The Wild Edge of Sorrow

By Francis Weller,

Book cover of The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

Book description

"It blew me away. I underlined things on nearly every page." —Anderson Cooper, All There Is

The Wild Edge of Sorrow offers hope and healing for a profoundly fractured world—and a pathway home to the brightness, pains, and gifts of being alive.

Introducing the 5 gates of grief, psychotherapist Francis…

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1 author picked The Wild Edge of Sorrow as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love this book because it has so many wonderful rituals to support grief tending. As Francis Weller trained with Malidoma and Sobonfu Somé, who I am deeply influenced by, reading this book feels like another transmission from these elders.

The language is poetic and soothing. This book was a dear companion to me on my journey with grief. 

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