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Composting Bodies Is Now Legal in a Dozen States: Honoring Earth Day with a new kind of return to nature -
“Hand to Earth” by Andy Goldsworthy: Goldsworthy’s work using natural, found resources can serve as inspiration for incorporating art into loss -
Trans Remembrance Project Provides a Community of Grieving: Online shrine offers commiseration, resources and hope around the world
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Author Archives: Oz Litvac (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
Author Jorge Luis Borges on Time and Death
The Argentinian writer believed that life and death are, perhaps, all a dream
Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges had an interesting perspective on time and death. He also had an amazing talent and tendency to nail a truth down in one to three sentences. So precise with words was Borges, that he managed … Continue reading
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged Death, Death Quotes, Dreams, Immortality, Jorge Luis Borges, Life Quotes, Literature, Quotes, The Next Chapter
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What Is a Sea Burial? An Interview with Captain Brad White
A new look at the old tradition of burials at sea
Captain Brad White is the founder of New England Burials At Sea – also known as National Burials At Sea – which is used by the Navy, EPA and many funeral homes across America. New England Burials At Sea is an innovative and contemporary way … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged ash scattering, Burials at Sea, Green Burial, New England, New England Burials at Sea, Professional Advice, Sea Burial, Sea Burials
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What Is a Sea Burial? An Interview with Captain Brad White
“I’m Going Away” by Walter Hawkins
A soulful funeral gospel and choir memorial song
You don’t have to be a church-gower to appreciate this song. The lyrics and music create a nostalgic atmosphere of a celebration in grievance of the loss of a loved one. There is a clear indication that the person … Continue reading
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged Choir song, Death and Dying, Funeral Songs, I'm Going Away, Music, Right of Passage, Walter Hawkings
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What Is The Centre for Living with Dying Program? An Interview with Janet Childs
The Director of Education at the Centre for Living with Dying program on grieving the loss of a loved one
Janet Childs is the Director of Education and Critical Incident Stress Response at the Centre for Living with Dying program. She works specifically within the Bill Wilson Center, a nonprofit located in the San Francisco Bay Area that is dedicated … Continue reading
“Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.”
-Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged A Right of Passage, Death, Langston Hughes, Life, Poem, Poems about Death, Poems about Life, Quotes, Quotes about Death
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Afterlife Beliefs in Africa
Traditional African perspectives on afterlife and burial
In some traditional African perspectives on afterlife and burial, it is believed that the dead are nearer to a “singular supreme being” than the living. Certain afterlife beliefs in Africa hold that reward and punishment are experienced in this life … Continue reading
