Forward By NikiAnne Feinberg of Earthaven Ecovillage Introduction The Song that Death Taught Us to Sing--Together Section I: Restoring Death's Wisdom Intro: When Death Becomes the Enemy Chapter 1: The Queen of Death Chapter 2: The Loss of Death's Wisdom Chapter 3: Death as Teacher, Death as Gift Chapter 4: Getting to Know Death Chapter 5: How Nature Sees Death Chapter 6: Where Death Still Belongs: Wisdom from Intact Cultures Section II: The Villagers Guide to Death & Dying Intro: Keeping Company with Death Chapter 1: Setting the Stage for Dying Together--The Ecovillage Context Chapter 2: Walking Each Other Home--Kimchi's Dying Process Chapter 3: Caring for Our Own at Death--Sage's Story Chapter 4: Intimate Farewells--Reimagining Wakes & Vigils Chapter 5: Honoring Our Beloved--Creating an Authentic Funeral Chapter 6: Returning the Vessel--From Form to Earth Chapter 7: The Healing Potential of Shared Loss--Community Practices for Grieving Section III: Befriending Death by Preparing to Die Intro: Learning to Die Before You Die Chapter 1: Planning Your Departure--The Essentials of External Preparation Chapter 2: The Case for Minimal Intervention--Why Less is More at the End of Life Chapter 3: The Right To Die Chapter 4: Turning Inward -- The Foundations of Internal Preparation Chapter 5: Courting the Infinite -- Finding Our Source Chapter 6: The Many Faces of Death--Archetypes as Allies Chapter 7:Cultivating the Qualities of a Good Death Chapter 8: Embodied Practices--Contemplation, Mindfulness, & Movement Chapter 9: Exploring Entheogens--Death Practice through Medicine Journeys Section IV: Following the Breadcrumbs She Leaves For Us Intro: Skeleton Woman Chapter 1: Anatomy of Our Transformation Chapter 2: Find the Village, Build the Village, Die in the Village Chapter 3: Nurturing the Emerging Village Chapter 4: From Caregivers to Careteams-Tuning into the Medicine of Death Chapter 5: The Four Guiding Pillars for Community-Based Death Care Models Chapter 6: Tracking the Patterns of Belonging Epilogue: The Art of Dying.