Near the exit: travels with the not-so-grim reaper

A tutorial in death

In the field of reeds: Egypt

God's waiting room: nursing homes

Joining the ancestors: among the Maori in New Zealand

Entering the shadowlands: hospice

Descending the nine layers: with the Aztecs and the Mayans

Crossing the Jordan: funerals

With the gurus on the mountain top: Crestone, Colorado

Resting in peace: graveyards

Welcoming sister death: Rome and Assisi.