tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813821665597068396.post8007615206808155921..comments2023-12-14T15:36:02.123-06:00Comments on The Daily Undertaker: Promession: A Return to the Living SoilPatrick McNallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16264369363269384639noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813821665597068396.post-83444660255430039012012-07-15T11:14:31.286-05:002012-07-15T11:14:31.286-05:00Call me a Luddite, but I'm not convinced, but ...Call me a Luddite, but I'm not convinced, but it's not my problem or choice. I don't opt for cremation, either. Personally, I'm more in the sky-burial group.<br /><br />That being said, my problem with promession (who came up with that name?) is the same as with cremation, it encourages loss of memorialization. I think memorialization is important for the continuity of a culture, ours, for example. I worry about the loss of memorialization. The same can be said for green burials and GPS locating. Doesn't work for me and I don't think works for the culture. Planting trees is all well and good, but it says nothing like a marker, especially handmade. But that's my aesthetic.<br /><br />Test tube babies and promession: are we that far from Soylent Green? Ah, but the future is interesting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274717088538425802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813821665597068396.post-4358829452601192332011-10-22T18:19:03.165-05:002011-10-22T18:19:03.165-05:00http://aardbalm.com/page--morquip.html
Aardbalm - ...http://aardbalm.com/page--morquip.html<br />Aardbalm - New Zealand distributor page.....<br />Answers abound. Questions remain.Tony Hitchcocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813821665597068396.post-5796062167094687942010-10-13T13:08:20.651-05:002010-10-13T13:08:20.651-05:00quisiera saber si en España esta regulado?quisiera saber si en España esta regulado?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813821665597068396.post-66725214305872005482010-05-23T17:50:37.477-05:002010-05-23T17:50:37.477-05:00One think is not clear for me concerning promessio...One think is not clear for me concerning promession,the place that we bury the promains.In the case that the promains are buried in cemeteries how this could be an advantage over traditional burials?,i mean if we use cemeteries again we will be facing the problem of occupying valuable land<br />best regardsmerentiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723738164004685101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813821665597068396.post-64783170467837314452009-10-11T10:21:11.204-05:002009-10-11T10:21:11.204-05:00Here is a response from Susanne Wiigh-Mäsak regard...Here is a response from Susanne Wiigh-Mäsak regarding the sea burial question. Thanks Susanne for your quick response and thoughtful reply!<br /><br />"The fact is that it could be very possible to use Promession if you wanted to be fish food as your reader ask for.<br />The remains that are left after the promator are just reshaped, metal free and dry. Everything that was the person is still there.<br />These remains have to be looked upon as a body, though, they are not broken down. The biodegrading is supposed to happen in the soil, in a casket made for this purpose.<br /><br />Any where that you are not able or allowed to lower a whole body into the sea you will probably not be able to place promated remains. <br />I would probably have supported it in limited areas if I was to give permission, but I know that it would be extremely hard to regulate. That is why we will not accept any other handling procedure than a coffin going into the soil. If you want a sea burial you have to cremate the remains after the promator to get uncritical, degraded ashes which are totally accepted in most places to spread. Ashes are not food for fishes as fire has already broken it down. This reader wants the fishes to do the breaking down, not the soil or the fire.<br />The problem with that is, if it should be something that is done here and there, then the rest of the population will probably protest or stop eating fish.<br />It is important to treat the remains and the earth with respect. Perhaps it is a bit hard for me to write about it in a language that is not my own but I hope that it is possible to understand anyway."Patrick McNallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16264369363269384639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813821665597068396.post-19563526983782638902009-10-11T08:27:38.587-05:002009-10-11T08:27:38.587-05:00Connie, That's an interesting question. I'...Connie, That's an interesting question. I'll see if Ms.Wiigh-Mäsak has an answer. Stay tuned.Patrick McNallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16264369363269384639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813821665597068396.post-24468746122768754022009-10-11T00:03:00.956-05:002009-10-11T00:03:00.956-05:00I like the idea of promession, but I'd like my...I like the idea of promession, but I'd like my remains to go into the ocean, in a form that would make them fish food. Would that be possible with promession, or would I need to try some other method?Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04958348918267270589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813821665597068396.post-64918004214306954602009-05-04T13:13:00.000-05:002009-05-04T13:13:00.000-05:00HCHO is the least of our worries
what about Prion...HCHO is the least of our worries <br />what about Prions (mad cow) (CJD)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813821665597068396.post-67714314073439588742009-03-23T20:08:00.000-05:002009-03-23T20:08:00.000-05:00Has any reader had experience with AARDBalm?http:/...Has any reader had experience with AARDBalm?<BR/>http://www.aardbalm.co.uk/<BR/>This may be one of the answers to the promession/embalming dilemma.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813821665597068396.post-15740174572829585362009-03-20T08:30:00.000-05:002009-03-20T08:30:00.000-05:00I agree that embalming and promession could be a v...I agree that embalming and promession could be a very happy marriage philosophically. I would like to understand how HCHO reacts to the cold.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813821665597068396.post-51914996515235474002009-03-19T18:03:00.000-05:002009-03-19T18:03:00.000-05:00That's a good question. I don't think that there ...That's a good question. I don't think that there have been any tests of that yet, and from my conversations with Ms.Wiigh-Mäsak, I know that she doesn't like the idea of embalming, but to my thinking, embalming and promession could go together well.<BR/>Even if any small amounts of HCHO- formaldehyde were left intact after the promession, I would imagine that it would evaporate pretty quickly.<BR/>I would be interested to hear from any chemists on this subject!Patrick McNallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16264369363269384639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813821665597068396.post-13249581429913156022009-03-19T16:15:00.000-05:002009-03-19T16:15:00.000-05:00Do we have any idea about what happens to HCHO in ...Do we have any idea about what happens to HCHO in Promession?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813821665597068396.post-60056697425535639122009-01-13T14:47:00.000-06:002009-01-13T14:47:00.000-06:00I certainly hope promession is available in the US...I certainly hope promession is available in the US before I have a need for it. I don't want to be buried any other way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com