On the Anxiety of Death

Pt 1: On the Need for Death Rituals

Pt 1: On the Need for Death Rituals

I’m surrounded by death. 

It’s not an intentional design—at least, not a conscious choice, so far as I’m aware. Being fascinated by religion and mythology, I find death entertained, discussed, and dissected in dozens of the books surrounding the desk at which I now sit. Some argue that it is the only topic to really tak…