Burial Strips of Linen

Linda from Daytona Beach, FL, asked:

Hi Julie,

I recently read your book Angelic Attendants, (which is amazing), and I have a question about the white gauze.

You only mention it once when describing a death.

Were the other people who had passed also wrapped in it?

Thank you,

Linda

Hi Linda,

Thanks for reading Angelic Attendants and for your terrific question.

I “saw” (in my mind’s eye) the energetic white gauze to which you’re referring get wrapped around my mother’s body as she was in the last hours of her life.

It looked like strips of white linen. The wrapping began at her feet, and over time, included her whole body and head. It reminded me of how ancient Egyptians were wrapped for burial and is what, in present day, we’d call a mummy.

The practice of wrapping a dead body in strips of linen was customary in first century Judea and Egyptians gave the cloth symbolic significance as a representation of purity and called it “woven moonlight.” They considered linen to be a symbol of “purity” and “light.” 

In the Bible’s New Testament, when referring to the resurrection of Jesus, John 20:6-7 talks about an empty tomb, only containing the strips of linen used to bury Jesus.

In the thousands of end-of-life scans I’ve done, I’ve only seen the strips of linen procedure done on two people, my mother and a nun.

When asking Spirit why, I was told, wrapping the body as its spirit is preparing to transition, is an honor bestowed on spirits/souls who have lived countless lifetimes and have greatly served the masses. It’s interesting to note, however, the “holy” people we expect to get this spiritual recognition don’t necessarily receive it. For example, when scanning the last moments of Saint Pope John Paul II’s transition, I didn’t see any linen strips being wrapped around his body.

Lastly, the thought occurred to me that we normally dress our loved one’s corpse in their best clothing for burial. Perhaps the strips of linen used to bury people in ancient cultures was the equivalent.

Thanks for asking such an insightful question.