Antarctica may be one of the hardest places on Earth to live. So how many ways are there to die on this frozen, mysterious continent? Grab the hot cocoa to warm your soul and let us count the ways.  Bibliomancy (New Years Divination in lieu of Death News this week) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliomancy Sources www.coolantarctica.com Hidden Antarctic Secrets - All is Revealed what "they" don't want you to know First woman to cross the Antarctic solo: I've never felt so alone Winter-over syndrome - Wikipedia. https://www.gq.com/story/insane-in-antarctica-excerpt https://listverse.com/2015/09/25/10-strange-and-notable-antarctic-fatalities/ Rocky’s Obituary https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/app/name/hamilton-rothrock-obituary?id=9017104 Pics of Rocky and his resting place in Ushuaia, Argentina, are available on our website :)

Death News: Archeologists Discover Mummies with Solid Gold Tongues Resources: Spirits: 314 - The Wild Hunt Calling All Spirits: Wolf Days, Liminal Time and the 12 Days AFTER Christmas Charles Dickens...More Thana Christmas Carol Charities & Fundraisers: Help Nayna Kick Cancer Help Corvus With Cancer Expenses Binx's Home For Black Cats Grandma Mary's Cookie Recipe: 2 cups of flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon nutmeg ½ teaspoon salt 2 cups sugar ½ cup shortening 2 eggs 1 cup sour cream 1 teaspoon anise or vanilla Few more drops of anise per your taste Cream all wet ingredients together. Sift all the dry ingredients together, then incorporate them into the wet ingredients. Add flour as needed to make the dough manageable. Chill overnight. Take out about a fourth or so of dough, roll out to desired thickness, and cut with cookie cutters. Use flour on your working surface, hands, rolling pin, and cutters to keep from sticking. After all are cut, return leftovers to the fridge and get a new ball. Repeat process. Keep dough chilled for best manageability. Pack leftovers together and roll out the same as the rest. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake for 10-12 minutes. If you’re really into anise, add a few drops to the frosting. Use any recipe on google for frosting/icing that hardens. Or use whatever you like.

We jump out of hiatus to talk about the funeral traditions of Southern Europe and to eat Sonne's Chocolate Raspberry Poke Cake.

Light your Jack’o’lanterns and set out your “treats” for the denizens of otherworlds as the veil grows thin. Let’s sit around a silent supper or tell each other’s futures—hushed whispers in the dark, raucous celebration in the firelight. Take a bite of an apple and learn about Samhain, the Gaelic fire festival of the dead. Dessert: Apples from Apple Wedge Packers, Hendersonville NC Death Trivia: Actor Ramon Novarro Murdered On Halloween Eve Was Ramon Novarro's Murderer Posting on IMDB from Prison? Resources: Tlachtga - The Hill of Ward & The Samhain Fire The Pagan Mysteries of Halloween Samhain Samhain Recipes When Dumb Suppers Were a Halloween Love Ritual Credits: Research by Sonne Editing and Art Provided by Czarria Theme Music: "Not As It Seems" - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Death Trivia: The Gay Love Letters of Hans Christian Andersen The Heartbreak of HCA Hans Christian Andersen Dessert: Key Lime Pie from The Lunchbox Cafe - Canton, NC Resources: Where Does The Concept of the Grim Reaper Come From? Death (Personified) The Grim Reaper Credits: Research by Sonne, Editing & Art by Czarria  Theme Music: "Not As It Seems" - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

There are 4 possible afterlife destinations in the Ancient Aztec religion: Chichihuacuauhco - The Sacred Orchard of the Gods, Mansion of the gods, and dead infants. Souls wait to repopulate the earth. Mictlan - The Place of Darkness, reserved for those who died of natural causes, old age, or "common" illness. After a 4 year journey, your soul is destroyed. No reincarnation for you! Ilhuuicatl-Tonatiuh - The Kingdom of the Sun, Kingdom for Warriors who died in battle. (Male and Female have different houses) Male warriors are reincarnated after 4 years, to become hummingbirds and butterflies. Women warriors (those who died in childbirth - who become Cihuateteo) reside in their own place (Cihuateotl), in this Kingdom. They help push the sun out of the sky every night, for it to rest. Tlālōcān - The Mansion of The Moon, reserved for those who died in storms, by water or lightning and uncommon illnesses or those related to water. Souls in this paradise, live here happily FOREVER. It's the literal moon. Mictlantecutli, Ruler of The Underworld and Main Death God & his consort Mictecacihuatl rule over Mictlan. Sometimes the dead are led through Mictlan with a psychopomp, Xolotl, a soul-guide, and God of Twilight, Twins, Monsters, Misfortune, Illness, and Deformity. Tlāloc, although not a death god, is the ruler of the 4th layer of the upper world, Tlālōcān. Tlālōcān is a paradise for souls who died in storms, water, lightning, diseases associated with water, as well as children who were sacrificed, usually to Tlaloc, in exchange for the rain to aid their crops. Ītzpāpālōtl is also not a death goddess. But in some myths, she is the ruler of not only the Cihuateteo, (divine women, souls of women who died in childbirth), but also the ruler over the Tzitzimitl (star demons who were progenitresses of mankind but also cosmic shit-disturbers awaiting the solar eclipse to swallow everything so the sun wouldn't rise again). WHAT A BAD ASS. We are fangirling hard.

Death In The News: Historic African-American Church Cemetery listed on National Register of Historic Places  Dessert: Cannoli by DiMaggio Pizza & Pasta  Resources/Stuff You Need To Read: The difference between Palliative Care and Hospice 7 Documents You Need to Fill Out ASAP Five Wishes The Freedom of Planning for Your Own Death Credits: Research by Sonne & Beth Editing and Art Provided by Czarria Theme Music: "Not As It Seems" - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Death Trivia: King's Drops Medicinal Cannibalism in Early Modern English Literature and Culture *author misattributed. The author is Louise Noble. Dinner Guests: Hunter S Thompson, Rumi, Alice Roosevelt, Joan of Arc, Nietzsche, Emma Goldman, Bruce Lee, Tutankhamun, Kafka, Christopher Lee, Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen, Vincent Price, Nina Simone, Jack The Ripper, Alan Turing, Lewis Carrol, Jonghyun, Oskar Schindler, Zelda Fitzgerald, Queen Elizabeth I, Doc Holliday, Kurt Cobain, Amelia Earhart, Amy Winehouse, Marilyn Monroe, Carl Sagan, Stan Lee, Steve Irwin, Gandhi, Hemingway, Wayne Static, Jeff Hanneman, MLK Jr, Genghis Khan, Nature Ganganbaigal, Anthony Bourdain, Oscar Wilde, Dorothy Parker, Christopher Hitchens, Tesla, Sally Ride, Mary Shelley, Alexander the Great & Haphaestion along with a handful of beloved family members, friends, and pets. Credits: Dessert by Sonne - Recipe Editing by Czarria Theme Music - "Not As It Seems" - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

This episode was entertaining and exciting for us. That may sound weird, but it's true. On our recent journey of exploring burial options, we kept running into new things we had NEVER heard of (quick - define aquamation!) I think it's fair to say that we are both rethinking some aspects of our current personal funeral plans. There is no reason to shy away from thinking about your options, or at the very least, understanding what your options are because you've got them! Death Trivia: Crestone End Of Life Project (open-air cremation site, Colorado) Resources: Development of Modern Embalming What is Green Burial? Why Choose It? Aquamation Terramation - We Compost Human Bodies Fabric Shrouding Green Burial Project - Find Shrouds, etc - Some links/resources, broken Pine Box Burials Wicker Coffins Shallow Grave Burial Sky Burials Texas Body Donations Promession (Freeze Drying) Mushroom/Infinity Suit Mushroom Suit - Debunked - This made an unhappy Sonne Credits: Research by Sonne & Czarria Dessert by Barber Orchard Fruitstand Editing and Art Provided by Czarria Theme Music: "Not As It Seems" - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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