To Whom It May Concern

To Whom It May Concern,

The study of death psychology was first introduced in October 1921 in volume thirty-two, issue four of The American Journal of Psychology. In an article by anthropologist Arthur MacDonald, the five page study “Death-Psychology of Historical Person-Ages” is a summary of the last words of dying people and their meaning.

This is not to be confused with the clinical term of death anxiety, which is the feeling of dread or apprehension when one thinks of the process of dying, or ceasing to exist.

See also: thanatophobia or fear of death.

To whom it may concern, when there is consciousness during the dying hour it depends on nutrition and provision of the brain with blood, writes MacDonald. He says there are three types of physical death: by brain, by heart, and by lungs.

It is in the brain death of these categories that there is little to no delirium and intelligence not only continues until the end, but becomes very acute.

See also, our moment of clarity. Synonymous with: euphoria, joyfulness, contentment.

MacDonald further admits, “In life the fear of anything is often much worse than the thing itself. This is especially true in the case of death. When the dying hour comes, the fear of death disappears.”

When the dying hour comes, whom it may concern, do not let regrets shadow a full-blown force and beauty of your fully-lived life. Speak the words spoken to as a child: as you lay in the crib, as you took the first steps, as you spoke the first word. It was drawn on the wall of humanity’s cave in magenta next to the buffalo lost in space-time.

And because you spoke the last words, the first words became you and you had a name.

To whom it may concern, they say still there are three deaths in a person’s lifetime: the day they actually die, the day everyone that knew them has died, and the day the last person on earth speaks their name for the last time.

Though this is how you may speak again, walk again, live again.

Sincerely,

CB