Death and the afterlife

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Title

Death and the afterlife

Description

An exploration of the rituals, beliefs, art, and mythology humans have used to understand death and the afterlife examines a wide range of practices and traditions--Mexico's Day of the Dead, Victorian funeral customs, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the burial of Pharoahs, cryonics, and ideas from the Bible--to show a variety of human responses to death.

Creator

Brian Innes

Publisher

New York : St. Martin's Press

Date

1999

Table Of Contents

The Bourn from which no traveller returns -- Myths of mortality and death -- Unnatural death -- The rituals of death -- In memoriam -- Life after death -- Their spirits are with us -- The unquiet dead -- Visions of heaven and hell.

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Original Format

Book

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Citation

Brian Innes, “Death and the afterlife,” Humanities Hub, accessed December 13, 2024, https://humanitieshub.sdsu.edu/omeka/items/show/2011.