Notes from the Open House Melbourne, Design + Death Beyond the Grave Memorialisation Symposium yesterday at the Shrine of Remembrance.
The truth about scattering cremated remains: why ashes don’t return to the earth naturally – The Modern Mortician
I’ve studied the history of death. I know how we can better face up to our grief – and our own mortality – The Guardian BOOK: No Ordinary Deaths – A People’s History of Mortality, by Molly Conisbee Booktopia.
Funeral Foods From Around the World – You Tube Mourning in the early 19th century: making funerals biscuits – YouTube
The next ELM Peer Support Group meeting for those affected by suicide loss will be held tonight: Mon 26 May, 6-7:30pm at The Castlemaine Safe Space. Monthly meetings on the final Monday of each month. Info: 0404 468 534 e: theelmpsg@gmail.com
Dhelkaya Health invites family members, friends, staff and the wider community to our Annual Memorial Service to remember and give thanks for the lives of patients, residents and clients of Dhelkaya Health who died between 1 Dec 2023 - 30 Nov 2024. The service will be held in the auditorium at Dhelkaya Health's Castlemaine campus tomorrow, Tues 27 May. Arrive at 6.30pm for a 7pm. More info: 5471 3542.
Grief and Creative Practice with Chloe Coelho, presented by AHFA. Wed 28 May, 7-8.30pm AEST. Register HERE.
Departures and Dissolution – a meditation on death & dying. Free 3-hour experiential workshop with John Bradley, engaging Buddhist philosophy and coming to terms with death as essential lo living life fully. Sun 29 Jun, 4:45-8pm AEST. Hosted by The MIECAT Institute Inc Fitzroy. Book HERE. Mandala, Dancing in the Bardo exhibition - VIMEO
TRACKS: Opa-Loka – Hawkwind / Begger’s Need – electric citizen