Capsula Mundi was created by a couple of Italian inventors who had the vision of a forest for a graveyard. They created an egg-shaped capsule which was made from bio-plastic or starch-plastic (potatoes and corn starch). The deceased were placed in the capsule in the fetal position and the capsule is planted in the ground like a bulb. A circular depression is dug above the capsule to mark the place and a tree is planted in the middle. The tree is usually chosen by the deceased before death. This is probably one of the most beautiful concepts of “being born again”. I don’t really mean in the religious sense, but in the sense that our soul doesn’t die and is reborn into another realm. With all the new environmentally friendly and simple ways of burial that man has created in the last couple decades, I’m starting to wonder if the old concept of casket and tombstone is nothing but “nostalgic” ingraining in our society. Hence the term “think outside the box.” If every grave was replaced by a tree, our planet would be a different place. We need to replace the term “death” with “re-birth”. When we are born on this earth, do the angels cry or sing? Do they lament over our leaving like humans do when their loved ones are “reborn”? So many questions and always searching for answers. God bless.
