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  • The Order’s growing “death movement” is a reaction against the sanitization of death that has persisted in American culture since the 1800s.

    The Atlantic

  • The Order believes that the sacred task of caring for the dead should be a normal part of life.

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  • The Order of the Good Death… a meeting place for morticians and academics who are interested in exploring new ways to guide mourners through the experience of death.

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