The members of the Likatier tribe try to develop a natural relationship with the phenomena of death and dying. According to this, death is by nature not a cruel separation, but the transition to another form of being. This is the case both with the many small deaths with which man is confronted on a daily basis, and in particular with the physical death of a human being. In systemic psychotherapy, as for example in family constellations, it can be clearly experienced that the so-called deceased among the ancestors are also part of life and are also present and effective in this world. Only our state of consciousness usually closes access to the affected layers of reality. Thus the death of a loved one is still a horrifying process for the Likatians, but especially in their consciousness research they are intensively working on this topic, and step by step more and more tribal members succeed in making the real meaning of death to some extent visible, perceptible and tangible in its mystery and in doing so to enter into a special and new quality of relationship with the deceased.

Accompaniment of the dying

The likatic tribal members do not only consider it important to accompany the dying and not to leave them alone in this time of transition, but it is an expressed need to have intensive contact with the dying. Of course, this depends entirely on the wishes of the person concerned. People close to him are with him day and night. Similar to births, it is a general need that a person should not die in an anonymous hospital, but at home among familiar and beloved people. After death, the deceased tribal member is laid out and all tribal members take leave of him personally. So far, three people have died in the Likatier tribe.

Own burial

The Likatier tribe strives to develop their own burial culture with their own cemetery or crypt where the tribe members are buried. A special funeral culture enables the tribal members to deal with the dead independently and to set new cultural standards. In today's cemeteries, for example, graves are left open after so many years, which would be unthinkable for the tribal members of the Likatier! Until now, tribal members have been buried in public cemeteries, with the tribe performing its own ceremony at the funeral, where the coffin remains open until the end, so that everyone can see and touch the deceased. The funeral ritual itself can be very varied and depends on the personality of the deceased on the one hand, and on the needs of the bereaved on the other.

"Consider the miracle of life itself and you will see that you have already arrived. All we really need to do is stop "killing" ourselves with our faith in death."
Fredric Lehrmann