Pagan Death Survey

[pt_tangles]

I found it through reading The Wild Hunt or if you prefer the_wildhunt (about something completely unrelated). It is a survey of the end of life and death wishes of Pagans. I am not sure if anyone is interested, but I figured I would post the link just in case (I am kind of addicted to surveys).

http://www.circlesanctuary.org/endoflifesurvey/

--Phae

Comments

[desree42.livejournal.com]

Beh. It conflates wicca/nature worshipper/pagan so much that I would be pretty surprised if the results were very helpful or an accurate slice of pagans.

What's the saying? Ask 20 witches how to do something and you'll get 30 answers? I just hope they keep in mind that pagans are people too, treat me with respect and discretion and I'll be a pretty happy dying camper.

[pt_tangles]

That is mostly what I said in their little text boxes. That and 'don't preach at me when I am down' ... I know a lot of folks seem to think that that is a good idea, but I find it *really* distasteful.

--Phae

[elf]

I pushed diversity & individualism a lot in my answers--kept pointing out that what's good for one pagan may not be what another wants. Made sure my own preferences, when they asked about them, were weird enough that they'd have to seriously think about what kind of "trend" info they're gathering. (My chosen method of body disposal is soup a la Stranger in a Strange Land. Which I know is illegal, and not gonna happen, and so I mentioned that too.)

I also mentioned that most pagans aren't going to expect the staff to know or understand their beliefs--what they expect is respect and consideration, and a willingness to accept their preferences once they've been stated.

And that many pagans find comfort in images that many Christians think are grotesque or macabre. I thought that was worth mentioning--that yes, the witchy person may actually *want* her deathbed to be surrounded with skulls and pictures of rotting corpses.