'What my terminal cancer diagnosis taught me about life'
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If you could choose your own epitaph, what would you want it to say? 🪦
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My husband always dreamed of distant oceans. With a volunteer crew, I gave him a sailor’s farewell
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Dead Poet Carried by a Centaur, by Gustave Moreau, c. 1890
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Native American (Navajo) Beliefs About Death and Superstitions 🪶
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Mortician Answers Dead Body Questions From Twitter 💀
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Why Thinking About Death Helps You Live a Better Life 💀
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Exploring what actually happens to the body in the Spanish burial niche 🇪🇸 🪦
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Eat Pray Love author Elizabeth Gilbert on leaving her marriage for a dying friend: ‘She said, Let’s just live balls to the wall until I die!’
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Figure of Death, by Hans Leinberger, c. 1520 (boxwood carving)
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Calls to change Victoria's 'outdated' burial laws to allow for owners to be laid to rest with their pets
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Life after death? A wave of states move to legalize human composting.
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The deceased arrives at the mortuary 💀
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My life will be short. So on the days I can, I really live.
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🌿 September Reiki Healing Request Megathread – Please Read Before Posting
A professional space where verified reiki practitioners can support each other & list their businesses in our directory. A place where prospective reiki students can find a reiki master teacher they vibe with. A place where those seeking reiki sessions can find a verified practitioner & learn how a professional reiki session should go, what should & should never happen, and how to avoid getting scammed by fake healers or grifters. Join requests must explain why you'd like to join us.
Death playing chess, by Albertus Pictor, c. 1480 (monumental painting)
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Who Wants to Live Forever? 🎵 Beautiful version with Andrea Bocelli & Brian May. This song is frequently voted as the top pick of songs people want played at their funerals.
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A tomb that's been retrofitted as a residence. City of the Dead, Cairo, Egypt 🇪🇬 💀
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A 97-Year-Old Philosopher Faces His Own Death 💀
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Rupert Sheldrake discusses his study on end of life experiences in animals
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What Happens When US Navy Sailors Have A Burial in the Middle Of The Sea ? 🇺🇸 ⚓️
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Cemetery Etiquette: Why Walking on Graves is So Controversial (Even Today)
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The Kiss of Death, by Jaume Barba, c. 1930, Poblenou Cemetery (Barcelona, Spain)
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