opportunity to recognise grief in all its many forms as a universal experience for us all. I like the rituals and I would have liked to have access to them in written form. The literary and professional references were illuminating and valuable.

Deep & meaningful

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Don’t let the narrator put you off this immensely valuable book. It explains how grief is not limited to death but involves the loss friendship, childhood, support and understanding. It offers rituals and practices to allow emotions to become unstuck and move through us to make room for joy.

Mandatory reading…

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Thorough complex knowledge. Such a valuable listen. One line sentences would completely resonate and connect with my own personal journey. Will listen to it again and have already recommended this book to others in their own journey of recovery.

Intense valuable resonating knowledge

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I will be immediately listening to this beautiful book again. Filled with profound wisdom, it will be a great resource in my counselling and psychotherapy rooms.

Profound

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I have read this book three times now, many times stopping to re-listen to parts. So many sentences offer the most profound utterances, I can contemplate one line deep in my being for an age. This book speaks to my soul like no other book has ever done. It has accompanied me on my apprenticeship with sorrow since I began over one year ago, and I continue to use it as a resource and a comfort when my sorrow feels all-encompassing and I feel that I can’t go on. I’m deeply grateful to Francis Weller for his beautiful prose, and pioneering work into the darkness where grief abounds. Thank you Francis, for giving me a roadmap to tackle my overwhelming pain.

My favourite book 💜💔🖤

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What a beautiful and thoughtful book about sorrow, grief and the value of love in life. Thank you for this beautiful book.

Poetic and practical

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