References for Central Houston's September 2024 Death Cafe
A write up of Central Houston’s Monthly Death Cafe - September 2024
Central Houston's September 2024 Death Cafe
We were so happy to be hosted by Omega House Hospice in Montrose this month! Over 20 folks were in attendance, from all ages and walks of life. What an incredible group and conversation together.
Below you can find links to various things mentioned during the dialogue:
Local events and groups:
- Houston Zen Center: Preparing for Your Own Death class:
https://houstonzen.org/classes/preparing-for-your-own-death-1
- Texas A&M University Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care Center:
https://vetmed.tamu.edu/stevenson-center/
Books
- Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying by Ram Dass
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39346786-walking-each-other-home?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_23
- 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying: How to Nurture What Really Matters by Karen M. Wyatt
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53922989-7-lessons-for-living-from-the-dying
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes / Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs / From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50628396-smoke-gets-in-your-eyes-will-my-cat-eat-my-eyeballs-from-here-to-ete
- The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61214136-the-collected-regrets-of-clover
- The Measure by Nikki Erlick
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58884736-the-measure
- Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56769575-stiff?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=y2mq0EL51m&rank=2
- Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life by Jessica Zitter
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31581286-extreme-measures
- The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments by Hadley Vlahos
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63033521-the-in-between?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=WV3YAJQvVP&rank=1
- Life Between Lives: Hypnotherapy for Spiritual Regression by Michael Newton
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140108.Life_Between_Lives
- Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World by Perdita Finn
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127482462-take-back-the-magic
- Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity by Christopher Ryan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28596619-civilized-to-death?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=1ayCz2OD54&rank=1
- Lucid Dying: The New Science Revolutionizing How We Understand Life and Death by Sam Parnia
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203163885-lucid-dying
- Ecclesiastes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes
- "Morphine" by Heinrich Heine https://allpoetry.com/poem/8522783-Morphine-by-Heinrich-Heine
- Mourning Song by Joyce Landorf Heatherley
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/554781.Mourning_Song
- The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7170627-the-emperor-of-all-maladies
- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25899336-when-breath-becomes-air
Film & TV:
- Various films about Dr. Jessica Zitter:
https://www.jessicazitter.com/films
Misc:
- Death Doulas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_midwife
- Final Exit Network: https://finalexitnetwork.org/
- Green Burial movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_burial
https://www.greenburialcouncil.org/
- Texas Death with Dignity: https://texasdeathwithdignity.org/
- Texas MOST form (Medical Order for Scope of Treatment): https://dffw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MOST-form.pdf
- Eckhart Tolle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckhart_Tolle
- David Benatar and antinatalism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Benatar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinatalism
- Maranasati: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mara%E1%B9%87asati
- Joan Halifax: https://www.joanhalifax.org/
- Various Joan Halifax meditations on death available on Youtube including:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEnAPiOcziM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxKV1Zi7TcA
- Caitlin Doughty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitlin_Doughty
- Jessica Zitter: https://www.jessicazitter.com/
- Jeffrey Kripal: https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/jeffrey-j-kripal
-"How to Think Impossibly" https://jeffreyjkripal.com/
- University of Arizona Lab for Advances in Consciousness & Health VERITAS research program into mediums: https://lach.arizona.edu/veritas-research-program
- Near-Death Experience Research Foundation (a place to share about a death experience):
https://nderf.org/
- The Art of Dying Certificate in Thanatology course: https://www.1spirit.org/thanatology
- Phone App: InsightTimer (includes death meditations): https://insighttimer.com/
Looking forward to the next time,
Stephanie
Comments
Stephanie,
I just wanted to thank you for taking notes during the discussion, and then processing/collating/linking all of this immense amount of information. It’s a huge job, and very much appreciated.
Thank you for all you do!
Posted by Jean
Thank you so much, Stephanie!
I agree with Jean —thank you for compiling all of this and organizing all of the meetings’ logistics —we know it is very time-consuming and appreciate you!
Posted by Estelle
The Nine Contemplations of Death, Guided Meditation
It is based on Atisha’s 9 ciontemplations & Joan Halifax’s work.
https://youtu.be/AMu7rnq6AdQ
Posted by Estelle
Thank you very much, Stephanie - and Estelle!
Trusting that these write-ups will be posted definitely helps me to be more present during our Death Cafes.
Posted by Richard