Going The Scientific Route
Have you ever considered leaving your body to medical science? As discussion of death becomes more open in our society, it has become a topic of discussion for those still alive – donating their bodies to further medical science. This new openness throws up new value sets, preferences and opinions that are challenging traditions. This [...]
Death Midwives
I came across an interesting piece in the Los Angeles Times, about a lady following a profession labeled ‘Death Midwife’. Bad name, I know and no doubt designed to put others off the path that she has chosen to trail blaze, I don’t know who coined it, but don’t let it put you off, this [...]
How Do Other People Do It?
I’ve said before that I lived in Saudi Arabia for a while and admired the speed at which a burial took place, requiring the dearly departed to be 6 foot under by sunset or at the outside within 24 hours. So how do other religions do it?
Well, Muslims wrap their deceased in a white shroud [...]
Go And Rot
So you’ve mulled it over and thought out all the options and somehow nothing appeals. Being buried always has that horrible thought, what if I wasn’t dead and woke up from my coma 6 foot under. It reminds me of a Hitchcock film where a woman is imprisoned and realises that the old Janitor, who [...]
Explosion At Sea
A 30 year veteran of the Royal Navy has been buried at sea via a torpedo. The ex-Navy Diver was given this honour thanks to his long service and was fired out of a sub and detonated. Spectators saw a huge spray erupt from the sea and his wife said it was what he would [...]
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