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Sokushinbutsu: Tales Of Living Buddhas’ Self Mummification
Immuring themselves in an underground stone chamber, sealed tight, waiting to die: that is what more than 24 known individuals did in northern Japan from the 1200s until the 19th century, though it may have been done before that timeframe and even...
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