The Order of the Good Death
The Order of the Good Death is a death acceptance organization founded in 2011 by mortician and author Caitlin Doughty.[1][2][3]
Other members include artist and monument-maker Greg Lundgren, TED speaker Jae Rhim Lee, alternative funeral home director Jeff Jorgenson, and other death professionals, artists and academics.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
The group held its first "death salon" in Los Angeles in 2013.[10][2][11][12][13] Another salon was held in 2014 at St Bartholomew's Hospital Pathology Museum in London by museum curator and Order member Carla Valentine.[14]
The group took its name from the Brazilian Order of Our Lady of the Good Death.[15]
References
- ^ Coye, Dale F. (2014), Seven Sacraments for Everyone, FriesenPress, p. 199, ISBN 9781460231555
- ^ a b Kim O'Connor (May 16, 2013), "The Death-Positive Movement", Pacific Standard
- ^ Washburn, Michael (March–April 2013), "Decomposure", University of Chicago Magazine, University of Chicago
- ^ Gross, Terry (October 8, 2014), A Mortician Talks Openly About Death, And Wants You To, Too [interview transcript], NPR, retrieved October 29, 2014
- ^ Kiley, Brendan (September 17, 2014), "It's Time to Think About Your Demise; An Interview with Caitlin Doughty, Author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Doyenne of Death", The Stranger, retrieved September 18, 2014
- ^ Kiley, Brendan (September 17, 2014), "Enough Talk About Your Youth—Let's Talk About Your Death: Seattle Is at the Forefront of Innovative Thinking About What to Do with Dead Bodies", The Stranger
- ^ Damon Sayles, ed. (December 16, 2014), "Hot topics: Hey funeral directors, move out of the way!", Funeral Home and Cemetery Executive Briefing, retrieved 2014-12-26
- ^ Members: Death Professionals, The Order of the Good Death, retrieved 2014-12-26
- ^ Natalie Pompilio (November 16, 2013), The Order of the Good Death, Legacy.com
- ^ Hayasaki, Erika (October 25, 2013), "Death Is Having a Moment—Fueled by social networking, the growing "death movement" is a reaction against the sanitization of death that has persisted in American culture since the 1800s"", The Atlantic
- ^ Courtland, Emma (May 14, 2014), "Caitlin Doughty: The Millennial's Mortician", LA Weekly
- ^ Carolyn Kellogg (October 19, 2013), "It's not too late to get to the Death Salon", The Los Angeles Times
- ^ Death Salon, The Order of the Good Death, retrieved 2014-12-27
- ^ Adam Sherwin (April 11, 2014), "To die for: Death Salon mortality conference - the event meant to help you go out with a bang", The Independent
- ^ About us, The Order of the Good Death, retrieved 2014-12-27,
The Order was inspired by several historical concepts of the good death, including the medieval Ars Moriendi (Art of Dying) and the Tibetan Bardo Thodol. The name itself is taken from the 19th century Brazilian sisterhood of African slaves, Irmandade da Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte, or, Sisterhood of Our Lady of the Good Death.
