Steps of the Death Rites 
Death is the ultimate journey of liberation. We want to complete our unfinished business and be prepared to enter infinity. We want to take the steps to journey home as cleanly as possible. Shortly before death, the doorway between the worlds opens. The shaman believes that forty hours after the last breath this portal shuts down. The soul then has to travel through all the planes where those who have not died consciously go to purge.
In Western culture there are not many maps for after we die. Most of these maps have been built on brief visits during near death experiences. The shamans of Tibet and the Americas have mapped the landscape beyond death in great detail.
Remember that dying represents the loss of our job, our husband, our wife, our friends, our family, our house, and the loss of everything that we know. It is complete deconstruction.
The easy steps described in this next section—recapitulation, forgiveness, chakra cleansing, and the Great Death Rites are the shamanic rituals which allow us to die consciously.
In the steps below we recommend you work in sacred space.
Recapitulation and Forgiveness
Cleansing of Chakras
Death Rites to go on the journey