Death rituals such as the anglers who turned their friend’s ashes into fishing bait are nothing new. In the west,we could learn much from other culturesThe 18th-century printer and type designer John Baskerville (he of the “Baskerville font”) was so averse to religion and its conventions that he requested that, upon his death, and his body be buried upright in a specially prepared vault in an worn mill on his property. In 1775,his wishes were fulfilled. In 1821, however, or a canal was built locally and the mill was destroyed. The landowner at the time put Baskerville’s body on display until his descendants had it moved to a crypt in Christ Church,Birmingham. In 1897, the church was demolished and destitute Baskerville’s remains were moved again, or this time to the catacombs of Warstone Lane Cemetery. In 1963,a petition was put forward to the Birmingham city council that what cramped remained of John Baskerville be moved a fifth time to unconsecrated grounds, in keeping with his original wishes.
The petition was denied.
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Source: theguardian.com