This Blog is…

I’m writing this blog as a journal for my thanatology class. I’m not really sure why I chose to take that class, but it intrigued me as soon as I came across it.
From what I understood, we’ll be studying death on many levels. What is death? When is someone considered dead? Euthanasia, suicide, abortion, death sentence, death in different cultures… and so on. From the first class I could tell it was going to be really intense. But I’m really looking forward to it. I’d talked to a few of my friends about the class before it started, they said it seemed interesting. It was funny to find out that a lot of people I know, know my teacher, might even run into her at fest. I have a feeling, although this class will demand a lot of work, that I’ll like it.

For the final we need to prepare for our own death. I heard a few comments from other people in the class, some of them didn’t really like the idea of it. Most of us are around the age of 20, I guess it’s not a subject people want to think about this early in life.
In my opinion, I think it’ll give me the opportunity to learn more about myself and paganism. The 4 classes I’ve take/am taking were wiccan based and elemental. I love what I’ve learned, but death is one thing I don’t know that much about.
I consider myself pagan, but I don’t have a specific path. At first wiccan was the most obvious and easiest to follow, but the more I learn, the more I feel like that’s not for me. Learning about death in different cultures and religions might help me find a more specific path. But for now, I remain happy label-less.

I hope I’m still as enthused about this class at the end of the term as I am now.