“When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations. There shall not be found among you ... a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord."
(Deuteronomy 18:9-12)
When my husband and soul mate of 35 years died unexpectedly, I was in shock and not in a frame of mind to make thoughtful decisions. A close friend found a nearby mortuary that worked with the military to transport my Beloved to the National Cemetery for burial. He was a decorated 21-year Vietnam Era Vet and worthy of full military honors, and so I agreed to let this mortuary handle the transfer. The facility was managed by a group of Hispanic woman professionals who performed a kind service to me.
A few weeks later, I received an invitation in the mail inviting me to a celebration of the "Day of the Dead" hosted by this same mortuary. The postcard I received was much more grotesque than the one depicted above, but none the less, the message of this day is about celebrating corpses that are invited back to the Earth as you will see in the video below:
"Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?"
~ 2nd Corinthians 6:14
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