After Life - page 13

embalming, 44, 49, 61, 83
England, mourning clothing,
53
, 60,
62–63
Epic of Gilgamesh, The
,
75
epitaph, 41, 83
eulogy, 60, 83
euthanasia, 35, 84
families: experience of death, 7,
9
;
impact of longer life span, 23;
organ and tissue donation, 32–33
feeding tube, 30, 84
feelings of loss.
See
grief
festivals, 76–77
food and water, need of, 24–25
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,
20
funeral homes, 7, 60; and
embalming, 44; as industry, 61
funeral rites, 84; ceremonies,
60–61; clothing, 53, 54; memorial
service, 61; prayers, 54–55;
processions,
56
–60; wake,
55
;
washing and dressing, 53–54
Gandhi, Mahatma, 24
garlic and vampires, 27
ghosts, 26
Gilgamesh, 75
gravestones,
24
,
41
; epitaph, 41, 83
graveyards (cemeteries),
9
,
24
,
41–42, 83
Greece, ancient: funeral rites, 45, 51,
55, 61; mythology,
12
, 15, 16,
35
;
philosophers,
13
, 34
green burial, 49, 84
grief, 84; adjusting to loss, 24,
68; death of pets, 73; getting
support, 71, 75; healing, 74–75;
Learning Through Loss website,
81; process, 68–70; and suicide,
72–73; support groups,
71
,
74
Grim Reaper,
20
Hades, 15, 84
Haida people, 51
Haiti, cultural beliefs, 27
healing after loss, 71, 74–75
hearse, 57,
60
, 84
heaven, 15, 16, 25
Hinduism, 13, 45
Hippocratic oath, 34
hospice, 9,
33
, 84
human body: basic needs, 20,
24–25; cells and aging, 19; cycle
of life, 11; decomposition, 39–41;
embalming, 44, 49, 61, 83; life
span, 19–25; mummification,
43
; preservation of, 44; and
temperature, 25
hunger, chronic, 24
immortality, 84; in mythology, 25,
63
, 75; and the soul, 13
India: cremation in, 45; funeral
dress,
54
Indigenous cultures: African, 13,
25,
57
; Australian, 51; North
American, 36, 46, 51
industrialized countries, 20, 84
Irish wake,
55
iron lung,
29
Islam, 15
Japan, Obon festival, 76, 84
Judaism, 15,
41
, 54–55, 61,
62
, 63
karma, 13, 84
Khufu, Pharaoh, 15
Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth, 69
Learning Through Loss website, 81
legal rights: to end suffering, 34–35;
living will, 32; to turn off life
support, 30
Lenin, Vladimir, 44
life: cycle of, 11, 12, 39–41;
memorials,
73
,
74
, 76
life expectancy, 19–25, 84; and basic
needs, 24–25; blue zones map,
22
;
and childhood, 23–24; and family,
23
; improvement of, 23–24;
statistics, 22–23
life span, 84; impact on families, 23;
increased, 20, 22
life support, decision to end, 30, 84
limbo, 26–27
Lincoln, Abraham, 44
living will, 32, 84
livor mortis, 40, 84
Madagascar, funeral procession,
57
mausoleums,
42
,
48
, 84
medicine: cryonic suspension, 25;
Hippocratic oath, 34; in the
Middle Ages, 21, 24; modern,
29–32; terminal illness, 33,
34–35, 85
memorial service, 61, 84
memorial tree,
73
memorials,
73
,
74
, 76
memory stones,
73
Mexico, Day of the Dead festival,
67
, 76
Middle Ages: Black Death, 21, 83;
medicine in, 21, 24
miscarriage, 24, 84
Montreal, Camp Erin®,
74
morticians.
See
undertakers
mortuary poles, 51, 84
mourning, 84; national,
58–59
;
traditions, 61–63
mummification,
43–44
, 84
music: ceremonies, 61; Irish wake,
55
; jazz funeral,
57
Muslim, burial practices, 41
mythology: ancient civilizations,
12
, 13–15, 16, 35, 36;
immortality, 25,
63
, 75;
Indigenous, 25, 36, 49; omens,
36, 84; resurrection,
12
, 49;
underworld, 13–15, 16, 75, 85
natural mummies, 44
near-death experiences, 13
New Orleans, jazz funeral,
57
New York City, candlelight vigil,
55
nirvana, 13, 84
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