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cleanhippie

(19,705 posts)
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 06:45 PM Apr 2012

When Woo kills....Woman dies attempting to live on sunlight alone.

Woman starves to death in spiritual quest to live on sunlight alone


A woman starved to death after embarking on a spiritual journey which involved giving up food and water and attempting to exist on nothing but sunlight. The Swiss woman, who was in her fifties, apparently got the idea after watching the documentary film 'In the Beginning, There Was Light' which features an Indian guru who claims to not have eaten anything in 70 years. The Zurich newspaper Tages-Anzeiger reported Wednesday that the unnamed woman decided to follow the radical fast in 2010

The prosecutors' office in the Swiss canton of Aargau confirmed Wednesday that the woman died in January 2011 in the town of Wolfhalden in eastern Switzerland. Spokeswoman Jennifer Rissi says prosecutors haven't opened a criminal investigation over the woman's death.

Followers of the cult Breatharianism believe that the energy they save on digesting food and drink can be transformed into physical, emotional and spiritual energy. Excerpts from her diary showed she was refusing to eat or drink in the belief it would 'spiritually cleanse' her body and 'recharge her both physically and mentally'.

In a separate incident a woman died in an Australian hospital after attempting a 21-day fast.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2135324/Woman-starves-death-spiritual-journey-trying-live-sunlight-alone.html#ixzz1tC2NHiwd





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When Woo kills....Woman dies attempting to live on sunlight alone. (Original Post) cleanhippie Apr 2012 OP
James Randi: 'Powered by Sunlight'... PoliticAverse Apr 2012 #1
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! laconicsax Apr 2012 #2
Breatharians aren't usually dimwits, they are fraudsters. dimbear Apr 2012 #3
Wow. How sad and bizarre. LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #4
The Daily Mail is widely considered a reputable news source on DU. laconicsax Apr 2012 #5
Largely by people not exposed to it. SwissTony Jun 2012 #8
Social Darwinism. nt Javaman May 2012 #6
I live powered by sunlight all the time. Bolo Boffin May 2012 #7
Here's a (Australian) 60 Minutes segment on Australian Breathairian Jasmusheen SwissTony Jun 2012 #9
Much to no one's surprise, you can't survive without water and nutrients. laconicsax Jun 2012 #10
Incredible Karmasue Aug 2012 #11
Re - When Woo kills ericburns4 Aug 2012 #12

LeftishBrit

(41,303 posts)
4. Wow. How sad and bizarre.
Sat Apr 28, 2012, 12:41 PM
Apr 2012

Though let's note that the Daily Mail is not the most reliable of sources!

I wonder if the woman had suffered from eating disorders previously? It seems at first very strange that someone, whatever their woo-ish beliefs, would be able to continue with such a regimen until death; but of course there are many people who do starve themselves through excessive dieting.

 

laconicsax

(14,860 posts)
5. The Daily Mail is widely considered a reputable news source on DU.
Sat Apr 28, 2012, 02:45 PM
Apr 2012

Why Americans have a reputation for being idiots remains a mystery...

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)
8. Largely by people not exposed to it.
Sat Jun 2, 2012, 02:21 AM
Jun 2012

But to give it its due, it does have some good bits. Particularly about events in the US. I've noticed that there have been a number of postings in various groups about the US which don't seem to be reported in the US mainstream media.

Bolo Boffin

(23,872 posts)
7. I live powered by sunlight all the time.
Sun May 27, 2012, 12:09 AM
May 2012

Of course my sunlight is stored by plants and then sometimes animals as well, but sunlight is sunlight.

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)
9. Here's a (Australian) 60 Minutes segment on Australian Breathairian Jasmusheen
Sat Jun 2, 2012, 02:29 AM
Jun 2012

She agreed to go without food and water in an environment where she was supervised 24h/day. Her bodily function parameters soon went off the chart, she lost weight and looked gaunt. The experiment was stopped after 4 days because the doctor said she was getting into dangerous territory.

Karmasue

(95 posts)
11. Incredible
Fri Aug 17, 2012, 08:15 PM
Aug 2012

What is wrong with these people? Is it just the availability of information today, or are we seeing a world that is filling up with lunatics?

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