Light Beyond the Darkness: The Healing of a Suicide Across the Threshold of Death

By Dore Deverell

Dor Deverell's son Richard had led a difficult life, plagued by physical and mental illness and depression. When he committed suicide at the age of thirty-six, Dor was naturally devastated, suffering the intense anguish of a mother's loss. But she was determined to seek for healing and reconciliation.

This book is the first-hand account of how Dor Deverell made contact with Richard after his death. Encountering the work of the spiritual teacher Rudolf Steiner, she discovered methods by which she could communicate with her son's spirit. Suicides, she learnt, often experience great suffering and regret as a consequence of their premature death. However, Dor was taught how to alleviate Richard's pain and, finally, to metamorphose it. These practical steps are described here in an accessible way to aid anybody who finds themselves in a similar tragic situation.

In the unexpected conclusion to this extraordinary tale, Dor finds the person who, she believes, embodies Richard's reincarnated soul. Her work is rewarded with new hope, and Richard's soul is given a chance to learn and develop on earth once again.

Light beyond the Darkness is a gripping account of love, despair, death and resurrection. Its central message--that, through the spirit, light overcomes dark--is a heartwarming confirmation of spiritual reality.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1902636198
• ISBN13: 9781902636191
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Clairview Books
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Light Beyond the Darkness, How I Healed My Suicide Son After

Dore Deverell has written a remarkable book describing both her and her son Richard's transformtion and healing after he committed suicide. This book shows how, through diligence and faith, spiritual darkness can be transmuted into wisdom, energy and new life. An eloquent and straightforward narrative tells a story in two parts: a painful, oppressive life in suburban Los Angeles spanning decades, and, after a turning point coinciding with Richard's tragic death, a spiritual path, realized and fortified through anthroposophy, the modern wisdom and spiritual-scientific methods hearlded by Dr. Rudolf Steiner (1861 - 1925).