I first wrote about the Yarauvi project two years ago, but given the current problems in the region it seems especially relevant, and worth re-visiting.
July 21, 2014 | Blog
The Dead Sea Necropolis of the Future
Posts By: caitlin
Enon Chapel: London’s Victorian Golgotha
Order member Carla Valentine (yes, her real name) is Technical Curator of Barts Pathology Museum in London, responsible for the conservation of 5000 human anatomical specimens. She blogs the nefarious connections between sex and death at The Chick and the Dead.
June 30, 2014 | Blog
At Last! Your Death Acceptance Reading List
Bless their morbid souls, Order members Bess Lovejoy (author of Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses) and Megan Rosenbloom (co-founder of Death Salon) put together a list of deathy books for all manner of death interests. By no means does it include all the glorious options, but I’ve read most of these and fully approve. Accept no substitutes!
June 18, 2014 | Blog
The (Not Really So Very) Incorrupt Corpses
Roving relic hunter (and brand new Order member!) Elizabeth Harper is back to set us straight on the allegedly non-composing wunderkinds of Roman Catholicism- the incorrupt corpses. See more from her recent adventures in Rome and Mexico City on All the Saints You Should Know.
June 5, 2014 | Blog
Real American Death Hero: Tyrone Muhammad
Real American Death Heroes is an interview series by Order member Sarah Wambold, focusing on people making compelling commentary on the death space in America. Read the other pieces in the series here and here.
June 2, 2014 | Blog
The Dreaded Purple Cow of Death
Why death suppression simply doesn’t work.
May 8, 2014 | Blog
What’s in a Mortician’s Purse?
Sometimes you have to do ridiculous s&$t for the death awareness revolution.
May 4, 2014 | Videos
Needed: Good Death Spaces
“A home for deathlings, a home of our own, under a rock or under a stone.”
April 22, 2014 | Blog
Consider the Putridarium
Sant’Andrea delle Frate is one of those jaw-dropping 17th century basilicas in Rome. It has angels by Bernini, a campanile by Borromini, and a room full of corpse toilets in the crypt.
April 17, 2014 | Blog
Real American Death Hero: Brent Hendricks
Real American Death Heroes is an interview series by Order member Sarah Wambold, focusing on people making compelling commentary on the death space in America. Read the first piece in the series here.
April 9, 2014 | Blog
Nobody Has (Or Will) Say That Facing Death is Easy
Recently, a follower of the Order made a comment to the effect of “it’s wrong for you to make it seem like working with death is easy.” Easy? Record-skip. No. Dear god…
April 1, 2014 | Blog
Ask a Mortician- Necrophilia
Everyone benefits from rational educational exposure to taboo topics!
March 27, 2014 | Videos