Review: Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying

Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying by Ram Dass
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I received an Uncorrected Proof of this book for free from Kew & Willow as part of their rewards program. Given a choice among non-fiction, fiction, and young adult, I chose non-fiction.

While I am not a complete skeptic and have sought out meditation and mindfulness practices, I was mostly unconvinced by this book. I found the psilocybin and LSD use especially eyebrow-raising, with Ram Dass using LSD during his father's funeral.

I did appreciate how this book encourages you to think about death and approach it in a way that reduces fear. As a thirty-year-old, I don't feel particularly close to death (but who knows!), but as someone who has watched a loved one die, I definitely found many parts of this book to be relevant.

I was reminded of a friend who uses the app WeCroak, and it actually got mentioned as a recommendation in this book!

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