Abstract
Music-Thanatology is the use of live music, prescribed for the individual, sung and accompanied by the harp in response to the rhythm of the breath to ease pain and provide a visceral experience of the infinite at the end of life. In order to describe my personal calling to Music-Thanatology, I need to look at myself, as Rilke puts it, ‘tall and against a wide sky.’ In this way the events of my life exist as a reality, without the burden of judgement but carrying the richness of meaning.