The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise

Author Martín Prechtel, trained in the Tzutujil Maya shamanic tradition, shares profound insights on the relationship between grief and praise in our culture–how the inability that many of us have to grieve and weep properly for the dead is deeply linked with the inability to give praise for living. Written in 2015, this book inspires hope, solace, and courage in living through our losses. In his own words, Prechtel says “Grief expressed out loud for someone we have lost, or a country or home we have lost, is in itself the greatest praise we could ever give them. Grief is praise, because it is the natural way love honors what it misses.” Find out more about Martín Prechtel and his work, visit his website https://floweringmountain.com/  

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