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DEAD AIR #132 by The Departure

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 naturallyThe Modern Mortician

I’ve studied the history of death. I know how we can better face up to our grief – and our own mortalityThe Guardian BOOK: No Ordinary Deaths – A People’s History of Mortality, by Molly Conisbee Booktopia.

Funeral Foods From Around the WorldYou Tube Mourning in the early 19th century: making funerals biscuitsYouTube

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

DEAD AIR #111 by The Departure

Notes from the ‘Death care for the Australian LGBTQI community’ online talk (Sat 7 Dec).

d’Vine Creations Coffins - regenerative coffin weaving, NSW.

Your Path Guide partnering with Travel Managers Australia. A travel service assisting with final trips and bucket list destinations.

Online Book Talk: “Faithful Unto Death: Pet cemeteries and Animal Memorials with Writer and Photographer Dr. Paul Koudounaris” – Morbid Anatomy Museum. Fri 13 Dec, 11.30 AM AEDT (Thur 12 Dec, 8:30 PM ET/NYC time). Buy the book on Booktopia

Research Article: Becoming a Bone Buddha: Fragmenting and Remaking Death Rites in Contemporary Japan by Hannah Gould.

IN PERSON: Expiry D8, at MPavilion, Melbourne. Thu 12 Dec, 6:30-9:30 pm. Book HERE

16 Days of Activism - We Can Change the Story Loddon Mallee. Choose Respect.

Guide to assisting others struggling through the holiday season, RUOK?

TRACKS: Every Night – Paul McCartney / Lily and Parrots – Sun Kil Moon / Myrrh – The Church