What is Promession burial?

Promession® is an environmentally friendly and ethical improvement to both burial and cremation. If you prefer to be buried, our innovative method prepares your body for a burial that mimics nature’s way of decomposition.

Can you freeze dry a human?

Using specially engineered equipment, the deceased human body is sprayed with liquid nitrogen to cryogenically freeze the remains to a temperature of approximately minus 196° Celsius (minus 320.8° Fahrenheit), which crystallizes the body’s cells.

What is the difference between cremation and embalming?

Also, an embalmed body must be buried or placed in a vault. A burial plot, the actual grave preparation and a tombstone all generally raise the cost. With a cremation, the body is subjected to extremely high temperatures that convert the remains in to ash.

Is Promession legal in the UK?

While Promession is legal in countries such as Sweden and Scotland, the concept is still in development and is not commercially available in the UK yet.

Is Promession legal?

Promession is not yet legal in the United States, which may complicate your arrangements in the future.

Is Promession legal in Canada?

While not yet available or legal in Canada or the United States, promession may someday become yet another option for families who are seeking to put a loved one to rest after their death.

Is it better to cremate or bury?

Cremation Vs Burial Cremation reduces the body to cremated remains within a matter of hours whereas traditional burial follows the process of slow and natural decomposition. Direct cremations are more cost-effective than direct burials as they do not require embalming.

Where is Promession available?

As far as official support for the legality of promession, that’s still on the way. It is currently legal in Sweden, the United Kingdom, and South Korea.

How much is a capsula Mundi?

The Capsula Mundi organic burial pod comes in two shades — sand and white — both of which cost $457. The Living Urn starts at $129, the Bios Urn is $140, the Bios Urn for Pets is $99, and the Bios Incube ranges from $295 to $695.

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What is the meaning of promession?

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Promession is an idea of how to dispose human remains by way of freeze drying. The concept of promession was developed by Swedish biologist Susanne Wiigh-Mäsak, who derived the name from the Italian word for “promise” ( promessa ).

What are the steps involved in promession?

Promession involves five steps: Coffin separation: the body is placed into the chamber. Cryogenic freezing: liquid nitrogen at −196 °C crystallizes the body. Vibration: the body is disintegrated into particles within minutes. Freeze drying: particles are freeze dried in a drying chamber, leaving approximately 30\% of the original weight.

What are the benefits of promession?

Promession, conversely, would result in no such harmful emissions. In addition, unlike traditional ground burial, the promession process would reduce the demand on land-space.

What is the promession process at a funeral?

The promession process can start before or after a funeral service, it’s up to you. Promession begins with placing the body in a coffin. Next, body and coffin move to a chamber that’s custom-built to handle chilly temperatures.