Death was not ending requiring theological consolation but transition requiring practical preparation. The soul did not await distant judgment in uncertain afterlife but moved through known stages observable in mourning rituals and ancestral communications that confirmed continued presence beyond bodily dissolution. Baltic eschatology was not faith demanding acceptance of unprovable claims but knowledge accumulated through generations of careful observation—understanding where souls went after death, how they functioned in new realm, what protocols allowed communication between living descendants and dead ancestors whose wisdom and protection remained necessary despite physical departure.
