I'm thinking about tombs and cemeteries, and the way we relate to the dead. People have a lot of different ideas about what happens after death, and who or what the dead are, and it's hardly my place to argue here for one or another of them.
But whether you think that a gravesite merely houses the mortal remains of a person, or if you think it is in some way instinct with the spiritual essence of that person, for most of them this is the primary or sole lasting memory of their existence.
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@DavidSalo Death used to be part of the family daily process. We took care of it ourselves, bringing in whomever was necessary to assist. It was a sad moment but accepted as part of the cycle. As the years have gone on we've become insulated to death. It's become a scary, foreign thing - less spiritual, less familiar, exploited by a money hungry industry.
@Graci @DavidSalo Following Graci’s comment -this is a good read. https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-undertaking-life-studies-from-the-dismal-trade_thomas-lynch/269044/item/4201892/