Abstract Before the Royal Society there was of Astrologers ( c. 1647–1684), a group around forty practitioners who met in London to enjoy lavish feasts, listen sermons and exchange instruments manuscripts. This article, drawing on untapped archival material, offers first full account this overlooked group. Convinced that astrology had been misunderstood by professors refused teach it preachers ...

Music and poetry played an important role in life created its own space. Also, they crystallized more clearly their have became effective with the evolution of human civilizations. From Greeks Era to this time, relationship between them has become coherent continuous it's not limited celebrations, anniversaries, feasts or rituals, but rather took place on stage contributed building developing s...

We analyze funeral arrangements following the deaths of 3,751 people who died between January 2003 and December 2005 in the Africa Centre Demographic Surveillance Area. We find that, on average, households spend the equivalent of a year's income for an adult's funeral, measured at median per capita African (Black) income. Approximately one-quarter of all individuals had some form of insurance, ...

Funerals have long been of interest to social scientists. Previous sociological work has examined the relationship between individuality, belief and tradition within funeral services, founded on assumption that public rituals psycho-social benefit for organisers attendees. With introduction direct cremation UK, impact COVID-19 pandemic service attendance in 2020 2021, critique this is now neede...