Cults of the Dead and Powers of the False

Abstract

Death, in order to be meaningful in relation to the future in a personal causal storyline, needs to be of interest not only to the dead persons but also to the living. The world of the living needs to enable the dead to exert some kind of influence, to alter in some way the goals and obstacles of those who remain behind. This chapter discusses the sorts of bonds that entangle living characters in the death of others.