Disposal of the Dead // Dharmata

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Open casket, a ritual of death In the name of human vanity One last gaze upon the deceased A desperate clinging to the mortal vessel Morbid reality kept away from civilized society An induced image of peaceful rest displayed to the mourners Postmortal cosmetics Enhancing the body's presentation Scars concealed, eyes sewn shut Tampering with nails and hair of the dead Blood displaced by formaldehyde Bloating the emaciated corpse to a near vital shape Almost lifelike color is restored Conclusion to the service Human doll is now lowered into the soil Contaminated, eggs hatch in orifices Within, sweet fumes linger Embalmment will start to lapse Eventually rendering tissue defenseless Vital, activity Shows in the necrotic body Fluid's effects fail Maggots find their way Domain of decay Slowly eaten away Fluid's effects fail Maggots find their way Domain of decay Slowly eaten away Chemical expulsion Part human sludge is purged Body shrinks as maggots finish their meal "Dead, stiff and cold, in your box, to decay"

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

Mourners gather around the fire To honor those passed away Consanguines have the duty To dissect, prepare, decorate Affines take the burden to devour the flesh Of the ones that they held dear within their hearts... Familiar body pieces that may have once caressed Now to be served for consumption As they have to submit The beloved body For dismemberment Grief intensifies A fevered chorus of keening and crying Ritual method to keep spirit from lingering Several days of decay Made the corpse so putrid Stench so overwhelming Legs and arms Dead and neck Placed on sticks Reluctantly devoured ...Eaters of the dead... Heart and liver wrapped in leaves to be roasted Genitals and intestines thrown onto the fire Mournful feast continues Throughout the night Until the flesh is entirely Cannibalized Pathways erased Scenery soon altered to avoid memories of the deceased House burnt to the ground Belongings destroyed Names to never be Spoken again

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

Empty shell is placed on a sacred ledge Exposed to the elements Pungent odours rise Scavengers will feast Cold flesh soon to be devoured Corpse will be reduced to skeletal remains Rapid disposal of a possible source of infection Ancient ritual to sustain other's lives Generosity of the deceased... Harsh lands leave no option for interment or cremation Traditional practice claiming man's intrepidity Pale limbs chopped up with an axe Enabling creatures to swiftly consume Loved ones are adviced to leave this morbid scene Skin, flesh, tendons, feet, genitals Liver, heart, spleen and intestines... Primitive deconstruction of the human anatomy Skin, flesh, tendons, feet, genitals Liver, heart, spleen and intestines... Primitive deconstruction of the human anatomy Ripping frenzy interrupted Bones mashed into pulp for consumption Skull split open to make brain accessible Nothing is wasted... Transference... of vitality... Empty shell have vanished from the sacred grounds A return to idyll Pungent odours gone Scavengers are full Skeletal remains Reduced to nothing Transference of vitality An act of good karma

Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025

Bound to the lifeless body of her deceased spouse Firstborn lits the flame to burn both the living and the dead Made responsible for husbands undoing Failure to protect from harm seals her fate Twisted celebration Unity in death Worthless as a widow, now begins the Coerced sacrifice......... …..And a cloud of human smoke Engulfs the congregation …..And you watch in horror As her body becomes a blistered mess Family tree uprooted All within a few days, For loyalty and prestige Tradition is carried out Morbid chants - Deeply drenched in dogma As they claim - Her absolute devotion Sacred shrines - To be built in her honor Won't alleviate the torment as she burns....... Horrifying screams, from her melting face, Terror fused with grief, a world crashing down Shock carves your psyche, tears will soon dry, Religion will brainwash, to perpetuate the sickness

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

Endless quest for enlightenment Driven to extremes to become one with the exalted - Reach immortality Stemming from Shingon doctrines Bizarre customs emerge Practice of living embalmment baffling Uninitiated minds Persevere to preserve... (Your earthly vessel) Your earthly vessel becomes a monument of spiritual sublimity... (Sublimity) achieved through acts of self-denial Endurance beyond humanity Stage 1 Meditation beneath icy waters Self imposed hardships to drain body fat Merciless reduction of food intake Deprived of all earthly pleasures Stage 2 Bark and roots, your sole nutrition Toxic substances cause rapid loss of budy fluids, vomiting Arsenic ingestion corrupts The little meat left on your bones Stage 3 Encased alive in your tomb Engrossed in spirituality The bell rings for 13 days (Until) silence signals transformation Strengthened through excruciation Body fat extermination Deliberate contamination Flesh now unfit for consumption Tormant chocked through meditation Locked tight in Lotus position Successful mummification Postmortal idolization Sacred site of admriation A dead body's exhibition Visitors confronted with greatness

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

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Awakening from this swoon Extracted from my mortal shell Trapped within the unknown Subjected to the netherworld Visions, intimidating powers appear Glorious orbs of lights Emitting rays of unbearable radiance Divine figures embracing each other Casting glances, both morbid and inviting Torn between terror and affection Whirlwind of impressions Lurid, glaring colors Violent sounds From thy own self comes this immensity Rays of grace forming frightful entities Paralyzing luminosity When confronted with the deities Awful bliss will strike against thee Do not fear the light, let it enter you, free of attachment Know it to be wisdom, guiding the pathway to liberty [Solo: Kühn; Gruber; Schmidt; Kühn] Distant prayers from the world of the living Soaking in my conciousness Intensifying my perplexity Until I recognize my noble guides "Oh, soul unprepared for the phenomena of the afterlife, listen undistractedly." Chants of compassion and profound knowledge An exalted voice instructing me in this dark realm of uncertainty, preparing me for things to come" Paralyzing luminosity When confronted with the deities Awful bliss will strike against thee Do not fear the light, let it enter you, free of attachment Know it to be wisdom... From thy own self comes this immensity Rays of grace forming frightful entities Karmic obscurations weaken the mind Seeking escape will block the portal to enlightenment

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

Wandering through hostile lands A veil of confusion still controlling me And the visions grow darker Blood drinking demons come to dawn, ghastly faces, embodied anger Human skulls, putrefying entrails decorate their flame-enhaloed form Unearthly manifestations - The reflections of your mind Psychedelic horror - Particles of discriminating wisdom Wisdom shineth upon thee So that you may transcend this fainting state Recognize, merge with those abominations, conquer thine animalistic self At one with wrath, know it to be the embodiment of thine own intellect Cryptic instructions from the carnal world enter the mental ear Through esoteric teachings, somehow comfort is found Terror and awe create one pointed attention Solo: Kühn Tutelary deities Appear before thee Merge into them Animal headed Weapon wielding Miscreations Trust them as they were human acquaintances Dissection Disembowelment, Cannot harm you, since you are bodiless Emptiness cannot harm emptiness Yama - Lord of death Judge of sinister authority Accumulated karma Is evaluated Judgement is inevitable Surrender to thine inner sublimity Do not attempt escape A fall into the unhappy worlds Will result Thou will be Trapped inside hostile lands - Veil of confusion – Timeless suffering Unearthly manifestations - The reflections of your mind Psychedelic horror - Particles of discriminating wisdom Wisdom shineth upon thee So that you may transcend this fainting state Recognize, merge with those abominations, conquer thine animalistic self At one with wrath, know it to be the embodiment of thine own intellect

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

Stripped of my material body, spirit travels Boundless liberty, visiting places Approaching my loved ones, people I cherish Left with no reply as I'm trying to reach out Seeing relatives weeping Now certain, I have died I can look upon my mortal vessel A shroud of despair engulfs me Trapped within another dimension Forced to abandon my earthly existence Once again I hear the voices call my name, blessed by their existence "O nobly-born being, oppressed with intense sorrow, the thought will occur to thee, 'O what would I not give to possess a body!" Dharma-Kaya, abide in unattachment, devoid of weakness Tranquility, in this uncreated state thou will gain perfect enlightenment and birth will be obstructed "O nobly-born, (at this time) thou wilt see visions of males and females in union. When thou seest them, remember to withhold thyself from going between them." Lust and aggression Asphyxiate me, unable to resist Whirlwind of impurities Familiar patterns of Samsara Hatred and envy Struggling with sexual rivalry Sinful desire Wallowing in emotions Do not enter the womb! Become one with bliss! Escape the endless cycle of suffering! [Solo: Kühn; Gruber; Gruber & Kühn; Gruber] Dharma-Kaya, abide in unattachment, devoid of weakness Tranquility, in this uncreated state thou will gain perfect enlightenment and birth will be obstructed Lust and aggression Asphyxiate me, unable to resist Whirlwind of impurities Familiar patterns of Samsara Entering the womb Thou will be propelled to repeat the endless cycle of suffering!

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025

Thou did not recognize Luminosity of thine mind Absorbed in impurities Familiar patterns take their course Tormenting furies Compelled to push on Through terrifying hail-storms Darkness, snow and rain "O nobly-born, do not seek refuge in the womb!" Visions of thine future existence will arise Caverns and blossoms will appear to thee, avoid to hide inside For they ate the womb Passage into another painful reality Flesh eating demons Ghosts of those forever lost in this intermediate state Haunt me, paralyzed with horror Ridden with sorrow of loosing my past life Feeling drawn Towards the realm of pleasure and pain "Anxiety and despair will take hold of thine fate" Visualize thy tutelary deity Massive limbs, terrifying appearance Possessing the might to reduce to dust the legions of mischievous spirits The power of its grace will separate thee from the tormenting furies and thou will wilt obtain ability to select the womb-door you desire In deep faith, heed this profound teaching The power of its grace will separate thee from the tormenting furies and thou will wilt obtain ability to select the womb-door you desire In deep faith, heed this profound teaching Hiding in my place of refuge To escape the horrors of the Bardo Hearing the sounds of immensity From outside my resort I shall never return to that hostile plane Longing for existence like it used to be Gravitated towards Samsara Thou will faint away into unconsciousness Womb-door opens, conciousness resets Seeing the light of day, cycle is complete Slave to ignorance and attachment Yet another lifetime to accumulate wisdom [Solo: Kühn; Gruber] Visions of thine future existence will arise Caverns and blossoms will appear to thee, avoid to hide inside For they ate the womb Passage into another painful reality

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025