Cremation

When I was only ten years old, I told my mother I wanted to be a funeral director and/or embalmer when I got older. Thirteen years later, I am still saying that same phrase, but only this time it is hitting a little closer to home. I have been waiting 4,745 days to finally be able to say that I am only one year away from achieving that long term goal of mine and I could not be more excited. Although I knew exactly what I wanted to do at such young age, I did not apply to mortuary science…

All of the responsibilities of the cremation are over. My grandmother’s ashes were successfully sent back to India. I do not have any more duties towards my grandmother. I can now concentrate on studying and devote more time to studying. I sincerely hope that my disqualification appeal will…

Death is inevitable, it is a universal experience that everyone is guaranteed to experience. How we cope with death is different based on our religion, spiritual beliefs, as well as the influence of our culture. Some see death as fearful because it is the end of life in the material world. For others it can be a bit easier, some believe that it is not just the end of life, but the start to a new existence, the soul is reincarnated and the journey of a new life begins. Hinduism is a religion…

celebrity. Some find peace with it, others do not care, but the rest struggle to break from an existential crisis and feel burdened with the thought of their inevitable death. There are many options in which a corpse can be dealt, including burial and cremation, depending on the culture. Something unique to North American culture is the tradition of preserving corpses in order to exhibit them at funerals prior to burial, also referred to as embalming. Jessica Mitford, an English author and…

The disease originated in humans from the blood of the infected pig transmitted from the chef’s hands to Beth’s hands. The vector was a bat that could not return to its original habitat because Beth’s employer a mining company was destroying the trees. The bat flew into a slaughterhouse dropping the infected banana onto the floor that the pig consumed. The virus than found a viable host, the pig while the chef with bare hands stuffed the pigs mouth, he rubbed the virus onto his hands, passing…

34 Snowing Night Carried The Corpse On Back, Buried Mother In The Mountains People probably all know the story, Liangshan (梁山）heroes, dutiful son Li Kui （李逵）, carried his mother up to Liangshan mountain. Unfortunately, when Li Kui went to get water and food, hungry tigers ate his mother. Li Kui was in most of grief, and killed four tigers in one breath. But in today 's world, who knows a story about in a dark snowing night, son carried the corpse on back, buried mother in the mountains?…

few seconds, she could feel the heat radiating from the chamber. She walked over to the body and peeked under the cloth. It was a mannequin. “You must check the temperature first,” Aradia said. “Check it.” Meta slowly walked to the opening of the cremation chamber. She leaned towards it, and looked to the side of her. In that range of sight, she could see the thaumaturge in the corner of her eye. Her hands were only inches from touching her back, ready to push her in. “I don’t understand,” Meta…

alternate extremes are vague from each other, and that they are every one of the piece of the same thing. Figure 3: Symbolism of Lord Shiva (Viewed on 7th December 2015https://twitter.com/healthsite4u/status/438972025474785280) 3.3.3 TECHINICAL PERSPECTIVE The Aghori try to free themselves from the cycle of resurrection by understanding their own place inside of the supreme. They trust that they are a piece of Shiva, and at last wish to rise above from their body, or shava, to an incarnation…

At the beginning of the Roman Britain era the burial practices remained basically the same. The act of cremation had been a focal point of pre-roman life in Britain. It took precedence over inhumation even during the roman conquest, however the idea of preserving a body for burial who come to prominence as Christianity grew following the legalisation of the…

She explains her research about cremation from books written by Professor W.E.D. Evans from the University of London to gain credibility. She quotes a passage of his book, The Chemistry of Death, that explains the stages of the body burning during cremation. It States, “the skin and hair at once scorch...the abdominal contents burn slowly”. Because the professor had personally witnessed a body…