| Show simulation 0 of death by fakirs fakiri in india herr kuhn not nol long ago presented a communication on this dub subject i act to the antni society 0 f munich 1 I say bays 5 the british medical beedle al journal 0 may ath lie tied had t the he opportunity ot of per observing tuo no cases as la to the genuineness of which ho he had no doubt whatever one of 0 the fakirs fakiri referred to bed been burled olive alive for pitt elx weeks the other lor for ten daa tile the condition U which h ibi the fakir has tho the power tin of 0 producing artificially li is in all respects wll with tho a cataleptic trance the I 1 who arn are all hyster leal ica subjects of a it very r Y pronounced type put themselves through it a regular course of training before the performance weakening themselves by sarit starvation internally various vegetable r bit sulin known only to elee a them keeping thir th ir bodies motionless in the same dame for several hours at a time etc 1 I 1 he details of this prop aranton are given lit ill the Hatha yogo which has I 1 been it translated by walter when lh the fakir has by these means got into the proper condition he h has only ta la lie down in one of 0 the positions en ell joined by toe the acre books and fix his eyes on the elie end of his nose to tell felt into I 1 i a trance tile the fakhry fakirs are also to line hashish for tile the purpose of leq in the force of res that hypnotic agent associated fill other efre and nd used in a spanial st anial manner Is ity y them to supply the want both of alrand air and nourishment ish ment at the beginning of 0 the trelice lh he f hm hen it if all I 1 I 1 heavenly voices 4 1103 rint vi etc gradually hou I 1 vor I 1 co I 1 be carries annulled annuli cd the badr had E oroliu tic c conica h ces brig riff id and ant 1 I the fakirs fakiri I 1 em selves say any the spirit rejoins the still ul of the orld in short tile lh condition condl llon la Is one or of auto in subjects APeci specially ally prepared pro pared for the hie experiment |
