The Forbidden Practice of Self-Mummification
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- Опубліковано 4 тра 2024
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when you dropping a video of that talking donkey from the bible? that story was so awesome ngl fav story as a christian
Hello sir
ok
actually enjoyed this ad, as I do several of your others - really appreciate your content as well.... Thank You @Wendigoon
2k likes in 15 minutes thats crazy bro youre doing so good
What a tragedy it was when Wendi, in his house, was found dead and perfectly preserved several months later, and in his hands was a box of Magic Spoon and a can of Monster...
Not the magic spoon omfg 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Eh, he came back alive after dying in a cave-in, I'm sure he can resurrect twice
Oh so that's why he hasn't uploaded
“wendi” LOL
real
Thank you Mr Wendigoon for this self-mummification tutorial! Can't wait to try it
Update us in about 5 years to let us know how it’s going
Needs to give up that magic spoon first
Cool
hey sherif
Keep us posted 🤭
this man literally makes his living off being a cereal salesman what a legend
Salesman or addict?
@@thadmeboy1129 sales man. Shit tastes like protine powder
@@thadmeboy1129 both
@@thadmeboy1129 yes
Cereal addicted salesman
I love how if you died they didn't think "maybe he just didn't approach this whole slow starvation thing correctly" they were instead just like "I guess the universe declares you cringe and not a Chad, better luck next reincarnation"
My understanding is that those who failed were still regarded with great respect, they just didn't get set up in a shrine.
@@AdamantErinyesyeah, they said respectable attempt ending in fail!
But second place isn't so bad after all?
Even even it's you vs no one?
I'm weak
Buddy you unironicly just figured out the meaning of budism@@viktorbirkeland6520
I feel like Wendigoon is warning us that he's gonna mummify himself soon
with all the magic spoon he's been eating, I wouldn't doubt it lmao
“After shooting himself twice in the head and jumping out a 5 story window, Wendigoon mummified himself.”
After making that 5 hour video on Blood Meridian, I would be too.
ok
HOORAY !!
Semi-related fun fact: the red spider lily is a very symbolic flower in Japan associated with death and graveyards. This is because all parts of the red spider lily are highly toxic, so people would plant them on top of freshly buried graves to prevent scavenging animals from digging up the bodies.
Thanks for the info, I think I saw in an Anime a person dying in a patch of spider lillies or something like this, that gives the scene more context.
Same with apples actually
Oh wow that's neat! Thanks for the info!
Same thing happens in ireland with the yew tree. Yew trees are highly toxic and associated with grave yards.
I just want to say I appreciate the new (to me lol) tid bits of information shared in this thread. I found it really fascinating. Thanks!
Edit: I realized I didn't even know what a Red Spider Lily looked like so I looked up a pic of it. What a crazy looking flower!
I am loving his “slow descent into madness” storyline running through each magic spoon add
It's very lore heavy
Slow?
The elves!
GIANTS
Somehow this made me think of my father. He lived with 2 forms of cancer for almost 20 years, 15 years longer than was expected. The cancer had spread to just about every tissue in his body. It got to the point where his body could no longer process proteins very well. He had just about no body fat and very little muscle. He had sunken, bruised looking eyes. The man was like a walking skeleton. But he was still walking. He had inoperable, necrotic tissue starting in his chest that he lived with for about 2 years. I swear to god he lived on willpower alone. When he started to decline mentally he went very quickly, as if he had decided he was done and was allowing nature to take him; within 10 days he was gone, when he had lived through so much for so long. It's amazing what the human body can live through.
im so sorry for your loss. i'm a medical student and your dad's story is definitely gonna stick with me for a long time
Your dad is an absolute gigachad for managing to live with that for so long
God bless, your father sounds like a Chad
Dad really said "I ain't fuckin done yet ye hear me!?!?!"
Dad FR said “I didn’t hear no bell” to Cancer.
I’m sorry for your loss but your Dad didn’t lose to cancer, he pushed Cancer to a draw.
I love how a nice short and light video for Wendigoon has become a 30 minute video on people starving and burying themselves alive. I hope this channel never changes 🥰
me neither!! i live for these vids
same
He certainly runs the gamut as far as subject matter. It's a rare, but welcome quality here in UA-cam Land.
Well 20 minutes, if you exclude the advertisement.
@@davidbronstein2040 well actually it’s still 21:48 without the ad
I "met" Luang Pho Daeng in 2011 with absolutely NO context 😂 Cruising around Koh Samui on a hired moped, I stopped on the side of the road to have a drink. A little girl grabbed my hand and led me over to the box with him sitting in it; just sat out in the courtyard of this temple. She emphatically spoke to me in Thai (explaining how he came to be there I assume) and pointed at his sunglasses, then at mine and laughed while she tried mine on. Then she led me over to a station where she washed my hands, directed my hand to rub & ring a gong that was hanging there, and then led me back to my moped. She forced my helmet back on my head, smacked the top, shouted BYEEEEEE and then ran off giggling.
I think about that encounter a lot. That little girl made my day, but boy was it strange to see kids playing football with this dead guy wearing sunnies just chillin in a box next to them 😂
This is great, lol. What an experience. So cool.
What a day
I wish I could save comments so I can read this story again
😭 😭 that's so sweet of her
What an extraordinary experience. That would surely stick with me for the rest of my life.
Man, I can't believe Wendigoon was found buried alive in a box with a bell and a bamboo shoot while sitting in a lotus position. Crazy how that can happen.
dont forget the box of Magic Spoon he was clutching!
@@robm5008And the can of monster!
And the Night vision goggles.
As someone born and raised Buddhist, thank you for not sensationalizing the concept of self-mummification and taking the time to explain that it's an uncommon practice in Buddhism and being generally respectful :) . NGL, I was afraid at first that it wasn't going to be explained properly but you did a fantastic job!
That’s a lie your obviously Latino or Hispanic so you can’t be raised as buddhist
I had a weird sports teacher at school who was obsessed with Buddhism but knew basically nothing about it and told me all about these ‘monks in the mountains who just stop their heart thru willpower alone’ as if that’s just the everyday activities of Buddhist monks. (Mans later got fired for racism, homophobia, sexism and transphobia)
@@gayraccoon353I have a co-worker who claims to be a buddhist, literally the angriest "buddhist" I've ever met, and seems to practice mindfulness absolutely never. He just thinks being a buddhist is about being nonviolent, which it's certainly more than that lol.
@@gayraccoon353 The last line from your comment kindda makes me think he's not that bad. What a bunch of buzzwords.
@@gayraccoon353sounds like a really cool guy
Wendigoon is the only person to wear a Hawaiian T Shirt while talking about a morbid topic like Self-Mummification.
As opposed to flanel (get the reference?)
Thats me2 tho
Allow me to introduce you to Henry Zebrowski
[laughs in American soldier]
@Miguel Silva find a Hawaiian that wears floral shirts i can almost guarantee its next to none
Dude drops a fantastic 5-hour video and is back a week later without missing a beat. Absolute legend
he’s on that wendi-grind
He makes tens of thousands of dollars per month with minimal effort. Of course he'd return to make easy money; that doesn't make him a legend, ffs. What makes him a legend is his top tier content
@@pyropulseIXXI I don’t think it’s minimal work. He is reading off a script, and this script is most definitely at least an hour of work put into it in typing alone. The amount of research he does in advance to write these has got to be a couple hours at least.
A little correction. The monk with the sunglasses didn't undergo self mummification as that practice was limited to a small corner of Japan as you said. While the monk in question was a renouned monk from southern Thailand. His body just kinda ended up not decomposing on its own after his death. Many other cases of devout monks not rotting post death in Thailand actually, almost every province has at least one.
That's odd throughout European Catholic Christendom they also have corpses of Saints that supposedly were to holy & pure to decompose.
They mummified them without telling people and some were coated in Bees wax.
Wild I know.
Same concept as incorruptible catholic saints
@@itstherealbrace6424 beatification
Similarly paramahansa yogananda, an Indian yogi who came to America in the early 1900s was said to not decompose. It baffled the people at the funeral home as they had never heard of such a thing:)
@@tylersova4492 there are a lot of hindu yogi's who proved the same concept.
I can't even lie, I think self mummification is sooooo fascinating as a concept. I'm honestly really happy you went so in depth and used a long form video for it
I’m sorry you can’t even lie 💔
Don't find it too fascinating
This is probably going to get lost in the sea of comments but my husband is a monk in this specific form of Buddhism (Shingon | 真言宗). Thank you for pointing out a lot of the misunderstandings about the practice and getting the terminology correct. Frequently people try to make this seem like a really frequent and well-practiced aspect of Shingon or Buddhism as a whole and it really isn't.
That’s pretty interesting! I do have one question, how does it work that he’s a monk and married? I know within many Mahayana schools, they allow monastics to get married, but my familiarity is mainly within Theravada Buddhism so I’m curious, in shingon is monasticism seen more as a kind of being a very dedicated career as a academic or is there something I’m missing on how shingon views monks and nuns?
That's awesome.
@@jordanroberts2029 Marriage within Buddhism is general viewed as something secular and seperate from religious practice but I can only really speak on it from a Japanese Mahayana point of view. Japanese monks of all schools tend to marry as the temples are handed down through families (unless you luck out and find one that isn't being manned by a monk). In my time on Koyasan, the academic and spiritual hub of Shingon Buddhism, it was very common to see monks and nuns with their kids and grandkids running around. A good friend of ours helps run the Nanzo-in Temple and it's run by a multi-generational monk/nun family.
On a personal note, I think involvement with the community be it through family or otherwise is important to cultivating compassion.
@@IntroducingEmy I think you are correct in your thinking. It’s a fantastic idea
ahhh! very cool. you need the pin on the comment section.
What I found very interesting about this is even though it was considered a branch of Buddhism, their actions contradicted the words of the Buddha. He taught against self starvation and extreme practices like it, and the body was viewed as a temporary vessle as all things are so the need for mummification is not necessary. It's always so interesting to see how off-shoots of relgions develop and how the time period effects it. Cool video!
And during his search for enlightenment the Buddha also found out that he couldn't attain nirvana by starving or hurting himself (he did so, thinking that he would reach the point but found out he couldn't in that way). So it is safe to say this is not entirely the Buddhism Gautama Buddha taught.
yeah the whole thing that set him apart from contemporary religions was when he stopped fasting
There's a mummy in the big cathedral (catholic church) here in my city. Really interesting to hear.
Also the fact that blood meridian is a top seller, do a book club wendigoon! I'd love to hear about books you'll read in the future and read the ones I hadn't read yet.
Book club is SUCH a good idea!
What city do you live in?
@@llewelynshingler2173 Guadalajara, it's a famous story around here about a little girl
If Wendigoon becomes a dad, He will tell the grestest bedtime stories to his children.
“Daddy tell us about gods ego death again!!!”
"Dad, tell us about the giants !"
"Daddy Daddy tell me the one about the guy that got stuck in a mine and the town opened up a a carnival ontop"
wym if? Wendigoon the human embodiment of dad
The Japanese banning self mummification because it's "barbaric, glorified suicide".
Also the japanese in WW2: "I am the weapon"
This guy😂
Holy shit Wendigoon has blew up, it was so fast yet so gradual that it’s like seeing a child grow up. I’ve never felt more parasocial I am filled with joy
This will sound weird but I feel like a proud mother, seeing his success. He deserves it
@@ruth80809Same lol, I'm so proud of our boy!
@@irishalchemy 😊🎉👍
I really like his ad segments. Always watching the entire thing. Being entertaining is part of his personality. He doesn't suddenly become a sell out and all serious when the ad segments come up. They flow nicely with the rest of the video's vibe.
Wendigoon in his "I learnt this disturbing thing and now you have to" era. I hope this channel never changes
As a Buddhist for the past 15 years I just wanna say I feel you represented these ideas very well and spoke well informed. Theres always differences in understanding. But there still always constants as well. This was a good one man. Much love.
As a Buddhist, would you do this practice as well?
@@yeager4030 as someone who lightly practices certain buddhist ways such as meditation, restraint and patience.
hell no :D that shit scary
I don’t believe this practice represents or respects Buddhism. Buddha taught the middle way, not this extreme asceticism bullshit that makes you destroy yourself. Just because someone calls them self a Buddhist does not mean that they really are or haven’t taken it way beyond what the actual beliefs are.
Lol says the white with identity crisis
@@lubtv8792 agreed. I’m a buddhist since birth and have always been taught that buddhism is all about the middle way. There’s a reason why the buddha himself didn’t attain enlightenment when he was starving himself and forcing himself into asceticism. This kind of practice just seems weird to me, i think it doesn’t reflect the middle way at all
As a microbiologist I'm very upset at them for killing their microbes >:(
but also impressed
This is what they modeled the Sheikah Monks in Breath of the Wild after. Very interesting to learn the history of it.
I remember hearing a case as a kid where the detective was talking about how they'd found someone out in a field that "had gotten into mummification by that point." My kid brain could only picture the person with one of those big picture books you'd get at the library on Egyptology, relaxing on a picnic blanket and reading it with interest, like "Yeah. Fascinating."
Props to Wendigoon for being openly Christian and very honest about his beliefs, while also being one of the most informative and respectful channels to talk about obscure religious practices and beliefs
I honestly came here to say this.
I was so positively shocked when I first heard him mention his beliefs bc I'm so used to channels who produce similar content to his openly mocking christianity :')
@@lolollo4481 He's actually pretty involved in his religion too so it's a pretty big shock to a lot of people considering his content
@@evilchildren1102 it's kind of funny bc I know a ton of believing Christians (me included) who share similar interests but I guess it's not something people are still open about on the internet, bc some people expect our religion to be our entire personality I guess haha
@@lolollo4481dude that’s exactly what happened to me. When I first started watching his videos I was always surprised by how respectful he was when God/ Christianity came up because I’m so used to people nonchalantly mocking / making fun of it. After like 10 videos I googled if he was Christian because I was curious and then it all made sense lol. He’s awesome
Crazy that two years ago, Wendi was just celebrating like 100k subs. Now it's almost 2.6 million. So much growth from such niche and otherwise occult topics.
Wendigoon, you should do a video about the kurdaitcha, a type of priest/executioner among the Arrernte Aboriginal Australians. They apparently wore slippers made of feathers and cursed the guilty by pointing a bone at them, causing the victim to die slowly from psychosomatic effects. It seems appropriately grim for your channel and I'd love to see what kind of research you can dredge up on the subject!
Seeing Wendigoon shoving a handfull of raw cereal in his mouth is exactly what i needed today
... raw cereal?
… Raw cereal?
For the people who are confused by the term "raw cereal", raw in this context is not referring to how cooked the serial is, but that the serial is completely unprotected buy milk. This cereal lacks birth control.
raw?? cereal?? is there cooked cereal??
@@pennyforyourthotsrom the original comment on, this shit just gets more and more unhinged
Edit: all during the course of like one hour. What the fuck.
Peep the drip on this man, we love that.
Wendigoon or one of the corpses?
@@jessesherer9792 yes
How’d you comment so long ago? The video came out 6 mins ago
@@wayworner Time moves differently in the Hollow Earth
If he started a shirts collection, I'd buy boatloads outta it
Hey man, you released a 5 hour video literally nine days ago. I cannot believe the rate at which you release content. I am extremely appreciative but please take care of yourself and don't burn out, just in case that's a risk. Love your stuff man!
He doesn't release videos fast enough! I need MORE
@@JaceDeanLove lol my man has put out almost 22 hours of curated content in the last 5 months that is a wild amount
this sounds like a junji ito premise lol imagine the monk being discovered by the students and still alive unbeknownst to them, unable to communicate from all the years spent buried and forced into a glass box to be stored in perpetuity
At this point Magic Spoon is holding Wendigoon hostage. If he dares get sponsored by a different company of cereal, there would be no more disturbing stories to listen to.
His goes to be ranting about magic spoon in his next video
Considering how shitty that "cereal" actually is, he's gotta be held hostage.
@@Polopony20. if you just look at the box design you can tell its some california corporate bs ripoff of cheerios.
The day he gets sponsored by another cereal company is the day we know he's been replaced with some shape-shifting supernatural being
Honestly the fact that 17 monks were successful is kinda wild. 17 monks survived such inconceivable practice and succeeded in their goal, at least the physical part, I'm no authority on metaphysical matters so I can't say anything about the spiritual part, but man you gotta admit this has to lead to enlightenment. The sheer willpower required to do this is nothing short of divine.
I'm an archaeologist and I was thrilled to see you cover this topic. It's such a fascinating discussion; the censorship of death and glorification within culture and religion. Bioarchaeology covers this topic slightly and I remember being fascinated by it during my studies. Particularly with the public display of bodies. Thank you for making more people aware of this topic, you're doing a fantastic job.
Wendi is the evolved version of the old mascots that are obsessed with cereal
As Sam O’Nella said, this would be a great fad diet.
“I just lost 30 pounds in five days!”
“Wow, holy heck! How’d you do it?”
“They call it the Egyptian cleanse.”
I miss Sam O’Nella
@@daisyjoy242 We all do
Can't wait for someone else to make an hour length documentary on Wendigoon's magic spoons addiction
"A man wearing a Hawaiian shirt ate Magic Spoon for a month. This is what happened to his body."
Soon, his entire body will become Magic Spoon.
@@silenthero2795 sounds like a tipical brew video title
chubby emu lol
By the time may hits his blood will be magic spoon
I listened to Blood Meridian on audio book after watching your video on it, and have since listened to No Country For Old Men, and I’m now halfway through The Road!! You’re always putting us onto cool stuff, Wendi. Thanks so much! It was so cool to hear you talk about that at the end of this video. Much love.
It amazes me how many of your videos I end up watching all the way to the last second. They add to my life in such a positive way, thank you so much.
Can we take a moment to congratulate wendigoon for getting a wendiwife?
We have both a mom and a dad now
Wifeigoon
He’s now the wendigroom
Weddingoon
He’s gonna get to hit that wendipoon
I bought Blood Meridian because of your last banger of a video, I'm so grateful for the storytellers sharing interesting information I'd probably not go looking for otherwise ❤️
🤖
Same
Real
Same
I also bought it. I listened to about 30 minutes of his analysis before I paused the video and bought it. After I finish it, I'll continue watching :))
At first I thought it would be horrible for this to happen to me but then I realized I would have to willingly do it because no one's gonna feed me pine needles and special tea
Your blood meridian video inspired me to make one of the main characters in my story a guy from the countryside and pick up the audiobook of To Kill a Mockingbird. You’ve gotten me absolutely enamored with all things yeehaw, and before that you had me enamored with all things biblical in your Divine Comedy videos. It’s no surprise that you’re influential enough to drive book sales up and change trends. Thank you for all that you do sir!
As a living mummy myself, I found that you handled the topic quite respectfully
Very unfunny joke format. Youre not a living mummy…
Thank you for your sacrifice Pablo I look up to living mummy’s they cured my village of hives
@@niksonrex88 Hey, don't forget to take your hemorrhoid cream.
thank you for your sacrifice Pablo my crops are now flourishing
Thankyou for your sacrifice Pablo, my harvest has been good and my fmaily is recover8ng from poorness
I just binge watched the entire conspiracy theory iceberg and I wondered to myself, “Now that he’s big will he still make these simple videos of him just talking to a camera?” Then this came out, gotta love that even as he advances he never forgets his roots that we all know and love.
Edit: Christ this blew up •-•
right??
Definitely!!
All videos of him are just him talking to a camera, no?
@@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache ya what are they even talking about
Roots aka Not Evolving
I've been following you for a while and I genuinely love every video you made, thanks for staying true to your style and being so passionate about the topics you choose to present. Keep doing what you're doing man. love from france
This is so neat!! Thank you for sharing this, your videos are always such a joy!
According to stories when Siddhartha (before becoming Buddha) was first searching for enlightenment, he sat down and meditate under a tree and only eat fruits that fall in his range. Which almost turned him skinny like a skeleton.
But then he stopped that practice after realising that too much pain can't bring anything to you Just like too much pleasure (he was a Prince). And take the middle way
Guess they only understood the first half
Great book
You would probably like a look into Japanese Death Poems. Monks, as their final act, will write out a poem summarizing their life. They range everything from humor to a crisis of faith.
“I see no longer the face of the Buddha. Let the lightning fall where it may.” Writes one
I wonder how many monks were pressured by their communities to undergo these kinds of extreme acts of self harm in order to prove their devotion. I guarantee not everyone who underwent the process truly wanted to - what choice would they have, though, if it was expected of them?
@@elodee3I mean, I'd say a lot of choice
@@JaceDeanLove Idk, Im not convinced.
@@elodee3 they weren't. This was considered extremely high level practice only to be undertaken by those who were willing to transcend the body and only for those with the highest level of command and mastery over their minds. It was not looked upon as self harm, but practice. The discipline it takes to pull something off is otherworldly. Not that many even attempted it let alone completed it. Buddhism is a life of compassion and peace. Last thing on the monks' mind would be to pressure one of their peers into something like this. In fact if you want to disrobe and stop being a monk or a nun no big deal is made, no judgement and no pressure, you can reordain whenever you wish. Its difficult looking from the outside in with a materialistic Western mindset. We have virtually no references for this in the modern West. We need to open our minds and realize there's many views one can take of the world and the self and many ways of living and culture that are completely alien to us. I've been a monk for a while and am giving it a second go. Monks and nuns and lay supporters are some of the most wholesome people I've met in my life. If you want a wholesome place find your "local" temple. There are a few in the US and in the EU. Buddhist monks and nuns will never tell you what to believe or think in fact you'll find they're some of the most understanding, kind and open people on this world. Of course there are exceptions to this, there always are, but on the whole Buddhism is super chill. This is our practice.
@@bojcio I'm happy for you, but I am not interested in that for my own life. Thank you for your perspective
This is soooo interesting, particularly the immurement at the end! Thank you for your deep dives
An AD has never made me want a cereal before.
Your magic spoon commercials have changed that from 0, to 1.
0:00
0:15 Japan’s Self-Mummification Mountain 🇯🇵 🏔️
1:34 Looking into Wendigoon’s Pantry. 2:04 It’s a Magic Spoon advertisement.
5:07 What is a Mummy?
5:52 Buddhism is bigger than Mummification.
6:56 Asceticism: Controlling Desire in order to heal one’s Spirit.
*The Self-Mummification Process*
9:58 Dieting to dispel Decomposition. 3,000 Day Diet.
11:56 100 Day Fast
13:45 Buried Alive with a bell 🔔
14:15 Sacrifice, Removal of Poison.
15:40 If the body is decomposing, the Process failed. If the body is not decomposing, put the body in a Holy place.
16:52 Most died trying.
17:43 Japan 1,081 - 1903. 1879 Emperor Meiji banned the practice.
19:00 Illegality can only “for the most part” stop a criminal.
19:56 Shin Yokai (if I heard and spelled the name correctly?)
21:33 Tailsmans. Incorrupted Bodies.
23:00 Immurement & Stylites
24:33 Thank you all so much for the support of the _Blood Meridian_ book 📕 video.
19:03 America Begins the War on Drugs
You sir haven't gotten enough credit for this so I applaud your assistance
Thank you!
Thank you, @That Time Stamp Guy!
Thank you timestamp guy
Can we take a second to appreciate how much and how fast Wendigoon is pumping out content? On top of trying to plan a wedding and buy a house, dude is a beast! As always, thank you for making videos!
i was just thinking the same thing :D what an angel!
It’s like every third comment 😂
This is such a strangely beautiful process/practice, I'm glad I now know about such a fascinating concept! Thanks dad!
My favorite videos that you make are the ones where you forget your original train of thought because you rattle off really interesting details that aren't written down because you want to share them. That's honestly the reason that I still watch your videos :)
You deserve all the praise and support. You are creating UA-cam history on this channel man.
Your Frankenstein video is CRIMINALLY underrated content.
The Frankenstein video is one of my favs and one I go back to often
Oh man so good
That’s my favourite video of his!
I had to read frankenstein in highschool and hated it. His video made me want to take another look at ir
it was a great content. I sure loved watching that content. what are your favourite contests to watch?
I used to work in an Eastern Orthodox museum and there were several icons related to saints who were/are believed to have died in a "state of prayer", essentially ascetic monks found sitting up after death with less than regular amount of decomposition. I think that there is a definite parallel with both ascetic Orthodox monks and Buddhist Shokushinbutsu. Both are believed to have passed away in a state of prayer and therefore could could facilitate the salvation/enlinghtenment of others. I find that really interesting.
PS: Relating to the temple selling pieces of a Shokushinbutsu's robes as talismans, it's really no different than all the relics sold among both Catholics and Orthodox. The museum I workes in had several pieced that "according to tradition" belonged to Orthodox saints and there was/is a chapel that houses officially verified relics, including tiny pieces of clothing. I've also visited the Cathedral of Trier Germany that is believed to house the Robe of Christ. I'm neither a Christian or a Buddhist, but I find religious traditions endlessly fascinating and occasionally I can find lessons to take away from varied sources. You do you and follow your bliss, as long as it doesn't hurt others 🙂
@@TheUmbravulpes I was going to say the same thing about relics, super interesting how similar things are, even from a Catholic point of view. Thanks for sharing!
Why didn't you say so?
Listen closely, and you can still hear their chanting...
_"...Hamburger, cheeseburger, Big Mac, Whopper, hamburger, cheeseburger, Big Mac, Whopper..."_
I think my favorite part of your videos (besides the cool content) is when you thank us for watching then go on an incoherent ramble 😂 I love your happy puppy energy at the end keep killin it
exactly! This is the selling point....for me anyway
Thanks for all the hard work you do, Wendigoon!
It's brilliant to hear that your Blood Meridian video had such a massive effect on sales and interest in general! Well deserved, too. I've got neurological issues that make reading books quite tricky, not to mention ones with a writing style like that, so I'm grateful I got to experience at least the abridged version of such a masterpiece of a story because of you. Thank you for always giving us such great content!
I feel the same way! Even if I dont think id be able to read it, im really glad I was able to experience the story in another way
Wendigoon, man, you truly have unlocked the secret of advertising. Your channel is literally the only one out of the dozens I subscribe to where I don't skip the ads, I love it so much
Map men and The Internet Historian's ad reads are pure art as well. It's actually funny because I discovered The Internet Historian from a reply under a Map Men video where OP praises the ad as well and some other guy brings up Internet Historian's ads.
@@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache the map men ads were the first ones I watched through till the end 😂
brutalmoose makes pretty awesome ads, you never know what to expect, and they feel just as entertaining as the rest of the video
Mista GG writes and semi-produces really enticing raps for all his ads, and they really groove!
Probably niche to lgbt but Michael Henry's ads were pretty nice. Like, "Wow, this entire video is an ad?!" 😁
I love these types of wendigoon videos, so chill and wibey. Love it
You are THE youtuber, from your theories to your tierlists, it always hit's the bullseye👍🥰
For any Jujutsu Kaisen fans, Sukuna, the main villian of the series, is based off of this ritual. There is even an inclusion of one of these monks in chapter 1’s color spread
And in chapter 220
Another example of this in Media is in Sekiro where the corrupted Buddihist monks of Senpou Temple have achieved immortality but as a trade-off become basically a mummified corpse like the ones in this vid.
@@nathanbarrett4402 yet *another* example in media is Daisoujou from the Shin Megami Tensei games and their spinoffs. In all appearances he's a skeleton in monk clothing and holding a bell.
@overlordchemm3705 and yet ANOTHER is saint Hakushin from Inuyasha
@@itsemilyayoo ohh yeahh I forgot about that one
That blood meridian support is insane but makes sense cause i never watched the video but rushed to buy the book and have been nonstop reading so i can hear your analysis on the story. So really I just imagine a bunch of people like me who are dying to find new good literature and love your videos
I just want you to know that after all the ad reads skipped on all the other channels, i DID skip your ad read, but I did also buckle and follow your link to get the deal, included you in the follow up so they know who sent me. Keep up all your hard and wonderful work you charming SOB.
I usually skip UA-camr ads but man do I love his magic spoon ads
You have a very unique and strong group around you and seeing how Blood meridian went as well as before with Dante's trilogy, mystery flesh pit, and I have no mouth and I must scream. I highly recommend you keep the book recommendations and analysis going not only because it's enjoyable but it also getting people to read these amazing stores that may almost be lost in time without someone mentioning them again.
Fully agree
Wendigoon has introduced me to so much incredible horror, both analog and books
Yup I'm about halfway through Blood Meridian now. Only started it because of the video
I don't like most channels, but this one is great.
For real! His video on Frankenstein really helped me understand the book a lot more. I've tried reading it before on my own, heard a lot about it while in high school, heard about in all sorts of contexts just cuz it's well known. But I never understood the fiction and story until he explained it in his unique way
Just finally got through that 5 hour video of pure insanity yesterday and damn I don’t think my brain can take that again 😂
I watched it for like 4 days damn that was good.
i watched it twice already 💀
Lol got the notification for this one and said "oh thank goodness it's only 30 minutes" 🤣
blood meridian was an turbulent journey.
It was so good though
I mean I knew humans were inclined to self-preservation by nature but this is a whole new extreme
Im listening to blood meridian right now as an audiobook. i didnt even watch your video, i stopped as soon as you said "go get the book". very well written and i cant wait to watch your video afterwards!
When you mentioned the talismans made of the clothes the monks had been wearing (20:14), it instantly brought to mind the relics we Catholics have. Pretty much the exact same thing! Relics can be pieces of saints (1st degree, usually bones), items that belonged to saints (2nd degree, typically clothes), or things that have been in contact with the 1st (3rd degree). Like you mentioned at the end, it is always fascinating to me how religions across the globe and time can still have some much in common. I discover this all the time when speaking with my Hindu friend. :)
The big 3 (Christianity, Islam, and Jewdaism) are largely the same faiths influenced more heavily by specific prophets. Many Jews are practically Christians, with a lack of emphasis on Jesus. Likewise many Christians are practically Islamic, they just don't put faith in the prophet Mohammad.
As someone from the US, where you're basically told if you're not Christian you're wrong, that was incredibly eye-opening to learn.
My dear sir, it feels like just yesterday you dropped a 5+ hour long epic about one of the most violent novels in English literature, and already you've blessed us with more content? Unreal.
Omg Daisoujou from the Shin Megoomy Tensay series!
it's nice to find someone who loves the search and inner workings of things- we are rare creatures in the wild- but your channel has loads of them...very cool
Spent an hour gushing about your Blood Meridian video to my boyfriend and he said he couldn't sleep after. He's since then started watching your stuff. Love u sm Goonie
listened to that vid once again at work today its so dang good
I want to watch it so bad but I want to read the book first
@@jonwhite2957 same
@@jonwhite2957 I bet you’d have an amazing time reading it too I saw it for 10 on Amazon for the paper back also saw a 10 hour part one of an audio book hehe
@@Brandybuck2000 yeah I have a hard time reading on my own but I already got the audio book I'm gonna start it soon
I literally just wrote about strange suicidal practices and this was one of them, it was so interesting and it’s fun to hear your spin on it
Lemme see your essay!
Can we see your essay?
It was an autobiography 💀
@@lovelyunmei lmao, nah but my essay was shit I basically just said “here’s this thing that happened, pretty cool right?”
Thanks Wendyguy, one of my favorite videos of yours recently ❤
this just brought back the memories of me reading killing commendatore by murakami
this process is detailed in the book as well and the way he tied it to other historical things and something supernatural was super fascinating to read
Hello wendigoon , i am Jain myself and thank you having a very educated and open understanding of different religions , you were one of the reasons I started educating myself on different religions and philosophies of old
I've read about Jainism some but this is the first time I've come across one. I know that doesn't add anything but hello
@@sourgreendolly7685 hello 👋
i also got into different religions and cultures because of him! especially the historical roots of religions, specifically christianity. i haven’t heard of jainism though, i’ll definitely have to look into that. you may already know them if you like wendigoon and exploring religions like you said, but i'd definitely recommend checking out other youtubers too like religion for breakfast, genetically modified skeptic, let’s talk religion, and esoterica. there’s a lot of other great ones too, but those are some of my favorites and the only ones i can think of off the top of my head. hope this helps💖
hello Jain, thank you for not being an imbecile of epic proportions
@@lovrboi yes i will check them out ( I have seen lets talk religion before ) thank you !
I've always had a pretty good amount pf respect for the monks that even attempt this practice. To see such dedication to their beliefs is kind of inspiring in a macabre way. I also have always found it extremely interesting the parallels between religions across the world, especially when those groups had no or little contact with each other.
You respect people that do this? Pretty stupid, tbh. Do you respect men that chop off their own balls? That also requires such dedication
Yeah there is a monestary here in Serbia that I visited that had almost the same practice. They made a small tomb for a monk where he would pray and only leave a small opening to give him food. When they saw he wasnt taking the food anymore they just sealed that small opening.
I love your channel and subscribe I've been a member for a long time I've been aware of his practice for some time but you giving us a very detailed explanation of the process and I thank you for this there's not much information and I know that you do your due diligence oh thank you so much I always enjoy your videos you're such a handsome young man I love your father too he's fun to watch once in awhile we all love and enjoy your videos have a great day 💜💜💜
Without taking credit from everything else since your entire content is awesome, the adds are by far my favorite part of your videos, the whole magic spoon arc is just a master piece
it makes me SO happy to hear that the blood meridian sales went up so much because of your video and knowing that i was one of those people! as soon as you posted your video, i watched the intro and knew i had to read the story for myself before your (amazing, as always) analysis so i could get the full experience without spoilers. i went to amazon immediately and bought the book and it’s arriving in a few days. i can’t wait to read the story for myself and go back and finally watch your video. so happy for you
I haven't read the book, but it's a good video.
tried reading it, but the author is so god damn weird for not using punctuation. ended up watching the video instead and don't regret it.
give an update later when uve read the book and watched the video, curious about your thoughts since i never read the book but watched the video(have fun with it :D)
Same! I read it online in about three days, it was great!
@@jacob.1820 Gotta love audiobooks!
Fun(?) fact for any MegaTen/Persona fans in the audience. The demon Daisoujou is actually based off of this practice! It’s the reason he’s always seen with his bell, and why he’s sat in the same position these monks would be in their tomb. I believe the term Daisoujou is just a venerable Japanese term for a certain high rank of Buddhist monk, but his design and general concept originate from this.
Outside of that, great video as always!
Only reason why I clicked on this video lol
Bro ripped out his own eyeball and went about his day like a frickin' Naruto character.
Speaking about Blood Meridian, I bought it off Google Books as soon as you said "Read it for yourself" I bought it immediately after.
I also bought Frankenstein as well! Though I'm not a dedicated reader, I do enjoy reading sometimes.
So thank you! I hope you get vaulted to even higher heights but please never give up how humble you are!
It's such an odd coincidence. I'm running a D&D game and have plans for a sect of monks who practice self mummification to force themselves to stay within a state of Astral Projection indefinitely. Miraculously, you made this video just in time. What a great research aid. Thanks!
This is called *synchronicity,* not 'coincidence.'
@@pyropulseIXXI No. It was a coincidence.
*The Buddha:* "Avoid the extremes of self-denial and self-indulgence. The true path to Nirvana is the middle way between these extremes, free from sorrow and suffering."
*Some Japanese Monks:* "So, we're going to try to reach Nirvana by very slowly starving and poisoning ourselves to death until we turn into literal mummies."
*The Buddha:* "Oh, come on! Guys, what the hell?"
What do you expect from Godbotherers? They're Godbotherers for a reason, you can't expect to actually *listen* to said God/Goddess and do as their told, it doesn't work that way.
"BECAUSE YOU TOLD ME TOO!!!!" ☠️
@@rosiehawtrey The Buddha is not a God.
@@bronze-hawk6914 I know, it's called cynicism and humour.
this video was incredibly interesting and informative to me. I love morbid information like this
thank you for the "woah that's interesting" feeling Wendigoon.
you introduced millions to the judge. its the best thing ive been across in years. thank you for being our youtube dad who loves us and cares about us
I like the funny cereal man with nice shirt talking about shit that would normally keep me up at night
Appalachia’s best blessing my feed this fine Tuesday. Your writing and editing has come so far since the conspiracy iceberg. You’re doing so great, keep it up!
Wow! Great tutorial! Can’t wait to try it!
New Wendigoon video always makes the day better. Thank you for all your great work!!
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Isn’t this a re-upload?
@@sertank735 not sure! I haven't seen it before if it is, so it's new to me!