ABSTRACT
The dead have always been surrounded by extremely rigorous taboos and rituals. The purpose of these rituals was to separate the realm of the living from the realm of the dead through effective symbols. Propitiatory rituals still exist in contemporary culture through a range of ceremonies, such as the mass of the seventh day in Catholicism and the Matzeiva in Judaism. Judaism also has a traditional custom of covering mirrors for a certain time to stop the dead from staying attached to their image and remaining among the living. The dead are an important key to the understanding of Liber Novus, and perhaps one of the most important. Shamdasani discussed Jung's relationship with the issue of life after death at a conference held by the Jungian Psychoanalytical Association in New York. Jung includes various thoughts about the meaning of death at the end of Memories, Dreams, Reflections.
