The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-12

hindooH Living For Days md Months
without Food, WnIpr o. Atr.

lNortEcrn Christian hIy,"alrl
F0f ages the nsccticS in India have
been accustomed to practice what they
eau 1oga or Joga, and the school of
lilndoo philosophers known rs Yoga has
many NOltlhlcS OF instruction in the vari-
GUS degrees of this art There are two
special and many subOrl;nutc forms Of
1oga, AMI we may say it Is mental
abstraction, or silent prayer, or the
.hlon OF mind to soul; but materially it
~, IN lact, the art of voluntarily suspend
ing tlc circulation and respiration. The
!1ihdoo motive is To secure absorption
into the tclty hS this prorcoa.
iho physical and material processes
i'fc open 10 the interests of science if any
noay can make any thing of them in
ll'n1 dlrcclon, and we suppose they
really can. Tlr treatise before mo oS-
eerts that in This state thc persons ,r,.
not poisoned by snnkc-hitcs, which
might prove that the circulation WE;
really suspended, and chat snake poison
only operates hy entering the circnIntinn
of the blood. The person remains nm.
affected by thc cutting Of weapons, and
gives no symptoms of pain when brought
III contact with fire. lie can not hc
drowned when submerged in water, nor
docs he dry up when exposed to air.
An English surgeon, by ihc numc Of
McGrcBor, gives the following: "a
Faquccr who arrived at Lahore engaged
to bury himself for any length of time.
shut up i'll box and without either food
or drink. RnnJcct naturally diShrlicvcd
the man assertions, and was determined
to put them to the test For this purpuS,
tho Eaqueer was shut up in n wooden
box, which was placed in Il small apart
1nent under ground; there was a folding
door to his box, which WAS secured by n
lock and key. Surrounding this apart
ment there was n Pardcn-huuSo, the drur
OF which WAS Likewise locked, and out
side the whole WAS high wall, having
Its doorway built up with bricks and
mud. In order to prevent any one fron
approaching the place, line OF srntrirs
was placed, and relieved al regular in
tervals. The Strictcst watch was kept
up Tor forty days and nights, at the cx-
Wration OF which period thc MaharajaI:
attcndcd'by his grandson and several Of
his SrdarS, a3 well as General Ventura
Captain Wade and myself, proceeded to
dlSlnter the EnQuccr. The brick and
mud were removed from the outer door
way; the door Of the gardcn-houSc was
next unlocked, and lastly that of the
| wooden box containing the FaGu"cr
| The latter was found covered with a
| white sheet, on removing which The
| figure OF the man presented itself in Il
sitting posture. His hands and arms
were pressed to his sides, and his legs
| and thighs crossed"
Another case is certified to hy Ticucn.
ant BOllcaH of Il young man who aIlowri,
| himself to be buried for weeks or nionths
! by any person who would pay jtim hand
somcly for it, He WAS buried at inisulncr
III small building about twelve feet hy
| eight, built of stone. in the floor WIS n
hole three feet long, two and half feet
| vide and n yard deep, in which he WAS
| placed scwcd up III a shroud Two heavy
| slabs of stone, six feet long, S2v, raL
| inches thick and brnHl enough to cover
the mouth OF the grave. were placed over
| him, and little earth plastrrrd over the
whole, making the surface smooth Hud
compact. The door of the hoIls" wa,
then built up, and guards stationed out
side. At the expiration of month the
man was dug out, perfectly &"uacI'sS
His hair hHl not grown, his hHmUiS were
| CrampCd and teeth SO lanmcu ether
| that they had to be forced ulI"n with I'm
| iron instrument. Then came the pro-
| ccsscs for restoration.
These are eases of IIatha YuciS, ana
tho process is simply that of hyhcrnaion,
the ability for which is acquired hy long
! practice i'll holding the breath and stop
ping Sc circulation Of the blood.