Fiona had no funeral. Instead she donated her body to train a new generation of doctors.
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Universal Humanism
Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, soil to soil
It’s time to rewrite the Book of Common Prayer.
Dust to Dust
Most of us will be cremated when we die, so the business of reducing a body to ash has become an industrial one.
Earth to Earth
If you want to return to the elements, natural burial is the way to go.
Ashes to Ashes
Cremation only became legal thanks to an 84-year-old man who was nearly lynched for trying to burn the body of his infant son.
Prue & Danny’s Death Road Trip
The debate about Assisted Dying has been going on for a long time now.
Soil to Soil
It took thousands of years before we replaced ‘earth to earth’ with ‘ashes to ashes’. Now it’s time for ‘soil to soil’.
Compassion in Dying
A good life should end with a good death.
What made you decide to become a humanist celebrant?
Most of us are more afraid of speaking in public than we are of dying, and what Lyeona did was extraordinary.
Hannah & Kees’s Humanist Wedding at the Byre at Inchyra
Making your own ceremony together is not just emotionally wonderful – it is priceless.