The Self-Mummified Monks From Japan

For three years the priests would eat a special diet consisting only of nuts and seeds. They then ate only bark and roots for another three years and began drinking a poisonous tea. This caused vomiting and a rapid loss of bodily fluids, and most importantly, it killed off any maggots that might cause the body to decay after death.

Finally, a self-mummifying monk would lock himself in a stone tomb barely larger than his body, where he would not move from the lotus position. His only connection to the outside world was an air tube and a bell. Each day he rang a bell to let those outside know that he was still alive. When the bell stopped ringing, the tube was removed and the tomb sealed.

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