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He dies.
She dies.
Everybody dies.
Most pursue magic to avoid this inevitability or at least control the circumstances of said demise. Most priests on the other hand respond to their calling because we are unlike the magician and alchemist, resigned to this change. Yet not so differently we too seek to exert the most control over the outcome.
But what is death, and what does it mean to be dead? Most modern conversations about it present it as both a good and bad thing. It's terrible to die but after you die you _________________ or go to ____________________ and get ______________________ for all eternity.
Now I chose Vodou because it advances the view that humans are spirits incarnate and that death is a change of that spirit's circumstances; a rhythmic rising and falling until the spirit's purpose has been fulfilled or a failure so complete has befallen it as to render the spirit irredeemable.
What is your relationship to death, dying, and the dead?
What are you when you're dead and what becomes of your relationship with the living?
How does this idea that you hold to be true impact your everyday behavior?
She dies.
Everybody dies.
Most pursue magic to avoid this inevitability or at least control the circumstances of said demise. Most priests on the other hand respond to their calling because we are unlike the magician and alchemist, resigned to this change. Yet not so differently we too seek to exert the most control over the outcome.
But what is death, and what does it mean to be dead? Most modern conversations about it present it as both a good and bad thing. It's terrible to die but after you die you _________________ or go to ____________________ and get ______________________ for all eternity.
Now I chose Vodou because it advances the view that humans are spirits incarnate and that death is a change of that spirit's circumstances; a rhythmic rising and falling until the spirit's purpose has been fulfilled or a failure so complete has befallen it as to render the spirit irredeemable.
What is your relationship to death, dying, and the dead?
What are you when you're dead and what becomes of your relationship with the living?
How does this idea that you hold to be true impact your everyday behavior?