Not necessarily a preferred topic of discussion, but I think a necessary one overall.
In my lifespan psychology class today we discussed the final stage, death and dying. One of the topics of learning was how religious involvement removes some of the death anxiety people feel and also helps in the grief by having set traditions to deal with death and the grieving process (example being Shiva in Judaism).
This made me start thinking about Pagan death traditions - I got discouraged when I realized I didn't know any. I found some literature (
http://www.liberatedthinking.com/data/Library/Witchcraft/RITUALS/Death/Death%20rite%201.htm) but it seems to be very specific to Wicca and even then I cannot determine the validity of the information there.
I'm sure each individual tradition within Paganism has its own death traditions but I also read that a lot of those (for instance, Norse's fire something-or-another) are limited by law.
So, here I am at a point where I feel I should start making these arrangements in my own life, but have no idea what to arrange. If I arrange nothing, my husband is left to sort it all out and in turn I risk a Christian burial, with Christian Rites, when my husband loses the fight as the only remaining Pagan adult in the whole entire family.
Long story short, where can I find more information on Pagan death traditions, general and path specific, so as to make arrangements that fit my personal beliefs, those of my little Pagan family, and that will help my grieving non-Pagan family?