The Last Fire is a funeral rite performed by the cult of
It is performed in temples and in particular on
The Rite
The rite consists in the construction of a pyre where the body of the deceased is placed and where people can leave something of value for the dead. The pyre is then lighted and left to burn until it extinguishes.
The cinders of the pyre are then collected and usually scattered near the home of the deceased. By the original rite these should be thrown in the great fire at the center of a temple of Ashtar, where they will continue to burn until the wind will take them away.