Russian who buried himself alive dies by mistake

by Guest on Fri 03 Jun 2011, 11:41 am

Having looked at nonsense ideas and beliefs for many years, I sometimes think I've seen it all. But this is a new one on me!

A Russian man has fallen for the incredibly silly idea that being buried alive for a night would bring him good luck for the rest of his life.

It seems that his luck ran out when the air holes he had put in place became blocked when it rained.

See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13623938

He leaves a daughter....

I think it was Einstein* who said something like: The difference between intelligence and stupidity is that there's a limit to intelligence.

* Never believe Einstein actually said anything attributed to him!

by **KitKat** on Fri 03 Jun 2011, 2:16 pm

The link doesn't go anywhere. shrug

by Guest on Fri 03 Jun 2011, 2:20 pm

Fixed it!

by **krisisle** on Fri 03 Jun 2011, 4:10 pm

I know it's not funny - terrible - but it made me giggle.

My ex-husband now lives with a Russian. Perhaps I could convince her to bury him in the garden for luck.

by Guest on Fri 03 Jun 2011, 4:50 pm

krisisle wrote: I know it's not funny - terrible - but it made me giggle.

I know what you mean!

For me it's a mixture of laughing and complete incredulity.

When I see beliefs like drinking your own wee can cure health problems or that drilling a hole in your head can aid well-being I have to laugh; but when I realise that not only do people take these things seriously, they actually do them, I'm lost for words.

Even after all these years of looking at such things, I'm still amazed at people's stupidity.

by **KitKat** on Sat 04 Jun 2011, 10:43 am

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It would appear THIS is where he got the idea from.

One group in Russia has come up with an unusual method to fight stress and beat depression by burying people alive - only temporarily, though.

The organizers of this extreme treatment claim twenty minutes in a fresh grave might change your mind on many things in life.

When someone is buried alive, below the surface they are trapped with their greatest fears.

"Oh fantastic! The sun feels much better than under the ground," admits volunteer Pavel Gordeev once he has been dug out after 20 minutes of being buried alive: not a form of torture, but extreme therapy.

After his first time under the ground, Pavel's anxiety got the better of him. Now he says he can handle the pressure.

"The first thing you experience is panic. Once your face is covered with earth, you start tasting it and thinking what the hell am I doing down here? But once you calm down there is simply no other place like this," Gordeyev said.

The grave-digging therapists are modeling the burials on an ancient form of self-enlightenment practiced by shamans.

They wanted to make the rites more accessible, believing everyone can benefit.

"This is the most effective and powerful method for overcoming internal problems," claims Konstantin Mukhin, trainer at Enlightenment Territory. "A person can neither see nor hear anything, nor even move underground. They have no other option but to delve deep inside their minds."

One burial costs you around $160, and attracts both men and women from students to 50-something professionals, all aiming to bury their own worries.

A full day's psychological training claims to prepare them for the fears they will face.

"Panic conditions can be subconscious and uncontrollable. There are different ways to overcome them: working with mental images, rhythm, breathing," explains the director of Enlightenment Territory Andrey Gorbov. "There is an array of means for a person to subdue their fear. We teach them that."

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