Music thanatologists are specially trained musicians (often using the harp and voice) that don’t ‘entertain’, but instead stay by someone’s bedside, who if wishing music, kind of ‘sends them peacefully out of this world’. The harp is used as it’s a very portable and gentle instrument, which has resonance to end with a gentle taper, towards restful silence.
Harpists may like to know of these vegan harp strings, not made with animal gut.
Music thanaologists can help to ease physical symptoms too, like pain and restlessness, sleeplessness and laboured breathing. It can also help to relieve emotions common near death like anger, fear, sadness and grief.
The harp led the angels to us that day, and provided us calm and peace, in such a distressing time. We were enriched with comfort. Family of a patient (Sacred Flight)
