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Eternal Remains: World Mummification and the Beliefs that make it Necessary
Ken Jeremiah
First Edition Design Publishing
Contents
Figures
Preface
Introduction
Part I
Mummies in the Americas
Mummies Preserved by Ice and Snow
Natural Mummification in Mexico and Columbia
Native American Mummies in the U.S.
The Chinchorro of Peru and Chile
The Inca
Capacocha
Royalty
Indigenous Mummies in Peru
Other Mummies in South America
Tsantsa: The Jívaro’s Shrunken Heads
Part II
European Mummies
The Frankenstein Mummies of Cladh Hallan
European Bog Bodies
The Grottarossa Girl
Natural Mummies in Italy
Ferentillo Mummies
Capuchin’s Catacombs (Palermo, Italy)
The Catacombs in Rome
Christian Mummification
Incorruptibles
The Canonization Process: How Saints are Made
Intentional Preservation of Saints and Clergy Members
Egyptian Influence on Christianity
Reasons behind Christian Mummification
Part III
African Mummies
Egyptian Mummification
Osiris: King of Eternity
Pre-Dynastic Mummification (4400-3100 B.C.E.)
Intentional Mummification and Osirian Texts
The Egyptian Conception of the Soul
New Kingdom Mummification
Part IV
Asian Mummies
Ancient Caucasians in China
Miraculous Preservation in Asia
Buddhist Mummies
Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhist Mummification
Other Intentionally Mummified Bodies
Spiritual Mummification
The Daoist Pursuit of Immortality
Zen Preservation
Gilded Mummies in Taiwan
Self-Mummification
Ascetics and the Swamp of Wizards
Merit
How they Mummified
Sunada Tetsu
Self-Immolation and Self-Mummification
Shindo Nizaemon and Hasegawa Zenkichi
Togashi Kichihyoei
Ono Koichiro and Ito Ihei
Enmyokai
Kobo Daishi and Shingon Buddhism
Shugendo
Bukkai
Part V
Modern Mummies: A Timeless Practice
A Worldwide Phenomenon
Paying for Self-Preservation
Preservation as Problematic
Life and Death
Photo Credits
Notes
References
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