New Rituals of the Last Ritual in the COVID of Ethics: Would you like to go to space after death or to the sea?

 

Eternal Reefs, a Florida-based company, says demand for its extraordinary service has increased due to the epidemic.

 

Since 1998, the company has been using coral reefs to transport the remains to the bottom of the ocean, for which their ashes are mixed with eco-friendly concrete.

 

"We have people who have an interest in the sea, but we also have people who have a passion for doing something for the land."

 

As of last year, the company's 2,000 reefs have been planted in 25 locations along the east coast of the United States.

The global epidemic of covid 19 has caused millions of people around the world to lose their loved ones. And it reminds us all that life is mortal.

 

So now more people than ever are thinking creatively about what they want to do with their bodies or their ashes after death.

 

For those who want their remains to remain on the ground, the re-compose company based in Seattle has developed a technology that makes the body part of the fertile soil.

 

The body is housed in a sealed steel cylinder with pieces of wood, bamboo poles and lozenge leaves. The 'compose' then controls the amount of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, oxygen, heat and moisture in the cylinder so that bacteria and other germs can thrive.

After about 30 days, this step is completed and three cubic feet of soil is removed from the cylinder, then passed through a few more steps for a few weeks, after which it is spread in a forest in Washington, D.C. Then relatives can take it with them. In addition, both of these things can be done.

 

Katrina Speed, who started the business in 2017, says she has seen an increase in applications to join her monthly prepayment program since the epidemic began.

 

"It's a way of communicating with myself and my family, but at the same time it's a way of contributing to the earth so that when I die, something is done to me that is part of this earth." Be better for

 

"We've heard from people who say it gives them hope and comfort."

According to The Business Research Company, the global mortality sector will reach م 110 billion this year and is projected to grow to 8 148 billion by 2025.

 

Increasing the options available for the remains of loved ones and the development of related technology are taking place at a time when cremation has increased in recent decades.

 

In the United States alone, 56 percent of those killed last year were burned, and that number is expected to rise to 78 percent in the next 20 years. In the 1960s, the figure was only 4%.

 

The situation is similar in the UK, where 78% of those killed were burned in 2019, up from 35% in 1960.

 

Peter Billingham, a British expert in the final rites industry, also hosts a podcast, Death Goes Digital. He says the global epidemic has increased the use and acceptance of technology in the sector. "Because of the code, these changes are much faster than they would normally be."

 

In addition, live streaming of the last rites has increased due to code restrictions.

 

That's what New York resident Michael Barron's father did when he died earlier this year. Hiring a company called Tribecast, he performed the last rites with high-resolution video and sound to people in the United States, Canada, India, Israel, Panama, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

 

"Everyone felt like they were attending the funeral, even though they weren't there physically," says Baron.

 

Bruce Lickley, co-founder of Connecticut-based Tribecast, says his company's "phones kept ringing" for the past year.

 

"Our business has grown dramatically. "We see it as a trend that was coming, but it was accelerated by the global epidemic."

The Tributecast was launched in 2017 and also films the final rites.

 

Bruce says his remote attendance technology was already evolving because of the changing nature of family and groups of friends.

 

Where previously families and social groups were confined to and close to specific geographical areas, they are now spread across the country and even beyond the country.

 

Therefore, it is often difficult to attend someone's funeral, especially for Jews or Muslims, who believe that the dead have to be buried within 24 hours.

 

"Even three to four years ago, we saw 40 to 60 people attending each funeral on the Internet," says Bruce. It's weird because the same number of people attend a funeral in the United States physically.

 

"And we were doubling the attendance at funerals by giving people the opportunity to digitally participate in funerals."

While some people want more of their family and friends to see the last rites of their loved ones and some people want their remains to be put to good use, there are some people who want to be with their ashes. Do something dramatic.

 

And that's what the American firm Celeste offers. The company has been sending human remains into space for the past 20 years.

 

By gaining space in space missions, it helps send people's ashes into orbit and beyond.

 

"Because of commercial space companies like SpaceX, we're launching two to three times a year now, and I think we'll be doing it every quarter for the next five years," says Charles Schaefer, co-founder and chief executive of Celesties. Will be able to.