9 Bizarre Attempts At Immortality And Eternal Youth Throughout History
Wikimedia CommonsThe body of a monk who underwent self-mummification. Between 1081 and 1903, around 30 living Shingon monks underwent the process of sokushinbutsu or self-mummification. In order to complete this macabre process, the Japanese monks adopted a diet known as mokujiki, or tree-eating, by foraging in nearby forests and subsisting exclusively on tree roots,