Book Description | Ever since man stepped on the earth and faced what no other being has faced - the realization that he will one day become a lifeless corpse - he has been trying hard to work out the best way to deal with the corpses he will one day be.
In this book, Caitlin Doty, the undertaker and cremation worker, travels the country and tells us the latest and first in the field of dealing with dead bodies, and describes human motives in dealing with dead bodies, which ranged from mere honoring to communicating with the dead and integrating with the ecosystem to which we belong. mechanism
This book is a unique blend of art travels in search of wonders, depressing biographies, gripping anecdotes, unique information, and cognitive shock therapy for everyone who is used to one way of dealing with dead bodies, and a commitment to avoid death and the dead and talking about them. In this book, you will learn how some women scientists invented an “environmentally friendly” method of burial, the difficulties of traditional cremation, how the Tibetans bury their dead in the sky, and why the vultures refrained from eating the corpses of the followers of Zoroaster in the Tower of Silence. |