Pagan Centered Podcast – Episode 109 – Death

2009
07.13

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1:20 Main Topic: Death
2:00 Saying Goodbyes
3:30 Don’t hold back on saying something until someone (or you) is dead
4:17 Mundane planning for death
4:42 Policy numbers, access to safe deposit boxes etc. so you can access items of a dead loved one.
5:18 Make a formal will! Perhaps use Suze Orman’s kit.
5:56 Relatives frauding, fighting and stealing when there is no will.
7:13 Creamation vs. Pagan Burial (with inappropriate happy music)
14:28 Organ Donation
17:00 Living Wills
17:43 Pre-paid funerals not recommended
18:05 Choose your funeral home ahead of time
18:25 Hospitals and Living Wills (or the lack thereof)
19:30 Wills can’t just be made up suddenly and still have legal weight, must be done ahead of time
20:43 If you care for your family, plan for your death – don’t cower in fear of death
21:45 Funeral homes handling the paperwork of one’s death
22:11 How funeral homes can screw you over
29:00 Things not to buy at Wal-Mart
30:00 State-sanctioned funeral celebrants
35:15 The Gift of Grief
35:55 Organizing a Pagan death ritual and when hospitals aren’t sensitive to your religious needs
41:20 Our perspectives on the afterlife
54:22 Do we feel there is a “punishment” for those who commit suicide?
1:00:14 What if a loved one is dieing of a terminal illness?
1:02:05 Do you have any right to interfere with your loved one’s wishes because of your own views?
1:09:14 Keeping the memory alive
1:13:36 Eco-friendly funerals