Candi Cann (academic, poetry lover, coffee swiller) researching and tweeting all things #death and #memorialization from a religious and popular perspective.
What can we learn from the death of the #Queen?
The world has watched her live through the process of #OrdinaryDying, and yet dying went unspoken, un-named.
Let's notice what nobody mentioned: we all saw the Queen going through the stages of ordinary dying.
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Hey everyone! Be sure to RSVP to join us for this amazing event with Anthym and the Global Wellness Institute’s Dying Well Initiative! lnkd.in/gGiWpfsW
Good article including input from long time CDAS friend and colleague @CandiCann on when wishes of the deceased person and those organising the funeral don't tally nextavenue.org/honoring-thos…
Super excited to share this Patheos film on death and dying that I participated in. “A Good Goodbye” is the third film in a series on death and dying: youtu.be/qeR4BpVoqBg
I have reviewed @CandiCann 's book Dying to Eat for @allegra_lab which has an interesting collection of essays that explore the multifaceted relationship between food and death. Thanks to the editorial team for all the support.
“📷: The Capela dos Ossos in Évora, Portugal was built by Franciscan monks. An estimated 5,000 corpses were exhumed and to decorate the walls of the chapel. The bones came from ordinary people who were buried in Évora's medieval cemeteries".
Repost via The School of Death Berlin