Founder & Death Awareness Expert at A Course in Dying - Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
A Course in Dying is a platform for all subjects dealing with death, with the aim of raising death awareness. It explores how the theme of death influences us, how aware we are of our own mortality and how death can even be a great source of inspiration. One of the absolute certainties of life, is that it will end with death. What this death exactly is, or what it means, is an obscured matter for most people. The fact is that each of us will be faced with death, one way or another, sooner or later. A Course in Dying offers those interested in the subject a new platform to resort to, undefined by cultural background, age or religion. There are still a lot of taboos that circle around death in today's world. We want to make its subject more accessible. By talking about death and sharing our thoughts and experiences, our goal is to shed light on death's shadowy cliché, and transform it from a feared topic into something meaningful. A Course in Dying (ACID) collects insightful content with the aim of raising death awareness. From death education, funerary evolution, near-death experiences and the history of death rituals, to interviews, poetry, cemetery reviews and art.