"These taints to which humanity is prone, are found in the soil, and their presence there is largely due to burial, do…"

"Much good will be brought about through the growing custom to cremate those forms which the indwelling life has vacat…"

"It is a fortunate and happy thing that... Before so very long, burial in the ground will be against the law, and crem…"

"If the dense body be buried, the etheric double floats over the grave, slowly disintegrating, and the unpleasant feel…"

"The holy fights by Moslem heroes fought, The saintly works by Christian hermits wrought And those of Jewry or of Sabi…"

"Back in 1980, less than 5 percent of Americans were cremated when they died. That figure now stands at about 50 perce…"

"The funeral industry is a $16 billion a year industry...The average cost of a funeral is about $7,200... Direct crema…"

"Bones burn, the wood burns, the one lighting the pyre burns And so does the one seeing them all burn, from whom may I…"

"By far the most effective, hygienic, and also the 'neatest' way of disposing of... [our] physical remains is by crema…"

"My life. There can't be long to go now. Just promise me one thing - don't slot me into one of those wall cupboards in…"