Over the ages, the human race has held many beliefs over what should be done with our bodies after our life has left them. From the somewhat poetic casting adrift in a burning ship of North European legend; to embalming and sealing up inside a pyramid for ancient Egyptian Pharaohs; or even being left in a place for vultures to eat away all the meat from your bones (as still practiced today in parts of the Indian sub-continent); we have devised ways to dispose of our remains as we depart for our last journey into the unknown. Many of these are inextricably linked to the religion and customs of the departed person.
Burial Or Cremation?
Ignoring some of the more bizarre customs, disposal of our remains usually boils down to an individual choice over whether to be buried whole in the ground of a cemetery (or maybe a raised tomb) or to have your body burnt in a crematory. There have been strong believers in the last judgement and the raising of the dead (so they could pass into heaven) who maintained that; if you had lost your body totally (as in deliberately having it burnt) you could never be raised up –in other words, only those lying undisturbed in cemeteries would go to heaven. Over time, many places began to run out of new ground in which to dig graves and civilized laws prevent burial in unauthorized and/or unsuitable places. Fortunately, the pressure on grave space was lessened as more and more people decided that, in the eyes of their religious beliefs, it did not matter much how your mortal remains were disposed of; being burnt was no longer seen as denying yourself access to heaven.
As deliberate cremation became more popular, so laws came into being governing how, when and where it could be undertaken and who could be authorised to conduct it. Anyone in that part of Florida, who wishes to have their remains cremated, should have no difficulty finding authorised cremation services in Deland, FL.
Actually, there are two parts of the services provided. On the one hand are the practicalities of the crematory itself- i.e. the actual burning of the body. Then, on the other hand there is the holding of cremation services in accordance with peoples’ religious and cultural beliefs; these services will usually be conducted in a chapel on the same premises as the crematory.
At their Orange City location, the Baldauff Family Funeral Home and Crematory provide full cremation services in Deland, FL. In your time of grief, let them handle the numbing details leaving you to mourn in peace. Visit BaldauffFuneralHome.com.
