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Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii PART ONE: THE GRIEVING HEART Chapter 1: The Night Raiders 3 Chapter 2: The Wounds They Inflict 17 Chapter 3: Insights Essential to Healing 31 PART TWO: REGENERATING THE HEART Chapter 4: Shiva: The Habitat of Healing 43 Chapter 5: The Conflicting Agenda of Healing 61 Chapter 6: The Healing Rituals 81 Chapter 7: Man Comforts, God Consoles 103 Chapter 8: Unconventional Truths of Mourning 117 PART THREE: MAKING WHOLE THE FRAGMENTED SOUL Chapter 9: A Cosmic Specialness 139 Chapter 10: The Promise of Jewish Spirituality 151 Chapter 11: The World Beyond the Grave 161 PART FOUR: MAKING A FUTURE, NOT SETTLING FOR ONE Chapter 12: Searching for a Usable Future 189 Chapter 13: Striving for an Exceptional Future 211 Chapter 14: “You Have Transformed My Mourning 235 into Dancing” WORDS FOR A LOSS, WHEN AT A LOSS FOR WORDS Palliatives: Words That Soothe 258 Traditional Farewells 260 Problematic Farewells 268 Parables: Spiritual Wisdom from Everyday Episodes 272 Portraits: A Gallery of Unforgettable Paintings 281 Pearls: Meditations from the Deep 290 ix Platitudes: When Sympathy Turns to Banality 305 Peccadilloes: Wrong Advice, Generously Offered 312 A Parting Consolation 318 Notes 319 Index 335 x  Contents ...

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