#funerary

[charnel-grounds]

The skull of Maria Domin, c. 1823. The Charnel House a.k.a. ‘Bone House’ in St. Michael’s Chapel in Halstatt, Austria

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[brianfrench1995]

Imperial Casket Postcard

[unbfacts]

In Laos, over 2,100 giant stone jars are spread out across a huge, grassy area. History experts say a mysterious ancient group used these heavy jars for funerals, but those people completely vanished around the year 500!

[dextedomini]

One of the eight mummies in glass-lidded coffins in the bleikeller of St. Petri Dom zu Bremen (Bremen Cathedral), Germany

[lailoken]

After a long while, I have finally been given leave to share these mourning portraits taken of a fox struck by a car close to my home. These funerary rites—and the very appearance of this dead fox—were part of a larger piece of spirit-led work, which has proved transformational for my Craft. For that reason, in part, I honor and celebrate this slain beast. Even beyond the occult aspects of it, however, I also mourn for the corporeal loss of this dear creature, and hope to honor and celebrate the memory of its life with others.

[unsung-tragedy]

[thesilicontribesman]

Prehistoric Pottery Selection, Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow, Scotland

[thegrimphantasm]

The Green-wood Cemetery - March 2024