you know, i was actually thinking about this the other day.
i can see a society in which the immediate kin/loved ones of the dead eat the body, like a funeral rite. It wouldn't have to be the whole body necessarily.
before you say it's gross, fools, consider this. those neurons in your brain have been programmed to be immediately disgusted by the thought of it, as are mine. however you were not born with even that aversion... it has much to do with how we treat death and dead bodies. However, as with any phobia or aversion, exposure would nullify the fear and disgust. See this for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposure_therapy
So what I'm saying is, we would be wired to feel differently about dead bodies, if they were not treated as disgusting, and horrifying objects. This ritual would serve as an organic goodbye to the beloved.. an organic farewell into the next realm of existence, and a meshing of ones own mortal flesh with their inevitable fate.
In todays society we prefer to keep death behind closed doors, and as a result personally sometimes I have had trouble REALizing death, that is, fully comprehending that someone is gone, organically. Somehow shaking hands and giving hugs and listening to a priest say the same impersonal scripts seems too trite for something so extremely real as death.
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you know, i was actually thinking about this the other day.
i can see a society in which the immediate kin/loved ones of the dead eat the body, like a funeral rite. It wouldn't have to be the whole body necessarily.
before you say it's gross, fools, consider this. those neurons in your brain have been programmed to be immediately disgusted by the thought of it, as are mine. however you were not born with even that aversion... it has much to do with how we treat death and dead bodies. However, as with any phobia or aversion, exposure would nullify the fear and disgust. See this for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposure_therapy
So what I'm saying is, we would be wired to feel differently about dead bodies, if they were not treated as disgusting, and horrifying objects. This ritual would serve as an organic goodbye to the beloved.. an organic farewell into the next realm of existence, and a meshing of ones own mortal flesh with their inevitable fate.
In todays society we prefer to keep death behind closed doors, and as a result personally sometimes I have had trouble REALizing death, that is, fully comprehending that someone is gone, organically. Somehow shaking hands and giving hugs and listening to a priest say the same impersonal scripts seems too trite for something so extremely real as death.