The Funeral Consumers Alliance provides resources in the US regarding individual’s rights regarding death and references for state level information. www.funerals.org
Slocum, Joshua and Carlson, Lisa (2011) Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death. Upper Access Inc, Book Publishers: Hinesburg, Vt.
Plan Your Rites!
Home Funeral Movement
There are several websites with resources regarding Home Funerals. Here are a few:
For an overview of home funerals: https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/home-funerals/
and
https://funerals.org/?consumers=how-to-arrange-a-home-funeral
http://www.homefuneralalliance.org/ This organization is taking a pause but the website still has some good resources.
https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/directories.html#!directory
Bailey, Sue and Flowers, Carmen (2009) Grave Expectations: Planning the end like there is no tomorrow.: CiderMill Press: Kennebunkport
Beryl, Rev. Paul (2014) On Death and Dying (There’s nothing wrong with being compost). The Hermit’s Grove: Kirkland, WI.
Campanelli, Pauline (1998). Pagan Rites of Passage, Llewellyn Publications: Woodbury, MN.
Fortune, Dion (2000). Through the Gates of Death. Weiser: Newburyport, MA.
Penczak, Christopher (2013) The Mighty Dead. Copper Cauldron Publishing: Salem, NH.
Rinpoche, Sogyal (2002) The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. Harpers: San Francisco.
Slocum, Joshua and Carlson, Lisa (2011) Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death. Upper Access Inc, Book Publishers: Hinesburg, Vt.
Starhawk, Nightmare, M. M., & the Reclaiming Collective (1997). The Pagan Book of Living and Dying: Practical rituals, prayers, blessings and meditations on crossing over. HarperCollins: San Francisco.