Faces of Death
Face to Face
Far before recorded history humankind has seen Death as a God or Goddess, angel, demon, or friend. In the Catholic Church for example the archangel Michael is referred to as the Angel of Death. Ancient Aztecs, Egyptians, and all other cultures have some form of personified death. Here we will look at reasons why, and how similar the images can be. To do that takes a lot more than one lens. At the bottom of the lens you will find links to the rest of the lenses. The first two are fairly mixed...

What Happens after we Die?
What Happens After Death
Why should a person die? or what happens after death? are Unanswerable questions for many! Death personified is averred to be scary and can terrify anyone, for even the Son of Man, as Jesus called himself, cried at the time of death saying, 'my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' Death as a personification occurs only once in the bible, as explained in the sixth chapter of Revelation, akin to death being personified as Yama, in Sanatana Dharma. Death is a phenomenon which cannot be averte...

Death Quotes & Books
What is physical death ?
Death is an event where by the body disappears in one way or another-buried or cremated-and the breath in the body ceases and mingles with the air outside, and consciousness which had trapped itself within a body (and had identified itself with it) is released and becomes the universal consciousness, like a drop of rain water falling in the river -Ramesh Basekar

Faces of Death IV: Flight to Egypt
Welcome and many thanks!
All of my loyal readers have made the FoD installments my best lens group ever. Also my first one, but you hear me, right? So let's take a look at the next 25. Here we can stop by the Nile and stare into the depths as the gods and goddeses welcome us. Oh, if you are a newcomer you might want to trot back to the first FoD to get started. For the truly lazy the whole idea is for Western folk to come to terms with death and see him or her as a real being to interact with. We are pretty smart m...

Faces of Death VII: Angels Among Us
Ancient and Angelic
A long time before man was even created, the angels existed. Bonded to God by a time span eons long, they do pretty much as He says. Tremble then mortal as you consider His holy angels of death. As I know my visitors have diverse backgrounds there are a couple of proto-angels. Those deities that with time have come to be seen as angelic or having angelic tributes in art. Since they have no true gender, I've helped myself to some male and female angelic art. As always any art is just here fo...

Faces of Death VIII: Egypt Rises
Land of the Dead
Well you didn't think Egypt stopped at 25 death gods, did you? Welcome to the home of the more rarely seen gods and goddesses, including a few who just creep people out. Oh, I wouldn't smash any bugs while you're here. As you enter the tomb, a stone slab slams down behind you. In the flickering torchlight you see thousands of insects. Scorpions scuttle towards you along with a living carpet of beetles. You try to suppress a scream as a massive centipede begins to crawl up your leg. Then the ...

Faces of Death II: Pandemic
We keep on Trucking
Hey kittens! Hopefully you've surfed over from the first lens. If not, the whole purpose of both lenses is to help people face death. The best way is personification. Who better then, to show you than gods, goddesses, demons, angels or more? Click on any picture below to see that artist's or collector's entire collection. As always no infringment of copyright is intended. All art and photos are for descriptive purposes only. If you are the original artist and wish to have a photo or art remo...