Psychopomp

The psychopomp is a mediator between the unconscious and conscious realms. ❋ William Harryman (2007)

We have seen that the original werewolf, howling in the wintry blast, is a kind of psychopomp, or leader of departed souls; he is the wild ancestor of the death-dog, whose voice under the window of a sick-chamber is even now a sound of ill-omen. ❋ Unknown (1872)

Death is sometimes portrayed in fiction and occultism as angel of death (note that the name "Azrael" does not appear in any versions of either the psychopomp is a spirit, deity, or other being whose task is to conduct the souls of the recently dead into the afterlife. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As psychopomp is a critical role of my personal and professional shamanic path, I'm often approached by those who want me to communicate with deceased loved ones. ❋ Kelley Harrell (2011)

Depp (although I continue to love him unreservedly) was the weakest of them: Jack Sparrow as psychopomp. ❋ Deliasherman (2010)

Hermes is the traveller who moves between worlds and was also thought of as a psychopomp. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If you were to speak to a Jungian psychologist, a psychopomp would be described as the mediator between the conscious and unconscious minds. ❋ Laura Bickle (2010)

A psychopomp is actually a "conductor of souls" - gods who lead human souls through the after-world. ❋ Jan (2009)

Turms is mentioned as a psychopomp, but otherwise I could not find any Charun related texts*. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This one does actually have a musical to go with it -- Nowhere Town, my gay punk Orpheus story featuring Jack, Puck and a bundle of other splinters of my schizoid unconscious, including a sorta Tom Waits meets Alex Harvey psychopomp called Chorus, who sings this at the end of Act One. ❋ Hal Duncan (2005)

Although, in Jungian psychology, the psychopomp and healer go together in form of the shaman: ❋ William Harryman (2007)

I would add that the therapist/psychopomp must also be able to guide a client into the realm of the soul, safely, and help them acclimate to the energies and experiences such a "soul reclamation" entails. ❋ William Harryman (2007)

Maybe he's dead, this is his personal Hell and she's some sort of psychopomp leading him a merry dance through it. ❋ Hal Duncan (2005)

We forget that the husband carrying his wife over the threshold symbolizes a psychopomp carrying the soul to another world – hopefully a paradise where the couple will be “happy ever afterwards.” ❋ Jeff (2005)