Irene Weinberg and her beloved husband Saul were driving home when their SUV went into a skid, flipped multiple times, and careened off the road. Irene, severely injured, knew instantly her husband was dead. That day began a new chapter in Saul and Irene’s centuries long love affair that transcends both time and place.
Artist Daniel Ortega mixes the cremated remains of humans and animals with hemp, ash, stone and other organic materials to create stunningly beautiful paintings and backlit keepsake vaults. He does not smoke his work ~ he is on a natural high!
In Part Two of my interview with Kat the Wiccan Mortician, we discuss slow medicine, which is the latest trend in taking back control from the medical machine, her vision for a natural burial ground in Alaska, death doulas, human compositing, and a whole bunch of other interesting things you can only talk about with a lovely and intelligent person. You won’t be bored!
Kinky sex? Blood sacrifices? Boiling children? Sorry. Not here! True, Kat is Wiccan, but there is a lot more to learn about that ancient spirituality than what you might have heard from the myths of childhood fables and stories. Kat brings a fresh, unique perspective to life, death, and the in-between.
Where is there a secret Russian naval base? Why is there a drone over my house and black SUVs outside? What’s a Chinese urn? And finally, how can we keep the remains of a loved one beautifully? Find out from Irina Jordan of Artisurn.
I recorded this interview with Jon Underwood in 2014. He was then, and always will be to me, one of the most gentle, kind, and compassionate people I ever had the honor to know. I admire his work greatly. As the founder of the Death Cafe, Jon encouraged people around the world to discuss, over tea and cake, life, the finality of life and why we fear it. John passed away in 2017.
