It is difficult to imagine a more universal and personally meaningful topic for everyone than death and dying. Throughout our lives, we all lose relatives, friends, teachers and acquaintances, and in the end we are left alone with the need for our own biological end. Grof's key point is that the experience of death and rebirth - the "greatest journey" that awaits each of us - is itself a means of healing. This journey is examined in the book from all possible angles: historical, theoretical, therapeutic, scientific and philosophical. The book provides an in-depth overview of research into human consciousness that has revolutionized the understanding of death and dying, and has also opened up new approaches to working with the dying.