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by J ako b Bo sch" 'M .'D

Therese Neumann, born at Konnersreurh, Southern Germany,

in 189Bj, stopped eating and. drinldng before she reached her

tb irt ie th y ea r, Thereafter she consumed ou,'~Y'[one et gh tTh l,o f ,I

sma l l 'Hos t [th e wa f e r g~V~ll at Mass] and ab out 3 cubic: cenri -

m..etres o f water d : a U y [to help her swallow the Host]', Otherwise

s h e' d e c lin ed any Iood 0 1 " d.r~nk,for :35,yea rs unttl h er death."

Since she also bore dillestigmata (wounds resembling those of

Chris t in hands , r e l e t and side) sh e soon c aused a c ons id era b le

stir am ong th e g eneral pub lic . Th i s persuaded the Bishop ofR.eg ,ensburg to ~H\¥eher kept under strict ebservauon w hich

j:nd.u([,ed su pervision of her visitors, For example, during a 3-

week observation period. in I91T~four nuns of tmpecca bly

' reHs b le character were $"i,:\,"o:tnto keep an, tl.n~:n.tetrupled \vnteb.

over her, two at a . time l' wtthou 1 . '~el:ti:ng,h er OUl of rhetr sigi],u. for

one second. They ' \V1eJ'epermitted [,0 use I~),l:d.ya damp cloth to

\ \ ' , 3 . 5 1 : . . . .Therese, and no f o o d or d d : m . k was allowed in her room.T h o ' } f o u r C · i · n s :S"'~l..e d und .:..· 0 ( '~ ~ ( [ ] . t he t the · : - - r c -m '- . , . und - " · 0 c - l · ' ~ . . . ..__ _ ' .'1; ., _JUT' niIJe- _~_ ~ ' !; .~. '.. . .. ._.' un_er~I~_.l .....·__... -.lC \~ o__.an un.cr O_Ler

'\1'~,lion,h 'ad . ta.'ken neither f ood nor drink d urin.g th e c ourse of th e

J weeks apan from. the crumb of the Host and the three cub lc

cent imetres of wa t e r already m en ti o ned .

AJl~th e heghlnhlg of du: ob serv auon period Therese 'Neumann

weighed 5 5 'knos; on. ( h ,e Hrst 'Fr id.ayj wh en t h e ' s t lgmara < b l e d , sh e

lost. ,4 kilos; d'uring the ensuiag week her weight rose agai n to 54




kilos even though she had taken no liquid or food. The same

seql l€UCe, occ u [iredduring the second "feel" and a 1 :, the end of m eob serv st ton period sh e onc e again we i g hed : 15 kllos.

M:,ed .ka l su pervision and assessment w as carried out not only

by a senior public health 0fflcial but also ' b y ' a medical professor

f rom th e Universi ty of Erlangen, aProtestant, ' w h o published th e

results in th e l \ 4 ' l i n i c h e n e r M:.ed~tlnlscj1,e Wod~en$(li,r,yt* ~ F C ' : d ' U d ,, ;vas

not. c ounted as a p la usib le e xp la na tio n el ther f e r] 't he ab s t en ti on

from f ood or for the 'bleeding of the stigmata. tT h e ~.btUty e o th ink C ' F H ' ~ j c a l l y ' w a s not born wi th the twentieth

c enrury, In eerlier um es, too, negation of truth arising ou t of

relig ious Ianauc ism w a s 'known, to persuade som ..e ~ o ov erloo k

fraud and deception. After . a snceessfu I career a s , a farmer ~offlcer

" ' 1 1 ' 1 0 ; : , 1 polnt " " I ' . 'O l I ' I , th e it}"'II i I 1 1 · . A ; ~ 'lI1 C ' 1 1 · ' I f ! i i" of ' ; ' : : : 'I i ~ . . . .ltzerland ' N " , tchot las vou~I ,'ir. I', .U . I I , : ~ ~'I"'~l l= ~,..... ~,~(",Ili_U W,I,Q] .3-~ J-~I"'l U . . : I I '1" J,~"'" "I~' ,. ,,. . ,~~ ,Ii ,", ii~.:iJ! y ......, w ,

del" Flue, (14 , L;1 ' -14Bl)~ usually know n as BI(..th er K laus ~efl.h i . s

Iaml ly and farm at the age of So. . 'H,i?ivtng, unde r gone ' a profoundIn.ysri,C"~.lexperience" he proceeded [,0 Uve for a further 20 ye~rs,

until his deeth wirhou t eating O T' d[-jll~hlg"But even inrhose days.

th e ph,enomenon. of ']i.ving 'y!t~dlout f ood '~9!S not ac c ep ted

un,ques[ ion,ing ly . .Ahh .ough N'k:hol~s w as l~'lermade : ! l , s~:inl[l:i.n,

his day~ long 'before' o u r own materiallsrlc age, r r . I J a n , } " of 'his,

consemporaries reacted wi t h scepticism to an ,Y ' t~lk,o f 1 1 : i, S] i ," 'i .n g

without food. So a '~I~•mher ofyou.:n,g, men were contracted 10sealoff the entrance no the ravine whe r e 'his h . .erml t a _ g , ew as ' located

Ior a mon th in order eo prevent ,~nyelandes tine s,nlfl,ggmhlg : i nor

f ood and, drl nk, especia Uy C h l : r i l 1 . l J g ~ ' h . e - night, Nevertheless, var-

ious w ell-know n personag es still held [0 the if ' scep t i c i SU1,~An

e m i s s a r y o r th e 'B ish op of C o n s t a n c e wanted t o take m ,~ t ~ e r s into

1 1 1 , 5 (}'\~1.1 h ands and, con 1!1~ ctN'i.(:} \o la s oJ e r a ud, b y £o:r \: ing him to

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F , O · . · . P ~ ~ \ ' t I O ' . : . : ' I ' , . D · · I 3 " :. ~ll!.;... t,'l. ,.

A ~, der t b hl "'~' .,." he nl l~ear, nn In. or" er to 0 .ey ..'IS spmeuai su penn]" rn e plOUS man 0:

G ·"_·_d d" ". .1II ' . . 1 1 1 . . 1 1 1 d "" P .h . li d ".h . f d.''.0:" .:.': ~ U I ! .moeen enr cavour to. eat, .iIl>U~.. aVlug 1V'C' wttr on t '00 .

fr " c . . 'l11- hi bodv had ..~'h~n·-:~d~-and i " h _ ; attemm ended i [ i J J ' . 'r o t so ( L ,£ ;,. _~ ~S ! l} O_) ~ . _ . a " ~c~.~aL.gc~a J _ . _ . " ~_J~ attempt enue .~a

fiasco and. near catastrophe, so thrall the cleric from Constance

'had to withdrew without having achieved his goat Whether he

changed his mind 1 : S not re co rded ," 'On.the. other hand, however ,

'history does .record [he e.:;I{Pl).S'llr,e of a number (Jl f raud ulent

claims ·regard.lng. living wtthout food.t

Tod:ay~sciemists whose trainfng has been. cast In rh e rradi-

i tkHlal 'm,ould st tll f ee l annoyed and 'provoked 'b y cases in which

fo..od, and espec ia lly liquids h -jave been refused f....r ·~iil'·no'nerlo ..d J O " : 'I"'! ••. _J~ • ll~. ~ .,,!~~t=~=~l ! ! l ~ . l . - - _ .i~ ~ __ ~ _.!\rt~ !!l ~,..._ ~ ,~V!!l _v_~ ~~~= .. _ ~~

seeing . t hem either as a d ec ep tion lor as: irresponsible dicing ,~rnIl.

a person's hea l th . Perhaps thts Is ~ l 1 . r , emost likely r e a s o n why

such a hi,gh~.yinteresting phenomenon 'has never been. 'properly

researched. Ye t biephystctsts today c onf irm th a t electro-

m a.gl''JJ,eticradlarlon accounts for three 'qu.~·rteir.sof the enf~rgy

supplied and given. off in hU:n1311S and [hat quantltattvely the

acquisition 0f energy v ia f ood . p la ys only a small part t : 'W e 11l:~ve

'know n at th e la le:~~~since the development o r t h e quanrum d . I J J . , e o ; r y

that Hgln and m atter are d i f f e : w . e n t states o f th e sam;c : thing ..And .

we have known since the discovery of pho tosymhests dun sun-

li.,gh~can produce starch, ~,e'.solid matter or foodstulfs, . . 0 1 1 1 1 of

CO2 an d 'H:2'O,~though to this d a ) 1 I ' 1 1 : 1 I l : i , s , proc·ess is s t i l l . not scien-tH lc aU .yunders tood in every de~al .n. If w e fur ther add (b e f ac t (hal

sclen ce has proved ahsolutely that the 1 1uman spirit can :i.nl~.lJl"

ence li.vlng as wel l as inanim ate In.aner ,~then ]. t should 11.iJO('be too

diff lcuh to regard ']e ngthy' abst inence fro m [ood and liquid

intake 3.S b e ing po:ssib],e in In ill c ip l e. T h is preoon.du~ion mus t

: /0 ' Hemleben, 1977"

f Va:~~(~C<t'C.y(Jk,Cl~l,~1992 "~Warnkcl '[991,

§J~hn'i'1996"

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surely be met if serious, researchers are; to embark on a close

scrutiny of the 'processes involved in , ab stinence from Ioad and,

']iq uld tntake.

'T h e ' exper im ent described in t ' h r u s b o ok . ( see, Chapter 4 ;) which

'~vnscondue t ied with Mich~,el Werner at a Swiss nniversity 'hos-

p ita l w ill, 'it is hoped, h a v€ ; pushed open the door to a field that

',vH l le 'a d to ~n, as ¥Iet Inc alc ulab le number of :ru:..' " \ V ' scientific

U n . d , h l : g s " , AU th ose w ho parucl p a l e d deserve c o b e th anked for

rheit open-mtndedness, thetr courage and thetr persistence, To

o b ta in, '[h e necessary pennisstons Irom the ethics commission,

the admtrastranon end other bodles p resented an 0bs tac le

course ' ,o funprecedented prcpomons , for if an y d l i : n . g h ad indeed

gone wrong, those' responsible would have been 'roundly

condemned,

, E 1 l E ~ , [ 1Grev e, a lias jasm u heen, I rom A ustralia , rh e founder of

rhe so-called 21--day p:rocess , '* he:rself 'had toendure the "VIa t h . .of

the sclentiftc communny, Apart from being brandied, H fraud i she

'~I ii i d brni . u l' 1 . , d ' I 'also na to sut nut to various weignty psyc name ..•lagnose.s

'~"h~(:h,' h o l \ \ 1 ' " e : V ' e r ~ l e f t her reputation l a f i g e l y ~:nlaC'L.Especially

aFterrepnr L 9 , lofa death in NCW ' Zealand t h a~h ad occurred du ring

the course of one person's practice of the :2 1~day pr 'Oc ess :t , t he

media and, t 1 1 , e medical prolesslon went ' , v r u l d . However, whereas

prior to this some tndivlduals ~,uay'l]ave go[rut ' : 'ab QUI. th is type. o f'[astin j'!o ('00"":- relesslv ID.~rbt~lr-cs ~'h(]ST" m ed is renorts - : ' i ~·~~~a· I1 .vd td. . ~ . . _ ~ _ , g _ _ c a_e~ ~ . - Y J ' ~e~ . . . .ap~ . ~ . e _ ~ _ e J ~ . .a ~ \:p~ ,- ~ - ~C~U'-~IL-

lead, to more responsible t vnys of h~ndJ:i.ng, [he process that

enables 'people' to ' b e g : i . ~ : 1 L~:~:i ,v .iugon light', An:y\~'tlYl'c o n c e r n . about

the: I ew d ea th s ~han~may h a v e occurred ,a'l lrlong wha t are pre-

sUlne:d t o b e tens of thousands w hn h a v e lYracnsed th e 2 .I-day

prolcess is unH ke ly to b e the rea] I , - , e a s o n . r C l 1 : - t he I n.d ~g .l'l:~tion




F 'O · .p~~'l ~t I O , . : ' I ' f D . · I 1 : · · '..··.~ 11 !.;."V ' . ·[,'n-. !'

therapy 25 ye~;r.searlier" and believed finished and. done wlth,

resurfaced again, This took the form mainly of physical pain,

feeling s and c ram p s _. c h~ef ly tn th e a b d o : m . 1 n a J r,eg.i.on _. and

suchlike, D ' aUy treatments by the healer 'Graziel]a Schmid t

a lways rook a\!\raythe SYlup tOIUS. and. returned me to a sense of

wellb eing, Re pe:a .led ly I thouglh~ that a ll the old ballast 0£ those,

feellJigs, hw~dbeen taken. frfnTI. m e, only to fi ind [chat a . :h<C\Vwa v e

sw ~ p t ev er m e ag~'.in.the followtng day. Igained an entirely new

attitude to psychoscmanc phenomena d H ' O U . g J ~ . experieneing

h ow nlJ3rUe:IS w h ic h appea r to h a v e been dealt with and which

h av e b een m ore or less b am sh ed f rom consciousness c an still

exist in one's ~cell memory' where the)r remain inaccessible to

'\i'e['baru therapies ye t C : : U . 1 j J 'be:reached b y the powers of. a healer

which we do not ye t. f u l~y ' comprehend,

D ' U " ; J f ' lrl " , - · S ' · th e , : 0 : - 1ifCt· ,~;jfI;V\i1"n'-. d diV\C' w h Uo'r1I l · o - , · · n '- 1 1 . : > di'~ s n a- b s ta ins ' [ ' r ' , ' I}m--

l . .. . ' ~' "' .l ~~_, :. ·d . ..'~ ".I!~~"J · .. iI '\ r. I_· ': r, '. I . . I.,.l~'l~\~ . ·.l-'~'_,~, · •• '"l~ ~~~~.' ._ ;'~-~[!llllio7ll l~.,~_:.'.~l"

J]Jllids:t and because m needed less sleep, IU : 5 1 l a m l y danced inten-- "

SFvely and J oyously ~o:r up to L\VO hours in the early morning

betwveen 4 ' ' < : I iJflIl.(:/1 6 · · , '"li ' ] ' 1 · 1 T ' ! ; " 00 '1'1I jiiusic ~:~~Do ' ~ 1 ~ 1 ',1["ii![~OT1lI'aent and mvIIJ ~. ·,·":'L . ,,,,I~,I~."~' ... of,,· ,... r, U,1k, ll~.iL. ,::iI,~,""~, 1~Ji.iL"" J !1!.IL1" L,U, ,"::'J,!L. "'~, , ! I U , , ~ , '1

:1 nc reasm g sense' of ~phy.sica].lev ity of teu eng endered . an : 8 J h n o s : [

ec s tat tc state ()if (wt 'r "Wvhehni.ng, hi;lpp~ne:s,s,The comb inauon of

this with th e resurf ac ing of ' o~,d :fe.-eU[f ],,g sled to constant '~rps and,

downs, somerlmes agonlzing, between the waves of psycho-

']ogi:ca1 . and physical pain from earlier sources and the' repeatedsensations o f 1"",·'1::;- h ' - - ' - '- ' · ' --,;s:··, ,,]ir--~' irud '. . - ::nd ' b r -- , -; / ]" " : " -Sf,,_,_._a._t J _,_$ __ . J!V tU\ J' , _ , _ a p . lnne._ SJ' 't_ l'rd~u.u,e an" '__Uirl.UJl v,"

~ ",I. 0 .I

Grazte l la 's ' hUU1(HJlW' furud.:rn) i ' emetienal levlty meant that ]:have

scarcely ever Iaughed as much as IdjdJ (I,url l1Jg those thre e w e ek s,

Does rh e proc ess leadi ~,lg to 'Hv: i ,ng ,01] Ug,ht" h a v e any soc ia l

s]g_ni.ficance? , A t th e prese nt tim e h ardly! a t l e t l : 5 t . not tn th e sense

' 1 1 o p e d r(~rb y Jasnn,dleen ['hat i U , = f e d , p'coplc' i n p100r countries

H i i J i g ' j h t be al"~e~o f.e·~~djust ~mleuse' 0

rtheir h:U1Cw energy and thus

become less. dependent on Iood Perhaps th i s is somerhlng [or

the dtstarnl future, b u r lor us tod~y 1~~remains theoret ica].




A tt present ' [ " } 1 I 1 0 0 main concern ] " , ; ; : 0 'tnexpand scientific i 'I '~l·'n'l l '·"'l l"l 'g' '0 '1 'n .J L!., ... , 'ib.:jl(. " Ill. = lI,[II.;~, ,"_ i I : J I , _ , ,lakIO. I .~~, , ., ~13 loU IIg.,A,[, U '. · l J U l.: j . lL,.~,I. -', ; - 1 1L ~, l _ ', ~ _ = , . , : . ' . ,

indeed the 'way we all think about the nature of our € x . l l S 1 : e : n c e : .

'The rapid transformation t~ aw areness th at '~ :v eare now '

experiencing in society at Iarge forms the background ~,gajnst

which the 'phenomenon discussed in , this book has its place, In,

this sense l~,c an b ec om e One stone' to the mosa i c of th e ~.ong,peth

of hUm,ttfi~ty'back t o God, or b~,c .k to a , re(:ognit],(n'ru,of our Iun-

damentally divtne nature.




Preface

by Michael Werner

T he 1 , < l e ' aof c o-autb orlng a b o o k on the .sub] e c t lo f ; living on, ~ight!

arose a s a ' I o g l] , c a ' [ , next step which followed quite quiekly from work

on an arttde for t h e \ \ " 'e ,e k W ) ,j o u r n a 1 . DelS GOf,the(u:m.tl1,; ' i : i ' Our declsion

to g o ah ead w as furth er strengthened b y- th e posuiv e end

unc om p lic ated tv av til.w h leh w e w ere ab le '[0 collaborate, and ab ov e~

a ll b y increasing cans and requests f or m ore tn- dep th mlorma tion,

The' overall plan was clear to us from t he ' start It would 'be,

necessa I)" not o n~ .y'to present an ac cou nt of th e theory In so far

as, it e xis ~ed a nd c ould h -e coherently ex pressed , 'b u t ab ov e all toprovide mNCb. praencal lnfotmatlen (lin the, background and,

pnssfbihty of converting to a new ·w.a ,y-of r-ecetv][llgnnurishmem

based, 011 the experiences of those w h o had done' it, I. was gre~dy

h elped b y 'vh:~tllu~d ' ] e ' a r r n e d , '~n.eonnec [io n, \ v , i d l , g , l v : i , n g , lectures

on the subject of r . ] : h d . l 1 g on l ig l I D : f , since Ifound rhar nltllly people

'have an . lug,enL need to a s 'k _questions, which they have either

been wrestling with for S01l1lt€ rime or wh i c h have arisen duri.ngth e lec tu re hse1f; and 1 . [ pnssible also ~o receive answers , 'M,~n.y

ullderst~nda.ble c on,c ern .$ h a v e had [0 b e or st~ll a re nUl · \ \ . r h b ,

disappofnting replies, There are so :rn,anyquestions ' \v 'h~,c'hwe

can not y,et answer 'hut which 'we do not w an l. to d i smiss V V h f l

s~J:perl:lci.al,[y lntel lectual f . ' t ? : j cinders or theoreuca 1 . put-downs, In

such cases w e pre [ c , r to adm u to n(l~,knowing ; or else Vile renr.a iu

5Hen~on, the matter.

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In describing: mv practical experiences 1'have, received Illll.1C11._ ,/ 1 l,

help from tho .~D 1 - 'h ':n:"~ been privi 1 1 : ' P ' ' ' ' ' ' ' . 1 I ' (0 i"")I, r, : I i C ; ( ' ! i i " ] I i i " '' ' l P ' ' " l i l l y . . . . .n + ' 1 . , . e l rJLlb "l l' ,.' , lUI. ", ."_ . ':'IL , (.Ill V L _..~"" ll. ,," ~~.l,IJ.,-"~~U, .'uitIJ· -.!b.U,lL.I. "l"'~ " I:' !l)I." .1LL.l,=,

aecounrs, ana , I here aake l h , € ; opportunity to ,express :m 'y heartfelt

gratitude to th em , A pproac hing the phenomenon of ~H:\i]:ngon

ligh~,!m list sur-ely b e only one' 'O f , m a T h 1 y ,er:tde:HvoU:rS ' 1 0 , m:ake Iull,

0'[' a t lea-Setbet ter JI use of the possibili t ies w hich are gtv,e~ to all of

us today or \~ihkhwe have allotted to ourselves, It lS irrelevant tn

all this whe t h er we adapt entirely to ~]jxlngon light' or 'DOl, The

point is , 10 exp erienee, for examp le b}f [oUo\ving th e 21~day

p ro c ess, th e rela tiv e im pon anc e p ' h y . s : i c a J , nc urtsh m ent oc c upies

in our Ilves,

'M :ost o f the 'people' 'I :know p ersonally who have embarked Oll

the: 21-day proc ess h ave sooner or later r-ev erted to norm al ear-

in,g. In each ease' the reasons for (his are entireJ.y mdfvidual.

IngnainedJ . habit, social p:re$Slln~,) th e pleasure 0 f e . a J ' [ i n g and "5 ,0 on

CHI ] . rrigger l W , H 2 : return to earing and (lri:ntlllg, in (he accustomed

U . l ~ n n , e : r ' j a s c a n a lk.ind o f lassitude t~al overtakes S 0 1 . W U !' b y ' th e

end 0 '£ th e :ll~ay pro cess . S o m e people are disap 'P olrued : i . n ,

themselves or lin t h e p :ro c €" :; ssas such" Th i s is not a . prob lem as far

as I can see, sinee the 2 . 1 - c l a . y ' process as such, :i s Ul erely the first

step toward s f l l : i v : i . n , g , on ' ] j ,ght,~ and the dtsrance covered. by ~llyo n e p e r s o n ~ s o f course a n i . n . d . ~ . ' V ~ d u a . lmatter, Id o n O , L kno'w'

a n y o : I : 1 i J , e 'who broke of f in ~~hemiddle of the pro cess or who snf -

Iered an.y d,auilage b~f'seeing it through. Neuher do Iknow ,any-

one who regrets 'Ilavhlg m a d e t h e e f f o r r , O : I . 1 I ~the contrary, t n

ev ery' c ase the experienc e w as Ielr to hav e b een u n ~que!t.beauu-

. f u l j t n u . p o w ~ a . n ~a n d t n t e restin.g,

My a dv ic e to t hose '~v,arnt.h]g,to unc le rg o tbe 21-day process : ~ s : : :

Approach itwith all Lh'E seriousness '¥ou can muster and with aI~' " c1

'~V~ni I1BJU!SS eo take rlf !5ponsib H t~ y fOl f applying y(J~,if' cr incal




PREFACE ~ II

faculties tovaurself; },ret at the same time bC' relaxed and do notl~' •.

p! l"e , judg ,e th e OIlteom e . E ,ld :n,g and drtnldng is not. our main

c onc ern; w h a~ m a tters ts what ' \¥e experience and ' n o , \ , v we handle

it, OUf education and culture train us ~o look for either! or

simanons, and this 'is usually the " 'Tong , 'w,ay to g o ahous ~'hings<~

or even a hindrance. I f th e intention is to . ,COnV,e iU . to ~':~iv.i[IDg,on

li,gh~,!it could b e natural, safe' and! appruprhne to ;~pp' .r(lach,this

lb y eal . ting and not ea~]: l1Lgin an, a],tCt,n~l.t in,g, rhythm of f irst one,

then rhe other, This would lead to . greater freedom and, aware-

ness in th e 'way O' I J J : d eals 'w ith matters of food and numnon and

make '~tpossible: ~o d ectde which ' w a , y of handling these: th tugs,

fH s o ne 's o w n. p erso na l ltfe si.t lJ,ati,on a t any ,gi,ven moment

This bD O l . does not claim eo have exha nsted rhe . s U l . b ~eel of

~l'~iuihno',0]1 1'~I'r.!I]~'t" and much ,~:<i'~i]'·l 'l \~1 ' [ " 1 ' uure ]''1,.AI] doubt h'1; 'V'D: '(,0 be, ~.'"II,il-I'b 1jJ.!,,,, , ~'O,~,!l.l" " . 1 . ,,1r. 1 .a, .~1! , I W , ,IIiW ".. u, ~ ,~,... ... U I " . , ,il~.1 '\. . I i . J . I l l L J

co rrect ed 0 - ~'T1I"I'taed expa nded o r refo rm-ulated Ne verthe ~ l j j Iss ' , \ : v ; t J ;:-r ~J~J~ ;Ir·.. l'" ·:,·~!h~.I"-J~l'".,U,~ [~AIJ ~11~Y"'_· . . 1 ~,:r-. I"J' i"r.-~""""I . ll~,.~~l-"": ~ I.·· '~'l -'~'. ~t 'l :r -~""I i "_ , "- "

'hope that (he eonsiderattons here , will go som ..e way towards

u 1 ! 1 U I U : i n g ~na:r~.yen,qu lrers' evlden [,need for ob J ective and reliable

informetlon. And 0f course th ere ]s no guarantee that d ~nring,or

a f te r - read i,ng the book one \ \ r : i , n , not end up with other as yet

unanswered questions, ' perhaps even mnre [ha,n before,




1 .

Who ts M··fic h a:e."~'lWerner?. '"_"'~ , _.\,._. - \ • I "- ~.

hy Thomas Stockli

h~1.~cha le~Werner, born i l l.9i9 in Brunswick, Northern Germany,

now lives in Switzerland, near Basle, With :a Ph,D tn chemistry,

he ' has for th e ]as! 19 years. b een m a nag ing director of ,I

P '"~'atm-,' ace ~ 1 " l t " l " ' I " " ' ! ] i l 're sea . ..'c h · ~ ' n i l ; ; : " t ' ] · ' I ' · I J ' l l ' · e ·at Arle ' 1 ; :; ~ l e : ~ ' m " " H : '',(;)0 ~ F mt a r r i e d toll~ _~~~~5iO I!! .. I~. ~ I!. .r!l ;. l! !~ ~~ - ,~A~ !!l ~~~t-= . i $.I!!,l fi! !l! !l' ~~~ ,~ !!l!l!' ~~~.::;I l"'!- -=~!!l~~~'. 1 l l . " "

a school teacher and ' has . three: t ee na g e c h ild re n, Af t e r working

for :m any yea rs in the chemica l ind us~rf] also tn South Africa , h e"

taught chemistry and ' b io logy at. a Waldorf (Steiner) school in

Germany for t : b r e , € : years,

H av ing taken v irtually no solid fc )od since janu ary 200 m , ~ : i k h e'has also [ :ro'm rime to time goue l o w ' longer periods completely

without liquids, the: longest span so Iar 'being ten days.

Ihave' known him for five yea rs . a nd . am now r n n regular contact

with h im , ~ kno'\ '\f h:is [ t U n i ] . } " : t . h is hom e ;~ndlh~ .~sc o H e ' a g u e : s at wurk;

and over the whole of this period 1 . have been observlng hlm , ~ "d t h .

gro.wlng interest, for ~he number. ,of lUY questions, has not

decreased. 'The' bewildering d.]):i.ng,about hlm is tba 1apart from' ha'v in,g .no need ro eat, and prac ti,slng th ls ' ,;vh~h total cons ts teney

'h e' is an I ; ' e : n t i . n d y ' norm a ]. person! ' ~ h ' l . d ! e e d . h e r e f e r s t o h~nlself 3 , S

~NJ.rOrdinary', M , ,3 scientist for " M horn HIe also holds a spiritus]

elim ension, h owe v er, h e feels it ]5 importan t to' share hi bItngh:lg

about t 1 1e pared i,8lmch~l1ge \V h 1 ( : 1 1 , h e ' f e e l s is, hnmtnem. As he

never c , e a 5 C S to p {)in t ()U~,,. h is concern is th e hnperati'i,\i'c n e c e s s i t y

to 'hold a question mark over our one-sided view oftb,e world, And

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he endeavours to do this, not by working out new theories bu t by

presenting 'hard facts' and. demonstrable physical 'phenomena.

T he f irst, a r n i : t m e about M ic hael W e rner and h ts f l}rm , of ~livi.ng

on U,ghf appeared in September 2002.~'*'but it had taken j 3 J , long

rtme for : i l t . to reach publication. The editorial team of lh,€: journal

in question inttiaBy found it s omewh a t quest innable and d id not

w sm to g o ah e ad, without. h,~.v],ogprior d tscuss to ns and . ~d.din,g

" ' 0 " ¥h; ,. - n ,.di ry:'i :1)' : . . . . . . ..] ' i 1 I imi ; i l ~ r ' ~S" ~ i ' n ' I " " ' ' ' ' ' th ;'r'i, r'if,l '~'' ' ' 'I: '- ' ~ , ' n " ' ~ ,ii'ry, th c ;. ~ ~ " " ~ ' - , . .. . le ' L . r " ~ r . r , .. ;Io,~ ,I,!I!,I,~ lU, ~,' t.J!1], u .[~ "'" ~ '" """ _ , .;:)~ ,11.,,",l,,.I ! , . ,eJ,.Ii.~ ' '' '' '' ~ ' ', 'I o " . , ~ l { ,. . , ;;;I ~t,~ ~J.!LC , . ;. t. l i. [ l , . l " " , ! I O , . . o ,1,.I1~\II;;

been enrirely 'P ositive, both from those in Werner's Immed fate

en vironm DIIIi"I~' and from c om p lete stran 'I'~;I!DIII:"S He h 'lac received"-.Il. _ l .~U~,ll.. l..... ,~~lll ~l~j~_~ l.~~ ' •• l.~ I!i.\...~_l~~\. l!l ! I r . . , ·!3.l ,~l l.~\r..~ ... P. .Il " l~l. _rJ; I. ,,,-". '.J . ,',.1

m " 'D ' ; '}l '~;i!;I,tt D!['';::~ a n f q 'i~ : D ' r] · ; i" " 1 I :inc h ~ I , d ~m g ' I ; : " 0 , .m ;:0, fro..s m a 1 :1 U" mbe r n f~!!l .' l!.....l,IL~!!II a. ~l."'! l."'!'-~III ~~l.!! ~~ !!l_!!l ~~ .•• ~!!l!!l ~. _ ~..... ~~ _!!l~ .~ !!l!!l -. !!l_~". ~~ V!!l

(. . ..

indsvid u als w h o I ntended , on ' the b asis o f w h a t th ey 'h ad re~d tn

the article, to 'convert' their e~riugh~birs by ~ :p 'p ly ingthe " '21·day

process', Some of thetr reports will 'be round in thts book, The ,

effect 0f th at article is sull ()ng,oing, w t t h th e nu m b el 01 invua-

t]DUS to Ieeture '~nt:;reas:ing ye'ar on,year. The dam appears [0 have

burst, so that the subject which had been. ennrely lab 00 is

b ec om ing m ereastng ly accepta ble and , u P for discussion,

Me~:D'll lnlg,''Mic" ,ha~L ' o l Werner_ .~ . . _ . _ . . _I \r. ;_ _ _ '-" " ..

'M,y Ilrst meeting with Michael 'Verner was 1 1 1 , 2001~ shortly

before Christmas. Afl.€'f a fes t ive dinner at a teachers training

course _ the t a b l e laden ' " d ~ : h a g , o : r - g e , Q U : sselection nf s,pe,t~a~i.~jes

from Africa, Russia and Sw itzerland ~ I 'had the opportunity to

h a v e .'1; I ' ~ I ] ' I . , . with ' 1 , \ ,~'r'ii'i Ih a d h e a r d r: ' II ' \AiIi' i~'~, [~'!~i C > , ~ ; 1 that [ " : i " 1 I " ' , . . . . ' 1m o . s r : " 1 i,I on ' ! I " L!-"1, , ! - " I i , .K , ' 1 " " " ,I, II,U,l""'" ! ;. " I :i I; J !! , , "IL, !I!,~ ,I,ll:.' l. '! I!.I.!I!, {."l ' ''~'' ,L,I,!I.!I".. t . ~ . , , ! - " I i ' ,,[~!I!, !-"1" ", L G

year he had, not taken f i U : l J . Y ' food and a lso no . longer had ,~ny' 1 : ] €:led.

for it. F oHo:wing Illy s~ tldY ' o f Nicholas V(Ul. der FlUe m had

ac cep ted th at th ere had, b een peop le ,_ and ev en U ! Q , , : Y th ere c o uld

b e such _, w h o ' O O ' U ld H nd nourtshm ent o th er th an 'b y p'hysica~

food" I had [cad J~t51nuheen's 1: )001(,! and h ad heard there were, h~

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He said that he could. also go without drinking and , had done so

for a whole week on three occasions, Hewas feeling much better

t han ever b ef or ; :. In th e "f ;.~r of 'eanverston' h _ ; , h-;ll c ome '[ '''' ' ':dl,_JI __ e e ~ Il)~._..!1'_ e . ~=_' I O _ _ " > e p ~ , , ~ ,_ 11,..11,)1._=. c _ " ' _ o _ _ _ , _ e , _ , ~ a J U I ! " .0_,_~~IV,~

crisis point physical ly , ,(1 fractured ],egj,a spine operation and

bladder and kidney problems - g~,\1nghim the feeling ~'hathis

body! at .51years of a.ge~was disintegrating. And yet :rUJ\,¥' he was

f e c ' U n g ' J ' i n Up-_- ' t ( } : l r l cil:)ndUtQfi F t i h v s i c a l ] , - , l , emot~O[!La.njr" m e : n t ~ . u ~ r and... :J r' I:r£- I e J

also wtth regard to his memo r y and ability to concer t trate, He

needed. nonceably less. sleep, engaged in sports ~l'IILd,did hts work

'w i t h en]cyment and engagemem,

AlT,our second ' l n eeUng ! at ' ] - J J s home on a 0001ct~y in May!, w e

sa,'[outside ill,h is gardelil. m felt chi l led 'b y the cool breeze whereas

'h e w as i,u g oo d form , fuU of ac t l vrul}\ UShl:g Ids short midday

iI:,. k f furth " ]k · '~ 'J ith hi .!I[." b J"orea ,":,. l:OT' a . turt er ta r ::,wm l 'me ann w ur , , ' ~ : S : wire .'erore

reuunlng on foot, as usual, to h is place ofwork. ,A t the age, of 5 2

'he certainly did not. gi.ve the un pression of a starv ing pe-rsCH1iJ7

with his sun-tanned eomplexlon and, determined ~la]l= ~I

The' \v -h ome s to r y .sHUseemed so incomprehensible, and ' ] ' L

'~"8!S"[nl.p~):rtanl to m e e o g,C:l to kno'w ] , , : 1 . 5 pe:r\~ornalcnvifnnm,en:t

in ord er to ardve: : f1~, a ,mo r e c o m preh ensiv e p ic ture, H ~s ' \ v t F e

' \~rUlin,gly :agreed, to a meertng and (old m e that naturally sh e

'h ad f ollow e d everYlb tng from close qu arters, She, spo ke of

'110'\'1 her husband ' h ad , fared since t he , ' cnnverslnn' . Strange l y ' , ~sh e w as c c nf ldem t ha t it w 'ou~d w ork out ~ \ 1 e U . ; b ut 'in , t h e

beg,jnning she h~d , ha d great doubts as to w h eth er ~ ~h ei:r.family

' ] U e would change radically. Her husband was fonne:rl y very

illnd of rood and ~ ' h e : y ' h ad O~[~,l1. c ooked tog ,e~ he]" [or the

fa,mil y : , A t Hrst it ' h a d been : a , , s n ~ m , ]. g e t~hing for the: tb ree ch t l -

dren. ~o have dlcir father sittin.g al the table ' \~~fhou~ a . p~ate"

' B ~1t nOI\ ; \~ 'everything was run ning w irh ou t any problems, their

Pu rivate and, fa In:i,'~vllfe much as 'i t w as before, She ' e U , d , men tion, ~




w no ' 1 5 _ - ' t ; , ~ l l r : [ ' : : ~ ' A " I ~ ' L _' W · E : = " l ~ N · ' E : : ; " R · . · ' ( ~ ' ~ 9 : . :I" . ~ lI, 1'\'1~.1 \-r, j_ J _ I . : , . . , \ \ . . . \ II ~ j. .__

In 'her husband, Gould not cope: with the subject ,_ one simply

didn't speak , about h, .. '"

'~- l· · " '· · ,, -. .. ' . l ' ~ " ' 1 1 - - , ' =' [.: ",' . : : 1 1 . _ ,.i ' .,:" .,' 1:""- · d · ' , - 'I' c- ' f f " ': - b v , t l ' . . . .'.-IVIns on, 19;.u,t = a tree necrsion ant an 0 e,r.y. te

spiritual world

In, our v e ~ r y r first cOfiverS~lion 'W'CIru~'_t' t o l d me h ( ) \ : ' i , fhe had , met

with th e idea or. u ndergomg th ts 'c on version':

~'~,had heard of this posstbtltry from a good acquatntance, I

then read J asmuheen ' s book Liv,~:ngon Lig~t, b ut was not p am -

cularlv ~im "' p - , T £ I I ' S " I ; : ' ; n d : " 1 b v i * ' Y D ' l- ' because of ~ : h i i ! = ' · ners . .. .n 1 w as.'~~!I;.I!~~l ~~!!l:_ ~~, 'n J. I"- .. . 1 _ ' . . J _1~!'I' _ ~;I _.- .. "-.! ... ~, ~.~ I IL"'!..5.=~ ~.....-.. l .t.·.V!!l~ ~ .__p,

aeq uam ted with, Irecogntzed t h a t somehow such a phenom-~. ~

enon was a realiry ,_ and rhis reality had something 'to do '\~ilhb,

myself Thts '\V'aS early '~n,the summer of 2000,,, After some

m onth s of pondering and ,ex~m:~ning,m yse lf, ] decided to

undertake ehe so-called, '~~2l-dfaJfprocess", To ' be ' frank, curiosity'C'~ . .f."~1 s ~'I;'~'_'" of'i ; p . a · ' :r t 0 ,, .. f· ' ! , , ' i ' rI , ; i1 jI' m I O · · · · i ! ; l [ c ' y . o " l l ~ ' L - 0 ' . - : : [ ' 1 ' f ' \ o ' : . ~ . _ . , . :'L ' i ! ; 1 '. ~ ~"'-"'r·l~?And ]"[;s o.. .. .·=h o e aI\v i!'I: . i.'1,!L~u= 'L .. ,!lu) ., .Ill].' i.'I.L , .,!1U IC~, Ill, \-\!'u.K., . " , ., ,::,! "W., ,.

dectded 1. 0 follow 1 1 1 1 l J C practical ad 1il~ .aeg t,~en tn the book. Inever

'h ad a had , feel ing ,about 1L . 1 . also :kne\v I w on ld b e able to csll it

nf f a . i. any' tim,l!. I ' \ ' I t ' , a s uu edy free, il~\ ; \ fQS m y own decision, and

dun 'w as of central importance 1. 0me.'!

In answer to ,I.l~lyquestlon as 10 h ow ' h is experienc e c Hlfered from

f a : 5 t t i n g ~ he replied: 'Thls ~~s'sOlw.. 'e~·~In:gLot~llY' dHfe : rend w:id~,:fast .ing the bod) c rno b i h se s re se rv e s o r SU'bSUl nees and forces; you

CiU1Hotlast kn: an. unllm it ed time, neith er c an yOiU g ,o without

drinking, But '[his 'process il l was undertaklng '\V}lS an o remains a

menta l-spiri !lud phenome non and requ ires ,3 speci oJ inner tuning,;,

T h e r e : i s { ;l ) c t u a U . yonly one c o n d i ' [ ] l o n : : : th a t I c a n open rny,sel[ t o th e

thougl,~t t h a t I ( 'an, 'b e nOll.r~shed.b y Ugh t , 'b y d u e et'll eric, ' b , y ,pfa na or

wha tever it m a y b e called, This is the h ridge that is needed , Then i t .

wi l l happen, l experienced h as an offer b Y ' the spiri tual world,

I~n the f rs t seven days l . did not drink ev ert a drop o :r liquid,




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T he g eneral 'V[,C,"V '~5 that 'Y on c annot ltv e for m ore than f1 .v€::days.

" 1.., '~ . " . . 1 1 ' '0; ,. ' i I ! . . . d'i I '~".wnnou 1 . i L . l q <U J . I . . ! L . .1d:~Uvou e : . : x p e : r H ~ u c e m VOlU O \ i V T I iIlJO .., y. •' t n a t tms rs1 I ,. ~ ..

' v rong~,Suddenly, y o u ex perienc e th at th e se g , e n , e r a . " n y 'held ' v i ews

do "Dol tally with reality, If someone dies of thirst or hunger, ' ] 1 . is

beca use o r his or h,>e"[environment. There is ~he convtctjon that

withou t drlnklng and e:~U:ngone, 'has ~odie. This has been, the

case hnhertc, b ut for th e last 15-10 years 'iVe'have bee'fi lliving in ,

another n , [ d d , o f ene :r,gy wi t h new poss i b fhues , O f course, ' h~sco.ry

shows that there have been exceptional personalnies, such a s ,

Nichol as von del' F l u e or Therese [ o fKonnersreuth =' a " 1 5 0 yogis ,~

whn could dlo ii-~j07 '~'u'~'for (1IIU"~'~:normal peoole such . . : . : p mvself,___~~ ~ . l~U . I lllt~~~'1 IV..J~;o 11,._ , ._~ll~ ~~\'j!!!l ~~l"! __ l"! l. " "~-'_'~l' .l~"-.H~J_ P.i3 l"!~~J: .3-~l"!~~

(h is w a s beyond, reac h . T h is is now a,new ' and ;a .ppan~nd.yspecia l

dispense tion from the splnrual wor ld,~'

'I ii"~1 ' I ' ~ I~'~Isomehow tm '![eine ~, i1!, .at thts ''1:.'1~\i1i,C: pos sib[ I D ' ,- , Nich '1~'''1i S ", ...-~.,.. IW,U .::JiU,I....L 1, "I I ,J. ! 'Ij',. l,il, Ir~O' WL . 1J.,~,l~" _, ' i ' ! t " , , _ ,~ " . " . ~ _ , . ~ " , , ' ,11;.J~lu,l~ .

'von,der FlijH~"St o t a l renunclation ()f f ood. 'h ad not overtu rned my

view of the w orld. But '1asked myself: ' \V1.1J:a1 , good will this serve?

'Eating is , not only en]oyab le j' but iis also a social activiry, closely

uniri n:g us with the earth, Werner agreed thaa this acru al ponrt

poses the gTe~le'Sl.p - r o h : l e n . l , Yel , . for h i m ~lw as not ju st, a question

of e a t i n g , ;nnd. drinkin.g, [C w as l l l . ' ~ sevident exper ience : t h a t th e

generally accepted view of a materia l -physieal w ' O ' i r l d . is incorrect:

'The materiallsrlc world-vlew can he refuted theoretically, but

tod~y this: is no longer sufflcient. It requires practical, quiteconcrete PlfOOf. Ye t all of a . sudden nly close acqustmances also

have a problem \vru'~~:lIJmel' Even some scientists associated 'wldl

the work of the Austrian-born 'splrirual scientist'! Rudolf Steiner"

- 'W ' ! th which i t \ { l chael Wernet 1 .S con nec ted - are not more open.

,,.IH6.1:-'l91,t RLti1o~fSteiner ~ou.nd,€d th e a .n, and, gjen{':'€; of i l : t 1 J J l ' h r o i P i J : s o : p h y ; a

dis.ci~~inc ~~"atincorporates methods ,~ l ' persoual development , S i n d p'hilQ~

so ph lc al and sp i:d uud :~~~,'~'('St:i~!!t ien, as "~{d]~,as r~'(~gh~:Plpro~dtes to , : p r i J J , o t ~ , [ C 1 . ! . I .a!Gtivi ,~~csin H l ~ ~ , ( ) ls SrlC~:~,as m ed ieine, agt ' i eu l t . IU . \ t : : :~ e. d~t(;t~i~,[~)n~arcbitectu re , ~:u(l so

On. See ~ . ~ S C j 'Appendix.




\ \ , r ~ - ' [ , O · · · · ~ · ·" 1 5 _ - ' t ; , ~ l l r : [ ' : : ~ ' A " I ~ ' L _' W · E : = " l ~ N · ' E : : ; " R · . · ' ( ~ . , 1I" . ~ lI, 1'\'1~.1 \-r, j_ J _ I . : , . . , \ \ . . . \ II ~ ~.

In other words, evelyolle reacts mdiv idual ly , He ru sexperiencing

the whole scale of :responses: from interest and op CDl]i($S :rigllt

th ro ug h to d enia l a nd d ef ensiv eness. " N ' c v , c r t i r h e l e s s J, h e \,"'8.S grea,dy

astonished ~hathardly a.nyolW,e had shown any' s'e~~[ lUS, interest in

this phenomenon. ~Somehow Ihave (he feeling: it Is sim p ly ' to o

much f or m o st peop le. T h ey repress It~for ever .Y 'scientist itcauses

anxiety th at ~hey \ \- f ]ll,'ha ve to rev ise rh eir \\1'0 d d , - v : i " e \\!.!

I sensed W erner's d tsappotm m ent, Y et h e could also

appreciate those people 'who meet the phenomenon with an.

open mind. J felt I was one S o U c h person, A , modern sph; 'ltua'~"

'wor ld view presents ways of thiukhlg t h a t ,aUO\V the unusual to

be admitted in principle and all phenomena to 'b e taken

seriously. Only after a careful assessment should ~ j lrldgeul,e:nt 'be

made, And ¥,et I found rhar J3,S;o1uheen's book still brought u p :~

num ber of p rob lem s for 'm e. For th is, reason I probed, a,ga.'~n~:

'Wha t is your position with regard to some of '[lTh,e'h ighly pro-blemancal =r== of the so-called !4. 'New Age?'~" 'He' replied: ~I

cannot C··~i~~anvthtne reuard ;I'I'I'~'eh e ' p : ' : D · I ~ E " o · " n cf l '~'C"rni'.'I!1fDD.'n Iknow. .. . " U, iJ ., , ". ib,~] ,j[Jj, -,; • ,iI" 0' ,l La "'",l,- ,W "it;, ' L " .. ::~ ,L, .'3. , "'-" JlI'~;:;'!L,.,Ji,U 1.lcILLI,l", " ,IiLV .__

tao Itnle a b out h er, C t ) l l , c , e : r n t n g h er b o ok; rea ders h :ilv e to use

th eir' ow n dis ;cr~ . 'm ,~n~nJon~nJudging it The centre ,o f th e ~book.,_,

some thirty 'Pages describing the "converslnn" ,=] ; 5 , not written

' b y jasmnhcen 'but b y' Charmaine H,adey and is, in I , n . y epinion ~

: fhu~"One' can, e :asHy have questions about rhe rest of d .~ebook, I-: 'an (l,,- ~c)' C 'UIi-,r ;o"j; t -[ l r~ '-[ Co - ,t;i;1i: ~:-:!n!,I;'i ']1::-" '1 l' tF' ;0' r-- ,""~' :o r- ~~ - )r-: - enc ed th . . . . . .,- ~~ ,- ~ ,-C __,_ JrL} F~pe~,_ ~ _ , 1 i . ~ _ p . . .J '5 -0_ ,_~_,_y ' _' ,_1.I. '1;.\"erh..",expenell l, ( ,e __. ..__"" pH ~

cess of "conversion nitS. UJe..th reatening, I~ l ~ , t . _ ; v a y s knew' that I

could stop at any eime, Af te r all, e'v'ery do gma r l c and radtca!

autrude c an present a d , a r n g e r te O ll fe.'




w no " 1 5 _ - ' t ; , ~ l l r : [ ' : : ~ ' A " I ~ ' L _' W ' E : = " l ~ N " E : : ; " R ' , ' ' ( ~ ' 3 ' , :I" . ~ lI, 1'\'1~.1 \-r, j_ J _ I . : , . . , \ \ . . . \ II ~ ~,.

forces directly from, other SiO nrc es, ~ can only say dun through

this phenomenon Ihave found an entirely n ew ' relattonship [0

'm y be d . y and to earthly subs tances . 1 experience it in ~ , very

inward w a , Y ' . ..yet without turning, a\-va,y from, rna tter and tbe earth.

Connected ,~riJili,this, however, is also an act of:consciousness in

that, b y devotion and turning, t owards 'physk,aJ substances

a rc und me, 1 . cult t vfl lte a conscious relati()fish~.p, Otherw i se , li t

m ,~ gh t p erh a p s g o ast.ray and b ecom e a l ower , e g , o t is m " , Ev en

when we talk about "ltvmg on ng~H, " we are not concerned with.

the ef fec ts of phys i c a 1 l i g ' l l t, t rugbt! as such , is i l l , ,~ny case t n . V ] " -

s]ble . XiVha t tma t te rs 'i s th e whole energy-env i ronm ent , ' \1I!J"'h~dtw e

m ~''Il:r c a ll ~'e th s r- fo r _,," ,, ," ' i~ !,• ,f;iIJ,} . ... ~ , , e _ e , . . . .n :c .: ; '! ~

Sc ep tic ism , and u . s U 9 J U y also d]s'bel~ef of th is ex traord inary

'plb:e'nOf:[H~n{)n.~ci]fi. Sll["cly only 'b e: c']e': .ul~d a \ ~ ' ~ ' Y 'h )f strtct scien-

rifle testing, * Itherefore 'asked Werner how he would respond.

to a sc iennf c project In 'Wh i . .c h 'he: would b e isolated f lU"3-4

weeks observed rnlnu tdy ' and med k;ally tested, Werner stres-

sed '[hal. he wou ld wi1H.ngly co ope ra te ruUy w ith , suc h an

experiment, He added that physiolcgtcal tests had already

been done' on him. A rhurough examination a l. .a university

c ltntc h ad p rod need med l . .c al results th a t h i.s,b loc d p lasm a , as

well as its chemfcal , C O , I , J i l l position, 'his urine and , bas i c metabo-

Iism and, resp ira to ry sy stem revealed no exeepnonal da t 3 . ~

the lit were no devlatlons from accepted normal standards. ,A IJl

of this is " of c ourse not ye t c onv inc ing to th e' sc eptic s ,_ could

'he' ' b e ea ti ng sec re d y ' ? ' Only a s c l , e n t i f h . : : a U y ' designed and m nn -

;~,[....""u~] e xp - -- :rim en ~ .," ~ '~~ I l ~ '1 e stabl ~" ' ] ' ~ I th e ph e no 1 1 ' ' ' 1 ;~'l f' il """'l jj il . ,I~: IF'i"""'I'}-,! _I I".! !, I L 'I ;; .! . .. .A, t; :; ~,,~,_1 _'_ ! , ._, !!" C I I " lI ~ _ 'I i " _ ' _ . : : ! I _ ~ _ _ _,,~ .; :; I \ ,~ , _ ,~'I;".. 1 _ H__",Il,J, ~"I,"",~,~\'.!'I~,~ ~3 ,,",",J _" ,

crete fact For Werner this would mean a positive d~~:an~l1JJgeto





the' character of human consciou,s;ru;:S5l,or 'the possibilt ty for the

human. bei .ng 10 shape hisO'~Vllconsciemsness? And who or 1II:vll:31

btin,gs aboul . such ' c 1 1 l J 3 , t : i ~ c s , ? '

Tb ' is was ' 1~O~ a lecture. It w as a personal ac coun t . A u G th e

ren i . ? ~ O "n '...in . r : i l 'I i I l 1 ( : " ' T i t S I " j . r ' c .' ; : ' I 1 ' 1 1 I 1 ! " ; > ' , < 1 l j ' b 0'.~ l l ' l , becense sucb ouesnons 'W'ol" rC "ll,"'~ O J;: !!" ', _ _ " ,," "~ _ . . . . I i ~lt~..._~.~ '" "'"~~~....~ ~ "',,""" !J......~ ~""""~'''''' '!o,~_ ~"~ ... ~,, _V~~.;:!I ...._

raised but not put: into words or talked about,

}\fte:t ' a good :hOillE he bHn .1gh~ ,his account tn an end. Intently

and . expe;c tal]~my I J J e . wa ' i~ 'edfor questions from th e f lo or, H e h ad

]ef t m any questions open and aJlsopointed O iU t "that th ere w o uldbE 'I,tlrany he cou ld n ir answer_i]lu:[, 'b e l i IJoped that q ue'5tion.s, V!.1'()UId

set a, proc ess in merio n th.I· (l~ ug :hwh i c h he'" 1"00" 'would rind new

perspect ives opening 'U p"H e h im s elf w a nted to g o into th e lim aner

HIOIC deeply, to investigate and discover new things and he

'ho[[J~dthose present would help, One element In all this is $U]"'~;'~Y

that as a practising ehemist 'hct 'khaelWernet is h lm self a scientist

and th eref ore a ~so a researcher, So h e, ismotivated from ~h~'start

t,~)'~r; [[lirt}found'~y'Intereste d, 'in d ~ . S c . i l F v e r i I n ( g ~nd. understand i . n . g

new ' th tngs . Hence " 'f 'e cm l also ' U J u l e ] " s u ~ n d . l U l ' '' ! I :\ F ~ ~s a . r l l ~ n ~ h r \ . } -

pO$oph~S ' I . ' ~ , ~ 'be c a m e (0 g et .i,IlV0lved in somethlng rha t did not

originate in anthroposophy b~lt came from qU'~~,ca different

esc t er re source,

T h e d , i s , C U 5 s : i O J 1 J t wh t e h lasted almost an hour and 4 3 " hal f

,g>ene'rated an a tmosphere r u u of shared activity and atrentive-

ness. In. C;(]l:!lllipari,ng, this w ith m : '[l,( :r t a l k s one: is te:n, l pled [JO s s ' [ k ,

how ' it 'was posssble r o t so m a ny lruensiv e ;~ltd 101' th e nU1S[ par t

1,e:nir,",e'I,]tand importan t questions to cnrne abou t. How much

w as due 10 th e sensa tional na m re of th e lh em e and h ow 'm uc h t J.~ .. _. ", _' .' '. _ ,., _',_•.' 1 .: _'."_) ..l' .. ',. !.l_' .... '".' .".~ .l.lll .. I ,I ,~, ::'". ", ,.,._. I, _,,', _. ".' ,t,

th e \ \ray th e subject matter w as 'Presented'? P ~ . r l . . of th e ~ive: '~y

mt~H~'stof CQurse c am e f rom th e snbJec l matter as such . But I 'm

Stifle the msin reason Ior ])[,stemmed :born Werner himself, By

]e~.vi:ng~~,s~ded , ( : t a " i . ' [ c d . explanations and not C . N . p ] ,( J r : i: n g , [~ve:ry'

" ' = , C' .- . 'IL .. -~l- - h I~~I ... 'Ir., _, h ! Ii'" - - L.-- -- - r.-Ir. - "- -!i" . -- - '-- ..- "0. J!ilf.lilJf:IiJ.()tJ~y \'it . ( [1. !I!OII. ow s hie: [pal . OI L :antuu[',oposapl,IY ~Set: 1(00[00;1£' On p. ,,,".."




' ~ j ' I : C , - - _ ' L ' I J~ - ' E : : ; : ' l l w eu ' N ' ~ , R " ~ S : 'L ~ ' E ~ C ' - ~ l :" ' - U · _ '- R . · : , E ~ S - . ~ ' 1 9 . - .r~ , ' ! ( J " _ . l - - :A _ _ Ib;. x[ _,6, " _,, ,., ~ ,,;;,

aspect 'to the bi:~ler end, by restrlcting his report to a i, concise

description of.what he himself lruad,been thruugh and of his own

i t ;Y I , l C i t ' and ourer ext' erIence 5 1 o!['[he phenomena j he had 'C ft a,led a

space j,n wh tch 'his and lence could become aware of the i r ow u

questions.

A n oth er a sp ec t. ,:V,~S a lso th e \yay b e. conducted h im self ]f b e

'h ad no answ er to a ques tion h e simply said: j1don't knnw,s A nd if

h e desc ri b ed a fac t for which he had no exp lana tion, ag ain h e just

said: ' 'We:U;; tha t ' s 'ho'w'It is," There w as 3 , 'Ughtnes5 in ~hc:, , ! ! , \ ' a y het :~n, i i .e '~c:r{)SS llru~.l' ~ n . I , g l i I J ' ~ ':I, lave given rise to an ]1,11J'[ l r reSSL01i l:~ ' ]n lOst

of heedlessness b ut wh i c h ~,Iso hdped people to open up in a

carefree ' way ~:od l : t ' : : sdveuture of ' ~ l i v i l I D g . on l i g h t ' . Coupled wlrh

bJSi dry' humou T ' including his ub i It ty. ro poke fun at h im self ,aU

this c 0 -' ntrihu ~ , , " " ' d to 0, empathetic -0 ' pen-mi ....., d 1 b d ' atmn sphere thatI L , , . ,~l _ '. _. _ .• _ l~~~ •. _._, _ ~~, ~ 0 " ,~- .;a. __ ~ _ ,._~~ ,:.~ ., .!1..I.. __~ ... _' ~~, " , : : - 1 1 , J.[l~ , _" '_' ~,~_

enabled listeners 10 approach bim openly and d:i'!r,cctly ,"I'~.'~h.thetr

own questions and comments.

The ' event en,(led offid~IUy ~l . f lcr three 'h O t lrs" , 'BU t even d:le n

peOl:)l,~ cl .[dn~~'w ~nn ~o g ' ,os[ ta tgh l hQ]nc. his,oy c rowded ruund th e

speaker ro continue ta]kil~_gabonr various aspects 0r h is sub j ecr,Michae l \VenI1CI' c v t d em l y meets w ith th is h ig h degree of interest

w h erev er h e ta lks pub lic ly ab out . his. experiences, This sut ij e c t 1 5 '

;;II true 'n'h~:I1~"',)ln,a.:t"I'f"'TiI!'0 ' f .t']I,l'~T' rime 'asi an O F the transformanon andi f i . ! ! ! . " - 1 _ . " ' ~ ~ ' ~ _ _;~ :" II ' \., ~_~~r..! iV~l! :: ..... ~~:":.l l~:t-.:J=-"' '' '~ll ~ iIJI!~,~~JI. :J " ' : " : o l ..:J:.l'\o:- ..!p."!'~::.lV~ :J_~P' V_..';I ~_ ... ",'

expansion of ccnsciousness that is coming abo'Ul a :m,ong us

h uman bein,gs.,

Other' lec ture s b y Werner 11ave also len; a deep impression on

neo ple F'If ex amp_[~"" " "1100 -1 11 "'" {r~iiV£li' ~'n So l otln un I in 'N f ~'U 2',tl,i(l'3',J~~' ":,: _~r. '_' '\_ ;,:._J [~ . .: .':_,~- ,~,~ .. '-~ 1" ' - . 1!~ ,_ I~~ . I ~ ' - . , . [b,~.J·~L ~~~,~,_:,_ ' _ , \ . 1 1 1, ,J!i. Jl~ ~ ~~ _ _ ._' ,~i~~,;' . ·.IlIU .:

ended w i t h a 7 6 - ' y , e a r = o l d ] o c 3 0 1 g e n t t ' ~ e m , a n dec1~ring that he, too,

h ad ( c )Howed, th e 2l-(hl y process, ShlCC w h e n he h~(~, no t . eaten

Ior the pas t [ " I i : i ne months; hts deserrp tion w as ( ' leli ,ghdtlny

htnnorous and refreshing. A ga i.n.~dun evetling of lecturing wa 5

spec i ~LHere was someone speaking not ofwise spiri tual m atters

fie' :h :~d read , ~bOU .E but o r pet$on~l expe-r~e~nces", a ~wH t t e s s tll




by Michael Werner

'Yes' , '[S th e only answ er 1c an. g iv e to the ' quesuon 'Is it possfble to

live without eating?' Let me explam : i l w , a . bit more detail, since

th ls is rather a n u nu sua l queseon and also all,unusua l answ er, 1 :

don't intend. to give th e ordinary ktnd 0] le c tu re but rath er a

repor l'many parts of wh t c h ' \v in 'be' qu itc ' 'p ersona l" T h i s 'has

advamages :and d t sadvamages , One advantage is that what is

said gains a degree, of tmmedtacy: here's someone speaking from

e.. . .n e rie nee t \ ' , - - dtsadvantage k eh at h e- 'l ': 'n~-J'verv personal '~ ' I tm av b e~ ' \ ! l \ ~ " '~'"l' ,." II!- .. Ii' ".J'.J l~.5-':U'.'~~~ll~[!f:- .01.'~ 1~~II~.~~~I~ ". ,.'~I1b ......~l .~ ·~ ,Il~ -·!i' l' 1'~.1 ~ . . [.1' ~ll IU

rather one-sided, However! wh e t Iw ant 'to tell you about is not : inthe 'least indtvtdual. I shall be rellln g you , personal th tngs which I

am quite sure also Hpp'~yto others,

Ishall te U you what lhave done, what happened when Idid, it,

and how d le o'F.i,gin;~l'idea c ame ~,OInc, I sh a ll then. attempt 10 g[,\re

a few € ;xpla :mad ,o :r! IJs ",'For example it is possible ro flnd some leads,

in anrhroposoplry that can 'help us g . a : i ~ , T han u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f the

phenomenen of ~l i : v r u : n g011 ' H g l ui

",

,AH~erwald'swe can r a l k ah onlallthts. : ! 1 n ) J , th e ouesuons th a t l i ] , ~ l i , v " "occurred a o ~~)II- OF t h a t v o uI ! ; - '! ! ; . 'I ; _ _ U __C qlj_e.~ . __ !i- 'I ! _ "i., _ ... 'Cl e _ IlL Y( iI ll _ _ I"' I!;. Y _ u

perbap,5 hn)ug,hL here \ : vhh you" I 'm sure' you carne' here ' \ \ . r h l \ ,

some questions and I'hope duu y\)~'l 'will g t " ! ' h o n T h € ' \ v idl yet m o r e .

There 'is one pcint that shu uld b e clear [[OUl. the start: 1am no t

at a11 concerned abont whether you eat and drink or \V 1 1 C d : l er

Y OU 110 1\'1 i,ntend to c ' case e'ati,n.,~f,a nd drink~uil'.T h is is not w h a t I~ ~ ~

am concerned w it'll. I'm 1110t c o 1 1 c ern eel \ ' 1 ! I l l i t h ea ting and, drinking

since in itself dri,s is not w , e n r interesting bUl merelv H means to an,~ l~ }

end, To- me v~lb~t 'is important ts d~at 'you might lblcgin 1: 0 thin k




40 ~ L IF E 'FnO ~1 lIGF[T

either for carrying out the pro(ess. 0'[ fo r receiving nourishment

in dlis \-\T;[]y., One feels '[ather Ilke a flsh inwater; it is permanently

wet and c an d,n \ \ i ' "h~te: \re:r it fa n cies , This ~s w h a t receivl ng

nourishment from U g l : 1 i l feels like.

Naturally I also experience phases during everyday lif e 'w h en I

feel exhausted. And . when 1 get tired, u su ally a round rn:id:nigh.t~ I

'huv,e neither th e i.n d in a .Uo : r i, n o r th e strength ~o scay awa k e ,

H ow ev er, l sleep rela ti 'H~ly lh tle, b u t nea rly a lw a ys deep~y,and

feel well rested when Iwake up; and, [his '~ssufficient. for the new

day.

So ·l~villgon I i ght ' is not the usual 'v,~yof ge tUng fed, which

entails han1illng to do som eth ing ab ou t it. I t s imply happens, like

an unexpected gtCt, . a . benison.

lj{e' en ergy '

When. Y(}U receive you:r nourtsbmenr fh:nn lig'h~~an ,e~.~e~rg-yor :a

Ioree, or ~vhanev,er you , lik e' to call It, flows into Y O u , ; , : in 'is s imply

present when y o u need it,How much IOOlTI i leS ' r u n ,depen CIson how

l u u d l you u s e ; th~$:i $ ~ : i l l : ; , ea , ]aw o f n a t u r e , T do sport, fof ' cxanlpl,e',~

Y et m v cond i t l ton i s, f lond~ cer ta in lv mu c h bener t han H used to,I' ~., §

be.

\Vhell I sa,y 1 ~ ' U , \ , £ 'on I t g h e people often g , e ' l the \"rong end of

the s~llc'k.They ask: 'Do you , go our ~ :nthe In:~dday sun l' 'Do yousunbathe w h ile e'v eryone else is h a v i . n . g lunch? ' Of ceu rse I don 't,

and, it's also entire 1yunnecessary, To understand ",V har I mean b y

~Ug lJ ' fin, tlli.IJ:iscontext we need. to define the concep L more pre..

d .s~dy . N orrnally w h en we talk o W ' ~Ughr w e V lsuallze U gh m e s s

a.nd da rkness and t h e' v a ri ety oJ colours. This is inexact and is

not lig h t ~tself but th e eff(N:;t l i gh t 'ha.s , Ligh tness and d:orlcness

a ad dIe' vari OU~5co IO'LlfS are not, light but U : T h e ! [ e l y the ,efl~ects 0 r

' ] lght, 'Light as such ~5mvisible, It is everywhere, but we ca n o:~dy

see 'its e ffe cts , fO ir example ' \ - v h en parts 0r it are reflected hy'




"T '' U ' E ! , ' L , '~ ~ ' ,c ~ , ~ r ' u · - " ' r i i: E ' :~ { I ! ' ll 11~1" , Ik; .. _~"' ,I~" ~ If.

meterlal o'b;jects" causing, colours to arise, i.'igh.t. also exists

underneath the, surface of [he earth, so I'm sure itwould also be

uossfble toh r;'-:-- ~'-_'~t~,d"".'j- c, there in the d ~ ' - , : k u leasi '~-:"'~:-"i ;_pO.5SL te to _1\e on _.lg~,!" ~O\ \ i 'n ,nere m L~e_,aL, -1' at j C _ _st to t som e

rtm e, So the term '~u.,:rjngon, ~.i,g 'hC is actually mlsleading.

I i l L is quite simply a ubiquitous energy that is everywhere

present, and, one of the: \v ays 'runwhich it revea Is itself is ' in. light.

Light ,f.o r~ rn$~h e' b ou.nd-ary b e~,v;ce~n,the marer ia l and the i m m a -

tertal, n , also has those- delica tely contrasting qu alitt es a rising

from tts 'wave nature on. the one hand and tts particle nature on.

th e other, its,wave-partide a u ~lily.,It Iu ncdons at the bound ary

b etw een ~ :h em a terta l and. the spirt tual, \~ihlJ.: 'his ,vhy '[]tvilin,gen

U , g h ~ , l d o es a fter' a ll rem a in . t h e : 'best . \vay of describtng i ! L Bu t there

ismore ~Q it than ~h g l1i.fand , 'nourtshmenr j' so ~lcan also 'b e c alled

by the name: or Christ, or Allah, or 'Krishna, or many others.

,Gelti:ng to grips 'widal und'erS,b'uu'ing ~livi'ng' on .l'ig;lleI t is d ~ . f : n c 1 ! l l LU) ex plain the phenomenon and even more diffleult

to understand 11 .The idea of an ,e~eJ'gy that we 1ake h i from the

a ~r o 'r th e lig h t 1sju st .a b out. c o nc eiv a b le. Bu~ :underst an ding h o w '

it relates to SUbSUU1C'C' , matter is considerably more difficult

'Normally one. assumes dun, in ,everyday ltfe ene:rgy- and ~l!iJauer

are ' incompatible and Independeru of one another, :altllongb

since the discoveries and, calculatlons of Alben Einstei n every'physicist knows llun energy and matter are acttuall} one' and th e

same thlng, We' are accustnmed (;0, matter remalning stable and

U t H . behlg transformed into e l : 1 U e r , g y ' )and 'vice v e r s a , 'But when ]t,

do es happen, for exam p le in. the c ase of radl oactive decay', E t

nonn:aU y takes a very lon.g tlme ~vhHewh en iU o c c urs s uddenly ,, 'I £ ' - - 'I b '~. - 'I., '~I • ' I ! . .as r ~ . n nuc t ea r j.s $\ i. .on t n . ; ~ nuctear bomb, i~ t a , I 1 l ; , C ; S r ~aQe ' W]t~l

unc ont roll ab le ' ' ' ' - 1 , ' ' ' ' ' 1 ' 1 strous [ -0 ' ~ 'r, ~ Huge ~~' l - l . . . , . . . . .unts . .-...r· - " " " [ ' l e ; ; r o O ' } ! " , ',1reIi. ,ll.cU, , i I J "u!l ,"~, ,.,_,~,I,!I! ,IUI,I, ,.:!! _.I,•. , .H ~ " _ " ' . . . . .," ! I !~ .l , . ._, _, . " , ,u. "I,L! 'II ;!I : ' .. . : : ! ! U, "",.,'_'"'f:!" 1 t _ ! , ! 1 ! , _

released, which is actually not so Vel}" 5Urprising and is perfectly

compreheusible 10 physl cists.




42. ~ L IFE 'FnO~1lIGF[T

I f you eat nothing and, drink only small amounts without ~ny

chanee in bodv weiaht this ' i l p p ' ears " 1 0 ' 'n'!i"'li'll~D'n.....sense A ' · ' · hum.',,!!'1i'l\.,. j.u.J~~~I~ , _LIdl!·· IUU'J ' _'c. ~ ,ll" _ _~,~, /- ".~~ .,..:jl IL 'I ,lJ=ilQ.t\.~ ,Idl.!\.i~!C\, '~.,"'" . I I 1'1~,~~,

'being, exh a le s app roxima t ely half a litre of w~ter every day and

loses a further 'half litre through tile: skin in. order to 'maintain :~

constant tempera lure. So you ld think : l it would be necessary' to

drink . a t least ~ , litre of wa te r a , day. And , : if you, don't, while

neveroc'heles$, :mahl .w:i f i ing, n 'CO ' ' f i $ tan : t b o d y 'w,ci .ght) it d.o€'s.rtt add

U- P ' • And if vour hair and, natls continue to I[jJ{1W~and , ' vor~ . rskin, to':I ·t 0 . l

nal{f~ and 'lose minerals through perspiration you can't help

aski ng; ~Wh.e[e:docs 'i t all come [ r C H 1 t . 1 J ' That ts the d e c t s t v e

question; 'Where does n come f r -om'?

n'lt(,' n'I( : ' S' ' iiI' ' ' ';n-'-,@ p''c " · ~ · l ' ·D O W ' ,c onC ; ." ,,",'i':i ,n - · , " s - - : J',m--en- : ' l.I\.WI - 1 'l .J .I ': . .ll~.1 _ ~.I, ,.;JI1 T ' . . ~ .. ·.:a ~,' % I.IU[L-lli, " ,!··II' ',:~ '_

Ihave been, s~l.ldytn,gR : l I U l o , ! J f ' Steiner's anthrc po so p ' h y . , 1 : ' for many

years and h av e d :isc ov ered , b rj,d ;g"es i .n his w'ork that lead to ,~

possible understan .ding of the phenomenon, I I I our under=

standing of the- world and life there ;~sscarcely nnyLh:in,g on

which Iris vast work does. not 'lOU e m , l~ some: , " , v a y " Although he,

nev er sp oke d:irec tly ab 0'"[ 'Uvtng,on, l i,g~hfthere are a num b er of

i . n . c l . k : ~ t i , o : n s .that c a n take u s (unlle r,

He sa~.d,of matter, of substanees, tha t all su bstances and all

nranter are, nlrlm arely, 'condensed, compressed light". Th ey are

soltdifled IJlfoe,esses. ' "\¥f! a ll, k no \ ) \ ; r frotu e~'!(perlence that fluid,l"nov ing w ster c an take on rhe fornl 0r steem w h i . c " h , is extremely

volatile and f in . e m y dispersed, and. that H drop in temperature can

nun. itmto lee, wh lch is , solid and immovable, This r u . s an analogy

that can be applled to Stelne r's view 'Ihat aHmatter is condensed,

c om pressed ']i"g'ht .A s a staning point for unrlerstand lng 'h ow

']i,glu C~Ulpr(n.~]d,enourishment this ~s:~,good beg inn ing" ,

Stetner spoke a gotld, deal abnut nourisbment and food in a




" T ' ' U ' E ! , ' L , '~ ~ ' ,c ~ , ~ r ' u . -" ' r i i: E ' :~ { I ! , ) ' , :l 11~1" , Ik; .. _~"' ,I~" ~ If,.

number of lectures discussing what human beings need; P I a - - -

" ' , . . r . , " . , " : 'b hvd . '"', ." d ' i','~' , 0 · ' · · · · ' · · 'tV"'·· ' 1 'W' 'Y' ' I h 'U~UlS~,J i . ~ , u s . !car" On}" ral,es an ,m~nera I IS ,, ,". .n : :a te r 'l ! ,10" e " er" ,. e

s t ta r n . g , e ~ , Y 'enough sa id 'v ery h t rt lc " Ye t : i n lny opinion \\!3 ter ts t h e

most important. There is an inrerestina lee ture in \vb:icll.Steiner,~ I~

used, the potato as an example of how' nourishment fUI1CtlO:nS.

H 'il d . . i i ' h'" . . : : i ' J . ' 1 i . . . . " " b d " 1 tbl 1" I'e eoncni en us ae ineranons ny cescru Ul_g, ,1(',¥ we' on.Y eat so

t ha t the exertion of digesting c an sU,m ulate the ' body to . take ' in,

something from the ethertc sphere, that. is [ront the environ-

ment, from th e general life forces around us ,\,, 'h.ich, can then. 'be.

transformed into the substa noes th ~'[maintatn and build up our

b n . d J y . ·" · 5 · ' " 0 ' \V\[O, e at ' t o " it ' e x a m "n le a P " ·o 1[ " "1to 'We chiP'\'V ' i~'9'1l d d ' " I ]aest 1 ' [ "v._I~. 'P ~. v.__,~.... _lI" _ ~ ~_ !IP I!!'l."'!~ ~~. ~ ~ '." I ! i o " I ! . . _ _ ~'.!"!. ~ _ _l P- !!l',.' .• !!ll~' ~l~.. l"'!.;P

This then snmulates us to absorb Ufe' forces from our' etheric

envlronmenr and. condense them '~Il.IO substances, ~:n other

w ord s, our ' fundy g ains struc ture and substance tljr t t~ ' lkh1Lgin

l i , g J U J or I tg Ju f orc es, and condensmg t hem , ( 5 ee also p,165 , ) -




Questions from, the floor

Q,U f :S fio ,n : 'V : ou .s~ddjus ,! : now d is r d1i's m~e'fhod: of

recei v i ng ' nouI'i.s'111l]~en I \V,flS in ge:n eral' no, r ptJS'sible in

fo'ruler rillles,. '"'lla I : \ ,V '3S: d'iffe!l'eu I : ( 'hen, ,and Wh,eJl d:id

d]~i'ngs,change'?

I am sure ~ ;h atl~.vh'l .g on Hgl , l t w as ()n~;rposs ib le in excepuonal

l~·~j;iI"',{:>.:"" ~i'n-: 1 1 ' \ 1 1 . . Qi ' -p - - ' ,~ , , " , , i i i ' I m - UI[]-'(- ion 0; ~~ N '-ieh n l a . . . .v nn der F~lu~~;jjjIoan-d T] " erese!lrf;~~-~~ LL.", ~.lIil,!Ir. ]1 ~,~l~_:. ,I ~ " f !Lyl ,~U ,,'. 'r~,.lJY,~ .."J!"; !\:,I! ,!!..,1Ir "W. ~ ~ !!..,.'" ,lL~ I .~~

of Konnersreurh as examples, 'IQday, however ~l [ 1 :S ; ,unl versally1 1 [ " "

p ossib le, ']ts a new phenomenon w h lch as f ~ : r as 1 am aware

became known qu ]le' sudden ly 'j I 1 I ! . Australla through channell i.ngtowards the: end of the 19 H Os, S in c e 't h en it h a 5 , been practised

and, talked about, Id. 'n believe th a t prior to that it was no t

ge:n,eraU,y attainah le; and 1 . mean 'a ttalna b le 1l' since 'i t was of

course' know n about earlier, My Ieeli ng 'is that w l III th e w orld In

suc h n, parlous state at. present; t11[$p-ossihjU:ty w as created, .or

indeed had tn b e c rea [ceil.a 5 an a ' i d . to those w ho want c o ' w'O!r'ka t

:i nc reasi ng thei r aw a re ness. It provokes [J eop le to shake of f theirma teriahsuc view of [be 'WOlf ld I' whether th fDiUgh experle 11llting

th e phenemencn of ~nving on h g h 1 .1 (bern selves e n ' through s e e =

in. g it eon vi lldngly pract ised 'b y oth ers, A nd I am soure that tt '~risis

a good thing.

Q----fl'~ -~ 'U. ,,', " - ,,:,- . '~'f' '-',:Il~, .il.., .. d · " ' 1 ; ; 1 " W' d',,~JflCbl'·, -ueSiI_IO'u:.. "u:ow ,;I,as • ,Ie ,Sh,,IJitd,on Il :n.angc, .:~,J: " :0._" Iu c. .u I 'S

ne'w: l 'JI )ssi.bi l i l y . · . · c ome a . 1 1 0 [!I ' ll, I : ! ! ! ' " · ~ " ,




also an experiment inwhich no one 'IUI0\'V'S whether the, goa l

of helping as 'm H u:y-people as possib le to g a in new msights

,,,ill ttl ~ 'h eend b e reac hed, It's lfke th e sun r.is~n.g. s J . , o , : v ~ : y in th e

morning and, then gradually f] .ood:ing the d arkness ,~ 1,1h ,'moire

and more I igh t . ,AiL€; ' [ a while you [can tell whether the mist

and c louds a re receding to [eave: the d t~" , .warm and b r lgh L It

d e " F -H ~ i m d sOR, : m , ~ t n y r~tctOFS, SO the end result cannot. a'h~aysb e

-redtcted.p - -- - -- ---

,Question: llljasmldlee'n"s book 'L iv . ing on L i g h t ,S A r r e ,i u

'Vllr:i ,~r~o f 0ri.Q ' in s # :s f ) ' iv (! . f1[ wirh refer en ce ~o d1C nmcess As- - l!""! Ie I ) ' . " " '" . . l"""l ~ ! " " ! Ll ." " " ' l ~ . o~-.._:... !""!J - - ~ .~~ ~ ~ .. ~ e=~ . .... ~ , F '. ! " " ' ! l . . . . . \ to ~

helpers , sl te ,U I"eUDo ,ns ' l l 'eU-hnOlm ,and less 'weU-k;u,olV11

masters tog,ttber lvitli angel'Jc b eing s' fro.m : eastern a',nd'

w est ern esol'e 'ri :e ,t ra d it io n. s'. Wl1S,l' is yonr own :utiulde ro

d l is'? A n d can you ' also see any Chr i :s li~n b as.Js in it?

M [a:r as 1know the path for llllm:artifiry at large wh i c h Is pro-

v~ded 'b y I hH~2.1-d:a.y ·~ut )ce .5Si s r ela t iv e ly new , I can. only sp ec u=

I a te about '~tsorig tns and , the reasons why it should a ppe aT '

juS l, 'n-()\\ '. 1 i m : a , g : i , -n e ' t ha t :rec f iv in ,g nourjshm enr f r o m lig ht w a s

not. a .c tuaJly 'part of th e p]an rOt th e st -r~igh t£o:nvard onwa rd

development of. humanity at rhe '~ue~se:nttune. The po,ss].bH'ity

has appeared S'~I,(ldenly and. could not nec essa rily h alv e been

foreseen. l~:is evldent rhat a critical sl tuatlon bas come aboutin , d u e : CVQ;[ 1 ! 1 [ion of th e earth . 'T he sp irit ual ~" "or]d ~ 1 m e o ~ n th e

good and. posltjve splrlt ual 'beings a l 1 i J d , leader'S 0f humanlty,

are ' wa tc h ing [ planet earth and! hurnanl ty with anxiety and des-

palr b e c a u se I 'hey see th a 1~the _ g r e u t majority o r h um a n h e i n g s ,

a.re una bl~,e to b reak out 0 r a m a tenah sm th a t i s - des t ruc t ive

and a lso n,o ](n~g ,erSU i i~ ah le f (~n;;[~ )ur tim e . In. th is sensej; the

phenomermn 0 f I 'H ' v'i ng , 0 n H g l1iJ .eis sure ly on~y one of nunly

'\~/.~ys of. help ing to br ing about an, :improvement in, the

situarton .'




, Q ' _ . ' [ I , . ' h c : t ' I 'O " "D+ v~:U:, h ' a v c ' . ' , ~ ; t : . o \ li ~ ~ , d ," 'I"':onl'" e s n , , ' P ' " 'L . ' ! '1 ' ' '~ '_ ' ' ' ' f l_l : '} \ ! l - ~ ' ! ' 1 ' l < * ' 0 , ' , [ot),_ _~~il, • _ ... I'V, , ,___""~ I..... _ "-",-,,.,,- "', '_ ,U",,- U",.~_ '~:I oUR I,_, I!;o

process you: have- been describ.i'ng' is no t , a rna iter , t ha t

concerns you ,alon.e~Is it ,~eaUysomethjng anyo,u lc rouJd do?

Yes, mdeed. We all have the possibility of opening ourselves to

rece iv i ng . nourishm ent front 1igJ t t. ,But the deeisi on to do this is

o r course an entirely' personal matter, One mnst decide for

oneself whether ~,t'is,worthwhile, meaningful and, necessary to

follow this paah, There is one precondition, h:ovvever,,, If you want

to conver t you:r w ay of re c e'iv ] n g ncur tshment you m nst h a v e

c(nlnd!cnce a nd b eltev e in ' the helping and nourtshing forces that

come from, the sp'~ri[.uamworld , So U anyone "V~UJllS to try out

~Uving0,'0 Ug'trl 'fwi t h a,posinve and open m ind, jx 'w in work , But

you do of course: r-eally' have to wan t it.

I' know ' 1 i ' e ~ r ywel l f rom p erso na l experienc e of th ese, t hm g s that

m,an.y people have g~e:~t .dUficulty in bein.g un preill' 'Ud'iced~open,

and positive with regard ~ . o . ~he:phenomenon of ~living on U,gh:[~"

So ~ ,nth e final analysts there are' not V'CZY' many w ho are doing ' l i t

or w ill do j t.

,Que:sl"io,n;Han! ,In-any' f e l l @ l \, r ' con renders do you , l : u l ! v e : ? ' , H ' o w

] ' ' I . . . 'h ~ , , ' " I " I '' 1,m.any peopre are I'~~ere lV ,' [0 are - ·~,1V1.ng-on Ilg'll: ,~'

1don ' t think a.n.y'on.erea I m y know s, h ut J assam e there :ln~Y'he a

fC\iV th o u sand, T he method has been kno\v n for- several years,and, 'P eople talk ;~nd wrue H'btU.U it,Perhaps there are on:~ .ya few

hundred, I d , O l 1 i J : ~ tknow, Personally I am acquainted ' V r j r h h between

t , " v e n r n : y and ~'hlrlY,;,Btu. this Is a c o m p l e t e l y a J r b ' i u a . F _ Y number and

s a m p l e , Wha t i s 1 1 l < O r C j,pr-esunlab1y n o o n e ' k _ u . o w . s h ow 1nan.y

peop'].e there are \ \ 1 1 1 f l l'l:a'Vc ("OU1:f to 'be n 0 1 J 1 fished 'b y c o s m i c

Iorces, by ']ig~:l I j ' lor b y' prana ~'~rr01i l ,g 'hother 'I n eans, Hke yogis who

practise ascet ic ahsti nence,

There is no clearly-delmed or structured organizatlon and, '~1.0

o bv: i ,QUS coli~horaUo'n.0 r ~ o U r S e you [ c a n g ~ e o ~ n S O l U e in f o t '=




marion through the internet, but dti.s us 'v,ery uncoordlnared and I

fmd it rather fnl str atin g : . , Nevertheless 'U ts a known 'movement'

t h a t. h i ls b een sp-~readm e n,oU,ceab l~r in . rec ent v ea rs.~ =0 ,.. ~

'Questiou~ 1cOld'd . i 'm,ag'in.e dltl t : a good nuuly young poo:pJe

m- igh t, b ec om e f asc ina ,ted b y d l:f ' p o s s 1 b . i : l : i ry o f ~ n v,i',u gon

Jigbt'~ Do you dli.nk: d.JfElf sl.lo:uld ,b e a wam.[ll_~ga:bou,( t J 1 : e '

p.roblents?

Ihave already given a good many lectures on dl~rS5Ubject, and.

there 'have always been :SOIne young people: among ' [be audi-

ence ' R eactions 'h ave a lwav s b - een VD1n. i '" P -" OS; ! ~'hre: reeardless nf~~l."'!. lv'll ~ ~~ .~"- t~.' ! ! l ~ . . : . 1 I _!!l. _ • P- -._~lt . __' ~" ~l!i ._~-'~:'\l 1;·· ..· !!l [= e- '~I ~ ~I~~~ lk~ V!!l

~!iJ.r'~ 'H ' , ' 'IJ i i" , i l: ' f ,~~ ' ,1 '8 '1 :" ' _ '~ :'~'liiili' count on [-'",111'/ '" h an .'il_~, th e num b zr . . . .r mdtvi-~,e ." "' " , ",""'\YI,..\I!I,..II." ! I i , C;;. !. iI i, iL C!i. I _ " I 'e .. .. " ,\11'"\-1' ' ~ , ' I " l ! ! , ; 1 !. ,1,1i;,. ,U.,_ ' , _ e ' y!l! . Ii. " ' _ _ili,"'-,

duals 'l\r'ho have been inspired by 1 : u y ' talks acru a l l y 'to emba rk

on the process. There: ha s not been and there will not be :~

m ass ~ ;~ 'i,vi,n g,on h ,gh f m ov em ent, The necessary step 'is to o

,gr .eat ) .:SOl d "]a ~,in, th e end . only very few w ill c ross th is b ridg e.The practice actually generates its own protection agajns[

] - . k l ' ~ 'P ' ] I ] 1 -d ; " d " ;ll ~, ,untmn ,Ing aeuse, t "eop,:e '\lJr.105 " .lQU "nt .,'0 It U , o : n f t even try,

AculaUy' th~s appli,es to m any dl.ing,s ' ] 1 1 tlJe,~abhou .gh , U, l ,S

~d\:vm,'/snossible f (n indiv~d.u,~l case's 'to p l ~ : : r ( } v e 'th e e x c e n u o n or[l IF . I~·

be dogged by an unfortnna U~ cenglornerarlon of' circum-

stances.

Question: Thousan ds of ,belpless ch,U,dren searve to d earh

every' day. IConld cbHdr-e,n , c a ~ r . r y 'O;U' l : tlu~'~nv,i,n,gon l , i g - l : 1 t. '

proc£css?

This would sur~]y d ep end on due' ch i ldren and d~ose w ho

a .c com pan y the m th rough, ' [he prnCC'SSj' 'b tu in principle I t hi,nk it

w o uld 'b e pnssi ble, Once you :ac{.!ept. th e PO,SS].b iUty that p eop '~e

t .Qday can he nuurished ' b~ f 'Ugh t~thls can 't be a matter of age',,,If 5 ,

eithe r possible or not possible, Whether children have the

awareness needed fOir developing enongh eon lldeulc,e is another




48 ~ LIF E 'FnO~1 lIGF[T

'm ,~~ ler .Or children might ' b e : lnchned t .o fall back more quickly

and easily out of ha b it , or conventlen 0'[' under social prcss:u[[ 'e~!

and say th ey are h ungry and" th irsty. 'T ha t w ould b e: ,quite

understandable. H ut basically one can 't sa)l that 'if 's, no good fo r

children, or diabetics, or convalescents or anyone else. However,

as regards g R . o b a l s ta rv a t ion, Idon it believe dru;atnourishment

through ] J .gh t t - a . r : l L b e ' a m etho d o f so .lv.in ,gfhl$ proble,llLl [OF the

world,

'Q ' " IU : ,e,,"~;r'I'tIH" Wp' h ,' ::!.l~ 0 ,' ,}lii1['"" ~ , " O , ,iI;tl'II,it: .....h ' ' ; - D , t ~ r d):'Qft"e:,~jV:lI'svsrem, 0 ,', "ur". . .~iI.'JUll;~+. __ ~ . ll~ _'I~ ..... ~ ~'_L~~ll:~"P,;1r."'!l ' . ~,~ !II~,""'J-~'_l C ~y~..} .-..l! .. ~, . l.

l 'cel'D ,and so on a 'S a Atift from G'od~bu t you are' djsregarding

d'lis: i'n s o m e 'vay. , As someone . li 'v i 'ng ' in a . land of p 1 . e ; J l , ' Y you

ch !oose to' be 1 1 0 U . 1 : ; I ' s , h , e d by light. Hut , i i ' seem s to m e dl:at '

P- "e " O "P " " 10 In P " - ' i ' l I I O ' r o o, . .. .. niij;,"li' ...]\a,;It'u,rn~i'ii';~ I - " ' O - , f , L'D' ,g;LJe " ' i i! '. i '1 OoV"DrF.poiS'-D' iii:'iii'f'~h' .-

, :, :·,r . .. ,I~, ':1:1 . ·U~..., ,-,vu.IJ.lU,·,~·~ ·!r'fI!IJ."·!Ii,~'U':1.', :1. V~ AU,I, - ~~.i1!k~~"_'.LIli.r.I~···~ ~I"~" "

a , ,libe,rfy.,

These are, important concerns [hal are justified and, should 'betaken ,]ref), serlously, 'B y not e" atin g ~ :am < o f course nor eon-

t, lh L· . . ' i J . . . ' ~ l r: ']'~]" it' itleft "UUlg In e .ve :ry ' w ay POSSIllJiLe :. 0 \.:JO(, S c omma n c rnenr IlO

A d am : '(R ule ov er ~ ;h eearth.' l 'have [,0 try and compensa te [or

th is tn. 0 tl~"er-ways;, Ir ~jv ing ,on l~.ght were 10 lead us "[ ,0 despise

p~:1JysleaJ substance, minerals, plant's, and so on, thls would of

course ' b e qune 'i/J\ I'J ongand 'b e damag ing rather t han 1 1 , e Jpful, I

watch and, test 'myself v eT>? thorough 1 : y : in this mat te r a T r u d , amab le' to say th a t sinc e' ~ sto pp ed . lea,t~.ng :1 : have ' c ulnv ated and

also new If gained, a close relatlonship to these klngdoms 0r

nature. A nd as te how I trea 1 . l .n.Y'body, Ic an also tell ) 1 ' . 0 1 1

abou t anoth er lnteressi ng and, P resumably [y~]licalexperlen ce ,

Since' I stopped ea iin g Ih av e g am ed a lu)'l].,oea'b ly m o re c . l o s e , ;

h arm om ous and Iov i,ng relaUonsh ip wi t h IUY b ody and am

also ab le to deal w ilith il . quite d , ~ H e ren t l l l y " However, no 1 c ] , Q ' U bt

th e re an:': also other ways of 3dIi,eV'~ngd : T h i s .

R "~ . 1] t l "l r t .' - ; J j " ~ d - 0 r,_,:eg,arULU1.g,;~~c." ~1'f ! .T ' 'rJ~r,CL Y O ' l l r r 'qU, ' f ! .Sl i ,HJ l t : J ! , \ nousanos _




people, mostly children, starve ro death levery day, But to say::

'There's 1 1 1 1 0 ' need ' 1 - - o ' ; Y O ' them to eat ~:1kD'y'can 1 1 " " ' . " f ' D on l ~ i l ' r 1 J h , t " : ; is 1"" l .m, ! . . . .. . ~ 1, ' Jl .\ :" ~. . - .. : _ i ; , , ~ ,[ . , : , ~ . . ; : , I :. , -lL: I . Ilk' 1, I 'I: ~ , i a J . , 1i!.]1~...: 'iL(JJ]I" .~ "\;: ",: ,: ' -~6 : 'I,. 'II' . _ < [ ; . ; / , . . ~,i~,:i,~~,

and sm ac ks of con tempt Y()U can , only stop eating w h e n you

have 'had sufficient food to satisfy your hunger, I f anythmg can.

'be done, there l IJnay 'be one possibiltty, and that wou l d 'be fo r

people who have enough food to stop eating while ensuring that

those who have too ~.iule:are giv lcn s e n T I , e " , ' F ' o f . ' m e ' [ Ibis is th inkable

and w ould b e a goodl and $'~l . t is[acto,ry'~va: .y,~b ut lsuppose :it ' , " v i U

remain in the realm, or theory,

' Q ' - uesliofr Do 01'11 ers ha v e a ,metabolic . s -o l ~ s , t e m ' r luu ' wl)rks in. . . .•. .!"'!l. l !"!J .. l"""""! •. ' ~ • --==.... l!"!J!!!"!J.. _ . _ _ I""'l .• 1·__ . . ~~.. , y . . . ~ . ~ _ ._ I _ _ . ~ l""'l _ . ~_

d'lle ssme \\.!ay~or is £hi 's dif{eren,(" in ev ery c ase?- .If you are: a l tv e your meta holism f~n.1LctiollS.as 'itmust, There's 'no

other possibUity. L i f e ' I S , not possible without metaholtsm. The,

h ii '~lln:tl"l b o ,~1) " '~ S l "F l i ;oj; n , c - r "' m " ' "oj; r . . . .: O T j l t , I : . : ' - ] Q - :W~IV R I , ( " 1 i i w " " i I '] I (f e q u i - ] : , "'b : ·r -l"i lm " ' ' ,nT 'l •• l ~ l~~j!l;- ~ •• I~..J ! ,Ul,' ,~~~[..1 1 1 1 !Ii~' t = " o ' ! " " ' . ' ' " 1~'~~I~[I,~ ,,~,.' . ~J: ~-~v." .11"~,1:) '_" . . J • ' , ,' ' .1 - .""~ ,, , '! ..,.,.",

ra th er non= eq ullfb rt 11m . There must always be some metab-OliS1TIji 'if only as a re'S:111tof breathing. '~vle:la'boUsm, can never 'be

i bw .ough t to a stop : £ 6 , ' [ any leng th of time. There H1U st ; ~ d , w a y ' s , b e: a

IWO'\\I"inge < l n u , i ] . t b r i r u u n . S o one has to a'5SU1ne th at th e re is a,I,'\vays

m:ore oir less th e sam e kind o f m et aho llsm , \~he~ 'he :ra person eats

normally or is nourished by Hg l lt . L o g ic a lly , however, one must

assume ~:ha~the m e ta b o 'H s , I , 1 L 1 , ' ' ! V · ' C need to Iive l S , not. necessarily

hound, up wtth 1:a:k i ,~,gfn physical f ood ,

Qlt!estiou~' 'Wo uld yon ,be In fie.rlesl'ed in b,r,i'ngirl,:g dlis S:1lb J e - c t '

to p n , b . l : i ' c .afl 'e'J'1.,do.nOil a ,la~gf: '1"sc ale d l.to:ng l1: du:' m , e . d . i ' a : ?

So long as th e m edia w ere interested hi. '111e subject t tse '~frath er

th an in m e asa person Iw nuld H nd, ~his ' f loc-ep[able' .'n r tlus w e re

th e ca se I , 'von'~d,b e p rep ared to c{)]l~borate~ s i n c e ] , v , e r y 1 1 1 . U c ' h

hope that the' su bject 0:[ '~UV] 1 1 1 5 on light' 'w in be given more

tho ught, and that Hilt'! re resea fell!will b e done- and written a b o u t

it.




so ~ LIFE 'FnO~1lIGF[T

' Q , - , 'u € " s l i o n + l\'htt did' 110U tal, 'c u p ' · j l : ' i v i n g , ' 7 o n J i g , : : J . f , ] 'W 1 ) ,a l d i d '", - ... .1.. [.. _. lJ . 1.. 'J . 1.. . " " ,~, - 1 .__.:.' ~.'_.;1,1.. I! - - I -- . I _. - ,

Eon lind most £1scina ti'n 0" ;Ibou. t itl.7 Ib

Isuppose '~ t : " \ V < ] J S a good mixture of curiosity, personal circum-

stances - since I was rather unwell at m , e time and, hoped 'h t

would h e m p m e - and a fund arnental tnterest m th e esoteric

coupled with a sincere wish for self-improvement.

'QuesUon: You COn\1' f'r l:ed to ~livjl1_,gon .ligh r'a,bout" four years

a,go..\VIla:': are r n " e main cllanges y o u have noneed s:i'nc-etben.?

Ihave much better health. and v ] . i [ , a . H l y than before, and Ihave : 3 -

tn,ore in~hna.te r.ela.tlons'hip 1 I . v i t h 'Illybody; I a : p p t e c i ~ ' i . C , e ;~'ndl n v e

itm ore th an I could before. In, an a , g t e e a ' b ~ , e : l h e a W ' w y and natural

, \Yl lY 1feel more d irec tly a nd , intimately connec ted wlrh 'm , ) ! ,body ,

'M " Y ')'!'I''I:1i 'Fl'iI]'1 m e i!l",[Ii " 1 I c " t ' " I ';i'"!I'FII il:' a n (1 reeenera t-~v e t n r c \ ~ . . : ' a r e PI'IOl~ceahlv11" " . 1 . . ' > " llt~l.'_ll~_.I!i.o'~"~l~' ~,,~,~: l ..lO~JI~iWi t; JI • . , , c Ll'~61~ ,J.\':"l~..(JJllr.~·'_' - 1 1 .. . . . . . _ . ~ ~ w ~ lll.~··.· ~~~~ . 'J'

stronger than before. Ia lmost never get HI, and ~:ny' minor

inJuries such as ;~re ' ! J fia,v ()~ dab le In e;"eryday life h e ' ; , i l l . l much

betrer and more quickly.

Ifee'] markedly stable emotionall y, and mentally enriched

stnce I can concen rrate better and 'my' mem.ory 'm s much better

(han h used to b e" On the other hand after converting 'to 'llving

on HghC .]: soon noticed that thls ' \ iVU/' of m : if e do esn 't work

miracles. lam relieved about thls becaU~5e:o r course m \V~u:U to

rem ain in charge of lny own development and shape H , or at least

sh are in, sh a p ing ' i~,myself ,

' Q " , '~~c-, ;t " : 'i .n , n ~ 'y~i ~ s;"ii'i~1 :tII:...r an esse'jjI~ i ' i i i ~ cond'i"j~ n{(lif .r'~~l'nti n,g- ,~, ~iC=u~~,," = 'U"' I,.! ! ~ •• I i " ' = ' ! I . I : !IL_~,L, t!1,__ ~" _,~l~_;!;.!,~, '!;.1Li" __ ,,_!IL'!..]I'.!I~ _,'U",_ .... ,~~ =L' ~~~o

"hrou_gl l i b e 2,1,·day prot 'ess 'was rena nee on til e f ' h o u _ g l J l tha t

) ' , 0 : 1 1 wnuld be nouris\hed by ~heforces:of . l i g , 1 1 t wha~ever

lUIppen ed . Docs tlds rnean d],a r yo II llave In.be perlnan,en t ly'V:\i)~"1" , f ' _ o . , " . : I ' : i S ' • £ I ' d ' 1 0 " 1 1 ; 1 1 , ; I" t , : 7~'~'J Jt LiU, b, ,v ,I,,,.

Not at all, What you have 10 do is . put YCHrf trust in ~]unsphere

evert \v~ ,]) e tl.tb ,ere are a th o l l . 5 a , n d ] o g i c a ' U re~sons wh i c h s p , e ; a . k




, .1. ' lrecei , ,"'] . ' l I ' I . J . 'h '" I '! 'against uus " \V l1 !} .f ' 0 : ' ' f t ' : ,ecIVlng nouns. rmenr. t..o tt 'rungmuc 1. etse rs

neccssaI)~'" '~am convinced tha~ the process of being nourished

'b y H g ht i s ,a gU t . [ro'm th e s p i r t tua~,world 'wll~dt '~Sa U . around and,

within USjan endeavour to break through the materialism ~'hal]'s'

having such a devastating effect j~S[ :nO\V~

Logical and critical though t should al\\:r~,ys 'be present, of

course, b ut these' qu[,ck ly c o m e u p a g ain st . a bounda ry , : E \ f e ; n . li f

you just c ~ .t a c h eese sandwtch and ltuy to understand th e

resulting digestive processes you , soOIl come to a full stop, Yet

they functiou any,'V,aJf~you eat and are nou rlshed without

en tirely und ersea ud ing h ow your digestion works, A I r ] you need

~ , , ~ ! ' r Io 'I 1 ' ,("'ii' ~ l ;' I" li ' ~ , . ~ ' ] · l . P l t :",e, '-' •."' ,, ;1 ,. . ~ . .. . d' h elo f ' , , ~' 1 " 11 ; : ; ; . , I I , . ! ll . ' I : ;. ;~ .u~, , \,0 ;, ' , " '- '. ' I : ; . ; gl~,.n! o " l ~u".. '~rl ,II, ,~"

,Quest'ion: Do you r : e a l ' 1 y ' ,bell eve d]:~~t l: igh t , feeds you? Wlla,:[:

d," 0 ' ' V? ,' !I ;~U -I f ' , i L . . ' j " ' n ·I ' , . , d ; j ': - " j' t ~ j , t ' I I' l l y ~ ' C "n o u r t s h e s y ~ : j i i ! 1.",." ; u· ' ! li rl • . · ... .1\ t~~J.lIir.' ~~ A~ ~. " ,' ,ilUI! . " lii!I, ~ '- ; : : t ! I J - , ~ . · . r ' 1 " ,' -' 1 1 -. : ~, ' .

This is a ve ry dHn c:u .lt ques ti . .on to answ e r, I f 's v ery ' dlflieult to pu t

it into Wf]irds" B'ut ' the term "living on.lighf does sc ,em to he the

expression that Is closest to the truth, v , i " " or ldw ide the word ~'~: i ,g 'h f

'has.pcsinve conuoaations, for U _ g h t sta nds for warmth, strength,

illuminarlnn aud posnive ev olut ton. L i" gh ,~ :~ ; s . ar h om e at the

boun darv b..·...,[·~ili''"',.::;,'~1 the ~p':'llr- '~<""'I\~"'~~and the metaphyslcal 'liL1~~I'j'~-:-1'". lI,i , .. ,,,,,~, l .e.\"(,eIl;;:J,~, . J.h;:, I,' Y . ; ! \ ,il;:,i;:d ~,l,',.' .. ' I,;: ,• .ld,~,~~,,:,,•. y ; ; . \ . . . . [ " IVIJ!,~ l,')

people use ath er rerms in describe the source of the Ugl1iJl,wh l c h

( J ~ i ' . "Jii:.1oe, ' ' I j ~ , O , 'II: 1r 'I " shm , a . ' i " ' I ' r Io i ' i ' " ex am p l ~ oosmi '.' C>. m ;Qo'1"\ "'Ii! : 1 ! 1 ' I " ~~'rUl~ ,'"~~~i the, 1 ; ;' li !l i, '" ~ li,!L. 'l"" ,~\, , ., ~iI!', ~ I'. !Ii, L n, .,.'L. bUr::!!". ,!LC 'i:.. ~,l g,,~r' (".~,~Lh .,,~ , .. I I : : .

pO'\i\lfrofChrist, and many others. RealTy this is just a quest ton 0rusage or cultural background; it isn't impoua nt for the

phenomenon as such nor for the actual truth on wblch 'i t is based,

The' proceSis, is very huimare and su bt le; Iexperience it as,

being very posi tive, very lo"~u.gl ' ;~nd i~inspires confidence.

Quesdon,; Would you .say someth i n , g ' abo (.f,t dle dl'lference'L_ - ,r:. '. .J 'L a ~ h d b I' ' I L . _ ' : ? ', ue l\Ve ,cU , 'jl, as l1ng 'ann l }£n i :g - nourrs -.e·· ,"Y . I : : r g . n f . ' .

When y c ) u fast y o u deprive yortr ' body of food a nd t hus of a

certain amount of nourtshment. The b o d y is then r ~ : ) ] : ' C ' e d to




52. ~ L IFE 'FnO~1lIGF[T

switch over to using up reserves which 1 1 drains, then it begins [0

deteriorate, and. I [ n , , 1 U y yon can't go on much longer without

, ~ ,~ ~ ' , ~ , , · ' h ~ ' " ' - -J" ", ,J l 'ink N ," " ~nr ,,,,,' -"I fast ,- , ,- , " d e - , - " , " " , ] - ' ise th esome t r I ng to unn._," . ~ ,onna~,_) )OU tas t U] oruer to c ieanse m e

body b y' shedding 'what is . superfluous, ballast [~L:Tha~ ' h as accu-

mulared together with toxic substances, thus giving it a good,

rinse through, 'But no doubt ahere ate other reasons as well,

The' situation '1$q trite different when you have b een th roug h

th e 21-day process and, are, "being nourished b y the forces of

" ] , 1 "nht A " , t firs l " ] " l I " S ] " l " k ' 'D fastin g '" but " ' I i i I t ; " , O o ' l : ' " rhre 10 or four davs vou= I~' . IlL.. ..'". , • :.1. ._ , . .' ,. _ ,,~, I,~ .: ., ' ... r- ~l a- LI.. i1"l1l.I.I~.t l. lL . \6 II. lu', ';Ji I' (, '. I ~I ;; 10 ..

nonce quite clearly that t h i s is no longer f asung , 'You, get a clear

hillpression of once ,a: .gainrecelvfng nourlshmen t,

'Quesl 'io ln.~ P e' rs 'ona;Uy ' J f ind ea t i :n,g'and driJ1 ld ' ng a , p.l 'e-asure- - - =

Do you miss s ' O J J l : e d J J n . g l v l ' ) , e n . yo u abst.~dn?" \ " 1 1 : 1 it ollu~,r '

P I'A~"~;I:I res '~n \I'{";t:1 g ' '0 " . r ~ ' r ': 1nsre,~d',: ' ' : !, Jl~-P-~~ ..,~ .. Uv ,I·~~, . _ > . . l 'l !-,~ ~I.!l~-~,. ,p-. -~~

1 always used. to enjoy : rny ~oodvery much, and 1 1 1 L e r , e : are not

In 9 J n . y sins connected with eating and dri~lkililJgthat I'have no t

commtued, 'Before 1 . started on, die 21.. .da Y' 'process I weighed

9 6 , 'kiJ,O,s[approx. 15 stone] at my h e a v i e s t . 1 . had no ' ] d . ' e a , in .

adv anc e h ow ' 1 \vou]d, f e e : l wirhout Iood or 'wchedu~r 1 would

miss ,anythi .ng. But there was virtually no problem, Once in .~

whlle 1 do eat a piece of chocolate or a blt o r cheese, or Ttake':11

' b " : "' , ~ :te our ;:,"r ' ' W " ' Y ' ; i ' ~ ] - 1 I " ~ ] "d ren's p 'li "'! '," 'Q i ~ ,~ ." tease ~ : i i ! . . .em '0 ' r s o :m 'e t h ~n'g01, ~ ,~.&U·-], '-!!"

J[.l ••,

"-',I",~, ..'~~I'[~'··' "l~!~~OJJ lli"V . ~ !GJ I~ ~Jtl,~.l~IJ[~

.1 ,~ •. 1 ..

l~·],~"'Il ._:.'

li,k e th a t. 'But th e pleasure of eadng an y \ - ' , , ~ ay euds in one 's

throat, As soon as Y 0 1 L e v e swallowed the rood all that remains

]S the nu isance factor,

But seriously , ] do enorm eusly ellj01 ' b e ln g present wh en

peop'],e eat , a nd seeing ,&1udsme l ~ ,ing ,rh e .food,,=like those p la tes

of roastc'd, C{llU ~loes just nnw in [h e cafeteria.: delk iousl A nd I

r e t l J H y do en] o y th a L Somethnes m d . o [ [ a l l e y some th ing , and t hen I

eat a £ £ : \ 1 1 / grape's, or 11iJ:UlS~0 r some t .h:ir~g,else" But I ba '¥"eno ~r.o"t lh~e

d ome w ~ ' I , ' I . 1 J I O " , '\1 'L I ood ,"~-~b ~L ~, "" " ~.!''''''- '"




noth ' ~ i n -g- ' t- - 0 ' h~:ltD, - O ' I 1 - 0 'or O'VI"1l111p-'l-~' when Y - - l ' '1 I , U - ch nose -,;Ii diet , , ; . , 1 . . ' - ' : 1 1 ' [ 'J.t. '. _".w . ~ . . : " _ ,lLlli.!\..--P~ '.' ,", . ,' b.i:'Ii..r~ , ',' ·,.L t,_, W,... ,W ,~ ,',: U _", . '=". U'" '3-~, jpJ. ,-". UJ.!tIi1. 1

requires very little chewing, because chewing is lfke a ' r l : 1 J a s s a _ g e

for th e g um s- It is , said ah at teet h start ~o w ob b le and th reaten to

f l 1 1 ] , < D i M . t.But 1can't corroborate this. My teeth have so Iar b ehaved

perfectly normally - even though 'n dlon'f.{chew on ia '[b one as n

sub stitute , . ' .

,Q uestion; D o your l e e ' , e n 1'1]. faCf ,jimpro ve ' a s a, resuh ofHving

0,[1 light?T h at I can't say yet, 'E nt 'in the daytime one's m ou tb and j aws still

g et a c erta in amounr 0f exercise sim p ly th r( ,ug h speaking. ' T he ,

body is w ise enoug h l101[. ~o le t dlii'ngs. g o rusty so long 'as. one

doesn 't prevent U. A B~d,sure ly this also applies to the teeth, I t

seems that these things are s - e l f ~ ' i r e g u l a t i m , T h g tn a narural w a y , I'm

not aware of any problem, Iclean 'm,y te eth t" eg ~ ,d~ Ilyand f r e , -

quenrly, Ido it dllo:roughly and lenjo)T d.oing so because, it feels,

,g ood . , Perh ap s ah ar ts a ll t h at 's needed,

Question.; .If IIp regnan It 'w on1an .Hves (>,]1 , l i g J l , [ ,and , ' h : e n , her

child I s bo.rn~, 1 ' : 5 ,her b,reas f~, :ndl,k,s uper .t lu o u s?

' J \ . ~other's milk su'n~']yhas 1l1:lny importan [ functions. There's the

warmrh, rhe b od,iJy coruact, love; it lsn 't purely physical food" I

don't know w h eth er you, can say tt's aJl superfluous. I f you call

c om p ensate f or ;~ ll [h e' o th er ~ hing $'j'th en p erh aps m o th er's lnH k

is superfluous for 'b~dlding up rhe chUdr 's physica 1 . body, Perhap s

it's theoretically possible, hut I don't k~:10'W.Il'you d : 1 L l I 1 L , k loglcally

itmight b e, due c ase, h un for 1 1 , ' O W this r u s , tOUl~,supposition.

Quesdon,; You sa,i'd you, .s(n.ne~:inu~'sea ~a few gra,pe.s: or n,n 1 '5

or sOlueddn,g' n ' , L : e d13tIs dl:ls' good or bad?

And: ' Y C J l U 1'] :ave a f i l I n i . l y . , ,How do fhey r e ~ I ( : ; , r : ? Have dlCY

a:cccptc-d yout GO nl7f 'Goion?





Interesti j Y l i l g ' ~ I v J!!~ . O ' : U ' ' , a ' l t i n " 1 J V , " "llt,t:~la, lanses '1j l ',;i"]Io"' ' ' l" no lonser nresentIii.. i....L I ., ~ . , LL,I,~l~'l' ~l,~, .. t}llll',l r=:» , l . l .W . . . , . ["lr 3,-"~ JULUJ~""'- ~.i.. ~ ~,.JJ'~I!b.\, l~" .... ~ ..... ~,. 1

a;n.}fproblems, But formerly I also never had, any problems

,:vith. 'm y digest ion. 0[ course ' i~,aU depends (In th e. am ount,

what ' l i t is you eat, and the circumstances. So long as you are

more or less sensible there's no need to ','~orry.,Of course '~f

you were in iny situa t ion Iw ou ldn't rec omm end sauerkra ut

with pig,s! ' 'tf(lUe:rs, ·,rlju~'t 'would C C f t a J . i m l y b e' too m uc h . T h e:rc

" ~ ', < : :, , ,, ,, ,~ , ,~ , " : ' I I ] ' l , ~-n'I'lII'lI11~r.,..~ limit '["':"L""",~" ~ - 1 1 ~ " ' ' ' h 9 1 1 r , i : > r . · ' ~ , i l l - ~ ' . f " " : ' i I r ' i ' b e],;;1\, amer ~.,. 1.[1.." ' ! - " I i ' ~ ) ,,,,I, nm ,!,. e-(1 now rn I!,lI, C !j,h,.X1LJ [.,~.) ....!lI-~,!l _ "'"

coped, wtth, BUla Iiule bit of somethlng is evtdently not a

problem.

A s to' y our" sec ond q uestion; My ' f : a l i U I r n y have , g r o v v - - n accus -

romed t O I m y behaviour, b ut :i~, c ertainly d id . take' some get-

ring u sed. no. Ihave don,€: 'luy.'best alread y to em phastze thts

'very" important asp eel. of [he social awkwardness dun arises

in c onnec nnn w uh 'liv ing on. lJ gh f';, R e :~Uy this cannot b e

stressed, [00 often, I f there: is :any pro blem at all. m eonnec-tion wlth 'IUving on Hghf ~ then It's the matter of 11.,O\V10 deal

with one's soda 1 environment. 'T11~'s ,1 . 5 the bigge .s t 'problem

and one' th a t h as ro b e handled s elllJ,s:~ti\felY'j 'w ith c are and , as

m uch . a '\ :\ f areaes. sa s poss th le , ,Anronc . in tend ing ~ : ()undert ake

the conversion ~nUS1,be :fully clear about ahts. It ls often

underesrbnated, but as 1 have shown ~ it can he coped '~~:i,d]

q 'Uhe well,

Qlt!estiou~'. l . f you per,spire , IH~avHy~In dle summer or .f110nl

ex 'erti'o .n" d o y ou: leel t'h .i rs .ty " or J 1 : 3 5 dds ,a ls'O d' , i.nlini's ,ned

with time?

1 1 . 1 wtn te r 'I . g , o~o dlC' sauna . at reg ular tm e rv als w h ere :1 : certa.inly

perspire ~ 'loti' vv'hich I.find very a.gree~~ble, ,A f~er that lny month is

dry :~nldI h av e a drmk of som eth i :nug"However ~i f you. didn' t w an t

to drink Ithink you could, p:r .obab~,y,gel , ~ : W H . y \ , •ith dn5.: in,g yorlr

HHJU th and cleaning your teeth.




I 3 ] 1 1 1 . following a good path, Psycholog ica l ly 'I feel more stab I e

and sensitive: ahan 'before and altogether richer. I. flnd :]:am much

m ore ab le U) h , a , v e g ood th oug h ts :a nd feeling s than previously,

and IIook to the future ,\~r]:th,much oprimism and confidence,

M ater i al C L J drept de a Jlor



3,

On the: 21~d.a--process- - - - - Y l - - - - - -

b ' - ''T h'I'. ' ': : ' S - - r : " '11~"1~b s I" e d II 'c · - : " h " ; I I,::" I I'. H " ' , : I : ' ~ ] ' - , " ', r-1, .0mas Co toea I ase on." armaute ill , C , }

' ' ! ; ; , h ! have already referred sev eral U.m e s to th e process which w as

Urst d,escribed. in the book .Lhl' ing an L 'i:g ht b y jasmuheen and.

thereafter b e c ame known around th e world as rh e :2] -day pro-

c ess; A l th oug h one 'is m ch ned to I 'eg,ard the book HseH w ith a

cr t t i cal eye on a eeoum 0 .£ its being a som e w h at 'esoteric rnis-

cellany', '~1ic ' [ha elW erner h as a~l ;WlrS stressed that th e d eserip -

don 0r the 2 ,l I J . , ..day process ' l '[ selF I s bastcally v ery- h el p ful and

indeed essennal for anyone wsnung ( ; ' 0 convert to ~i'vingon Hgb I ;

'But one m USl. rea 1lz!e t h ~.t as an 'tnstrucucn manual ' ~he:bookitself should be rreared with some caution slnee the' risks and.

dangers mherent 'in the conversion 'Jrr.ooess are. only mentioned

exp·]:i:d.t1y by J~sn1.u].leen~nher follow-up volume,

Let us, hO'y.,\·,e~er.!no t throw th e b ab v out ,'villi th e ba.lh~v,rate:r... ~

themselves, follow their O'~Yl , ] ,path in their search for the tru th , so

h. isjusr as tnappropriate to condemn 01fU ofhand e , v t ' : ' r y N,E!:\V . A g e .expouem as : it is ~ ,( )b ec om e a naiv e c am p -fellow e r,As mentioned

ea rlier, M ic 1uu:l Werner 'h as nev er n~,et jasrnuh een b Lit h e

regards her 2:S a pioneer tvo'ddng. to ope'll Up new Sp~:ril.'l.ud.

11or ~.,..('I;'h,¢ ..)'11 ~;;"Il- 1,r-1 -1-.....,~ij.ji-1 11, -],,0' 1 ~'II\?, ]111oi'~ m 0 en ' i f . " agrees " 'V~~ . - ] ' j I c o j ; ' ~ 1 - 1 she ' - I " I I ~ '¢~'~),~, ,, ,-_ ~": ;' ,' lL1,1" I. :: ;I ~ . .. . ' 'j? ' !. . \ .. l- ,~, 1I. '! ;, (j . I i. ' ~'!o., "~l ,I~" '-_ H~ ~'!.. {;!j 111.;.';1 in· _ '\ . .. .,! O,.. , __ i l' '' -, ~ Ql~,~, ,.._,"I'~)~,,,, I L , , , " , _ ,

sav,,, -

T h e £ ollo\ :v ing brief ,sunrrn~ry and ov erv iew of [h e 21-da.y

process is included here ' becau se of . its central importauce h l l l

working towards receiving nourishment bC}lll light '~1must not.

he mken as a CO:Inple te set. IOf ~nSITUC~:~O~5an d 'is :OO~:1mended a5




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~ subistltute Io'[.the ' f : u l ~ 1 d escriprion ....ont ...ined in jasmnheen ..'s..,!till ~1!j)L .. _,~" ~ .,. . ~ '-' .. . w . . !b.~!L 'l' IlL. Jlli:. Ik · _. Q.,. ,\..~, ~.l .. i:rII~, _~,lUl . I\..~ •.

book, So ai t l )1 'One seriously seeking, further infot ..ma tion and,

gu idance shou '~d c lef inU,e ly c onsult th e o rig i~ a~ ,b oo k,

The- orig .h] j of ,th e .2 1-d aJ p ro cess

T he 2·:I d o!]j,\~' p'l :""o....De'S explains how I' o convert fr 'on'} '''iII'll '0 ' rdin Q'n!" , " , ~ , _ , ' - . - - ' ! I ; J ! ' i ' [I .~" I, ~ ~-~"" ~.ilr.ll··~':'·;:' ,IV' < . -j' ~U,il, ',_" 1 I £ , . . i l , Iii,; " ' .... ,I,ll ".I.lL.. :.,:_,1,1 II~·,I~' ' ' .J·

d i e r u : . [0 lt vin,g OR ngh~,I t. f i r s t a P ' P ' e n r e d , i n Austraba 1 :0 the 1 : a t e

autumn of , m 992; med.~a tedl b y a medium v ia the : l11etho d of

C 1 ' 1 : ' 1 i ] · ~ ' n l , ~ ' ~ 1 1 ' · l 1 i ] i I ' O i 'wh I" ( : ] " 1 m i l ' e a n s ~:~l'fIi:li"n I· co . ' ' ' 'II d ' ~ i ' r ' ~ C r c om m u n t c a t'~IO:'i " ' I i and, ..l JG ,~ . "bl lJ . • _J.1IJ'O'~ ~t" , • ,J,J.,. L "~ , 1 L l l , 1 J ! i : ' . I t ! l l ,L, ~ iP.I . ,~, b .. llL ~U.JJ ,I U., '.7!f.'!l_~,.· 1Il,l ('.Il - l 1 ,

iuf orm at ton c om lng from a sp iri t lJ ,a1 . sphere, It is assum ed th a t

the process was f irst p rac tised b y some: tnd iv td uals and t hen

passed on telepathical ly ro others, j asmuheen 'w as not one of the

f'~i'r:'C'~'' [ 0 · : pr'-'1J":I ']·~L!'it, but h....vtng com e across ~:~l£lj:tnfo rm arion earlv.~• .:ll~, ,. ,,' ;:',,,,"••.• "'..... "~ il..;lt.. ,IL ,I~,~"'!I'll; L,•'~. '""'!oJ, • , .... "".... U',JI.:li I~Ji "'" ,1.'"", ,,," l. ,U " """"',, .J

in ~.· 9 ' · 9 ' 1 ' she ha It' since thten been i C ' " p ' " readine rhe word enereen-: L.. J .,,Iw, j ,,~~~,~,' I . . J 1" . f\." , !i ;. ., 1I o. " , . ~l'" ,\.;.-~U,l ,~o 'l_ . 'I('!i U .... ~"' ,~~\ .rI l' I~1i;. , ,

cally, Sh e 1 . S , sup ported in 'th is b y 'her O\Vn, experience and abill ty

as a medtum uslng channelling.Her ' book ,L~vl'ngI~)_" l . igh I was pub lish ed in 19 9 6 and 11,g,en.=

erated a wave of interest all around the: 'world", 'I t was rranslared

: In to G e rm a n in . 1.997 and th en b roug lu nut a,g~j:n ~n Eng '~ . i$ ,b .in .

1'9 9,8 a s LIli'in g G;i'l ,L:igll r ' ~ The $otffCC' o O J ,Nou:tiSJUti en~:Jen" dh~ 'i \ f ~

;yHll :e"nh~nl" ' l ' ~ : l I J e description of t m : l I J € '2 l l i , ~ d a y process, takes up

about 45 of the book's 2.00 pag'es. The most Important mfnr ..

matiou, however, is not ~~:n:m,1Jll~ledand w rit te n b y' J aslu llll],ee nb u t by Ch aem a tne H arley w h o fo].lo \\ 'c d the convers ton precess

:i n June 19 9 '4 ' and subseq uently eompiled her recommendatlons

and suggestlons, The Sf; were b l U i t .i a l l y distrlbured in Australia in

p amp blet fonu. '\i\T e reg ard th em as d l,c ' s ta nd a rd ins truct ion for

F ollnw in g th e path t o be con lin ,g nourish ed b y lig h t,

One m ust a lways en lph ;a s]z c ; ho '\ ',vever~ , t h a t th ese are only

g uldelines, '\V e expressly ' rec om m end th at ind iv iduals sh ould

a p m , ) ; ~ Y their own faculrles of discriminaaion aud. Iisten to their

OVil1, in-net' gurkle. The descrlprions and sta t emeru 5 1 do mot

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In practical terms thts means: In the: H.lU·Up to beginnmg, stop

eating meat : i f ' posstble, and, Perhs ps change over to raw fond,

entirely J ;and in th e, last £ ( , , \ v days perhaps hti('Ht only soup' and

other 1 ' " 1 q n uids A " t· J ~ . . . . .st 1 " ' i I " I I the 'f 1In'''IIIthree davs alcohol cL ould '~,e.,~ ,', I!I.I, '".', ' , I J . ,LO~ ,lL,l ,,' ,L l · l I ! o ~ I., ~,U.· IA,i'r~1 li!'Ii.IUU, :.". , r.::tlllI0u. - e . . I l L ) .

avoided, and this as well as drugs and tobacco are o r course

quite unsuitable Ior the duration of the: three weeks,

~'Be'prep\~red fot' ~, peJ.lod of . solitude, It is a sac red and.

precious time and "i t would be unfortunate if Y'ouwere prevented

]b ''IJ d ] ' I ' f f j : 'Icnlt 0" uter circu m stan....e s from en ' j "l ' i' ! t n i ' l n g and app ' . ' ' ' : ' ' ' 6" , ' ' t ' arlng,l .' .,' ,11..)11.. , ,L ,', IliA L, L. IL- ", ,,~I _(. <1 , lL~ \ .. ; , . 1 .. ' a . . I , ' ~ ' U 1: .I.liJ,I.. ~ ,0.1.', .. ~_~llf-r I, j,~ _ t ". ,l L. ' ~~

~:ii! ..D p -, roce 1 : : ' 0 1 : " 1,I lW _l l ~ " , : . "-r.~=.j~'I'

Th ro n ig h o 'U - t' · t ' h ' , i t I o 'h'iI'i'''''f"e: 5'S th e esseauslelemem is nnr a nl!,;j~'~'t;IoI'I . " " " ' ! _~~VI ~...:_~ . . 1 • • _ l~ ~ ~~v~ a; .J . ~ .' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ . ~~-= Iuolk""'~~_~,_~ ? _~ ~~Ul ~~_QI~~IJ.I!..r~

o r w h eth er one, eats IQ rdoes not eat but of know m g that higher

levels of energy' c an , 'be tapped ln such a ' \VH)i ' " rha t one no longer

needs ,~n.yphysical food"

'G£dng' dlFo:ug}1 m e process:It is, emphatically recommended [,0, include t\110 helpers," Pirst :~

care-giver is needed who lives. nearby ~11]dcan supply pracrlcal

assistance - somlfone who, ~!;Oeo speak, lends p l U y . s i c a l su:ppo-rt.

Thjs , ~pe.rs ,on'bears fl, heavy ' l 'e : s p o n s : i b f U t Y ' : t . for the task c ans for

I ove , understandtng, ' \~rnun.gn"esslto b e' involved, sensi [ ] , V ' i , I : y " 1

strength. , i J J ll€I " of course, mutual trust, There' should ' be ' dally

visits f ro m ~:'hls: p e r S l o : n . ro provide ph ysk:al care and. to ensureth at th e necessary peac e and, quiet c an b e nudnta : ined,~ "v~th aU

unnecessary d.isu"a"etion.s and stress kept at bay so that one' c an

be relaxed and devoted to oneself and turn, one's atten t 1 . 0 : 1 l .

towards th e sp iritu al world, T he sec ond PCl 'SO'FI, fu ru::~j.ons as ,~

m entnr snd s'h o,uld also h av e undergone th e process in order to

g~.ve.su.ppott ou t of person:eJ ex.perienQe iJ rC:flssurancc' and . he ]p

.~re reauI" redf-~~_ I ,v,·~-~",l,"-f~ III

One should be re~dy for three weeks of nothing ' ' ' ' '10 rldly, no

' I . ' ' , . 1 . ~ ' " I _ , ~U!~eVH:;lon~no P'_']O~U,\ compinet, noise, stress, ~,ar !nLy or social




obligations, flxed dates, appointments, obliga lions (g ,arden" pets

etc.) so as ~o 'be able ao devote: oneself as far as possible to m e'p roc ess h selE O ne sh ould also consider w heth er it m ig ')u b e

better to desist from ones usual physical and mental exercises

(e . g _ . . yoga or meditaaion) [or the duration of the conversion

pro "",I:'C'u : 1 ~ ,, : : . 0 I •

lt I D S :imp~)nant that one's surroundings should 'he as p l e a s a : r h t

and stress- f ree as possib le, T h e, require 'ment 1 . S for p e a c e ] , c om -

fort, warm th, much light and fres~:~ air and ea s . y access ~o ~:~j_.ce

wa l ks , Pr-epare to h av e g ood l m lg h t : read tng and b ea uelful mus i c

availab le a s 'w ell as, fru it iuices and, water in sufflcteru qu a n tides,

One strong reeommendauon is . to , keep a,d ,e taUed ,d li a ry . .

As the process ccntmues, various. symptoms of b o dUy and

psychological cleansing can coeur, such as are known ~othose

wh 0, have rrted out , i ? : Q stin i I J ' c ' U ' ~re s . 1 \ . ' ' r f l l ' - ' ong rh jf:I.cb, .oj re b~"eada ches. " ~ll ,"}1! ' 11.1~ .•.. I ! . : . til "IIr· .J ,".II!~'l"J ,11P.~ . ._[.11"~,~, _[,'\r.-~r. t. :!U~ I" .• ,.':.~ 'illll~~~ [~'l'~ .• '." •... ]4; . ~ ••. ,lI:rol;.";l\~

coated 'LOillg:uej haltrosis, nausea, sleeplessness, had me od,irr~,La'bi .uly and restlessness, These syl ' l1pt() ' lns of detoxiflcation

are' usually bearable and on, lW l e w~o~,e'not a elluse:for concern,

T h : e ' process

The 11-day 'process consists o f. three 7- - d ; ~ . y phases. It t hereby

IoUo'\\s ~g€'lo{)]d.sacred and 1 1 : E ~ a ltug rh yth m ..s 0r t i m e . ' T h e

:i nstructi ons dtffer [or each of these phases:

TIl e , f r ' I " S t i' day.s

You neither eat nor drink,

Th i s ~:s'th e period during which the a c tua l c o nv ersio n rakes

p~ :a cewhen t h e nec essa ry c lea nsing prflcc'sS COUllC:S ahou r.

I~s ' llould, h e a th ne of rest and , quiet 'when. ) ,O'U c an b e entirely

wlthin yourself

O·.~•.[ '1 th e second , ' i " ] ' ~ ' \ i ' , ' - " vorumav ' ] 1 . · : 1 · , ' ~ ~ ' · "~ I ~ - " l sti ' I ( - l " U I "'.\)1 l - t - 1 P , ' h f ~ ' I ' 1 i " I I I · . ·s' ~"'.•' I ; .. r n l - ~ ' ,'II~,, " . ... " i, ,, ," ,, ..:!'LLL! ,I , . .. '~! J _ ,_~,.u '~ '.1 .; :~ . e ., " " ! . ~ . ,i liD S,l". . .l.Il.~, , !L • • , ~ 511. CIU,~~;.:!

headache, k'~dll'eypains, muscular pains, and CQi~ ted UlllCOU 5




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membranes. You m ay feel ,g, .o,~y·~weak and a 'b it j\wo ' lbh ll yJ on.

your legs,

Yoi ~mav F':'H;:v~ 'r~{ rr thlrst on} b ,1' ttn ~in~-'~~O[ I~r'I~~outh o r'_a u _ ,~ _a,~_ ,€ _ _e c } OU~ L__~,~t (___~.y} ~~,_ ,~s__, ~ g , } ou= mO UL_ o ,~ ,

chewing ice-cubes and rhcn spirting out an.y Iiquld,

During th e nig 'h lt . f rom , the: third to t he - fourth day a decisive

chang,e, takes place, a rransformation which tn s ome ill-stances is

cleady e - x p e d e t i ' C e d , butt in others pass e s unn.oti,oed ,and , ], s ( n l J J l y

perceived the £oUowing morn lng , The: 'need for the. b ody to

rranslorm itself can sometfmes lead ao a sensarton of empnness,

bu t ' luany people do not exp erienc e th ts d irec tly ,

In th e days t ha t f a UO\v '[ h ere ' is still no eating or d rinkm g

allowed. P e a c e , and relaxation arc ' needed fair. ' t he proc ess of

reeriem arton [,0 take 'p lac e. Y ou !nli,gh~,fee l. g roggy or weak , ha v e

erratic, hectic thoughts, or lack feeling, Some are nervous and

irruable, and, you , m ay experience hot flushes, 'These processes

should be:followed with trust and gr,all.tude:, and without anxiety,

During the- ~aneafrernoon or ,eventng of : [ ' h e : seventh day you

n-ru,~Y'drink a Uule for th e first time, The' moment w~e:n this rakes

' ]) ~; aceshou ld ' b e discussed \vi~'hy'~)ln'mentor . 1f y - o - u are ~ : n .doubt

nr feel :i.nw~:f\d']yuncertain, '"'(lit unti] th e end of t h e : seventh. day

before you drink"

T h , e ; - second 7 daysPea c e, rela xa tio n, heaHn,g and cleanstng are the D U lin them e s

d,uring the' second week, This, should be a wonderful time Vi(h i,cb

you enjoy' 'ill peace and quiet even r u f Y(l ' l ! l feel SOUle},Vhat weak

and r ra.gi~,e.,

SUU,no th .ing is ea tell]. b ut w a ter l O r l o r ~ a n g , e 'ju ic e' (dJbued, to 25

per cent coneentrauon) i a nti l1.~nlUlnof o n e - :a n .d . -,a !- ,] ta 'R f '] ltres 'per

clay l' : ~ sal lowed . Th e flliu id serves t e ~ 1clea nse [1[(;'' body and sta h iliz e

the c hanges , that lul'\ e taken plaice' in ~iheH.rstweek, Y in U wi l l have

?sense , 0 [ " ; 1; 10" ' I 1 , £ 1 0 " I ' , - g , .a V' n " - i'" I I ,r " " ' ' ' · ' ? ~ i , l " " g ' ' l " ] , 1'~ '- " " \ .i ,' o i "" i ," ; i! II I '" _n,::;I'!;"._,~.:;I..... ij,,!',, ' !o . ~ - '-!!!, e . . . . ~ ~"'J'".~ '!L,~.,' _-!!,I~,(",)' Y I"".




'H " t, 1 d u r l 1 . 1 1 1 . f , dl' l d I '.. ow a p ' erson ree s UTlf!iJg', t lese navs vanes rom m e .lVL,,llHl [0I . _ .J.

individual, You mav feel anxious and unwell or even Ill, or have.~

The- udrd 7days

S' " 1 " ] '1 . ' i i - .~ I ' k 'f ,"'.," d'"] . , , ; r i "Su , ',you nUll' not ea r, uii.l~you m ay urm s '. , :.'run J m c es " Luten to

'4 0 p e r c e , h l C(u:ltc 'enttution. a r e aUowled (fnd 1 . f i , d e e · , d f 1 e C O r n , -

m e n d e d " \ J ! ' o ' - " 1 h r . . g ' i I " i hi.. feel " ' 1 i i ' r " ' ~ ' i I " i g ' ' ' ' ' ' - " 1 0 ' d ' i"It.I ''I>; 'f ". l> ,r""", rr ;, - - o ' , r . - . r . .'Tri['M-"-- ,.~,'l~.'~ lI!,lI l" '.~ ._ ., 1, 'U I~)l;,.,' Jill .,;.:.)!l'~(,. ~11i- :t;PlLl,"~T" ', __ .,.U.'II;,. ,":";1'i,.J.t~ m _.r,~ ,l!J!.\.)rrn,~. '.

The, good feeling o[ 'b e ing , o n your \vay'[o a new ltfe and the sense.

th a t you, are: b ec omm g mo r e stab le eac h day wil l gwve :you

"0 · "U " T~ ,",',9 an d streneth.IIy. .. l~ ~I~~ ! IP I! !' _ ~ " _ J iiJ ="'~l. "' !Q II j. ! !1 !P

As a r u le th e p roc ess is c om p lete at the end of th e twenty-first~ .

day. Y CH l are now b em g nmmshed andmamtained, it is said, by

'urau o!"!," fl1:' ~~I]'g'~t'"or eu erei ,oil:" from ( · , 1 1 D . 'ethen' ",' realm ,FI; ' r ;r . I I :"D,o!"! '· '. '] '! ont , : . - ,I . i t = i l l: ;r~ Ul. I~o,.'.~.lIJ.l.· U' er ,,-:;,.f i . : ~ ~ , , . . . .. . - ' ~ ue ,._,_,.-,',~: ,:", r , I . , U', ~~,ea t , [ . . . 1 . , : ' _Ii

M t 'e l " CODtpr J e , r i n g ' . d 1 C : ~ .2l-di1JY processI.J '.- L: =

You return to everyday life after 21 days having aceom..plished an

unusual journey : i . n which y . o u have changed much, E v t ! : w . y t h i n g

is sriH, in nux and , ~ :h e:r,e.i~ much to '\~{hid,ilyou " v ~ I l h~ .v e ' t o

accustnm y .ou:r. .~ .e l[S o m e people have an u n f a :m i J :i .a r r ye t pleasant

and liherarlng sense of detachment, and in gener.al there' 'is,:~

defi,n:il!€increase o r sensiriviry tn o ne " s sen se perceptions, Heal-

:i ng and s ta b : iHz [ng processes are still ~Il p:rog)t:''e:S\5,~S0 yon are wel ladv ised to tid,€; g ood , c are of you rself in th e corning days and

weeks, Be considerate to yourself and llve caurlously even H th e

cbanges are 'nut Immedia tely obvious. I f at all possl ble, prolong

t 'h e f ree , a nd quiet time b y hritlgi,ng du~ 2l"day prec ess to au end

in a g radual way .

Y O '- '-u-ean nr . . .wmake you aw n d i~"'I~'IO"]'i"")"I~"f:about how vou i j j ' i ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ~ ' I~'''-'_:_,.1__ ~~,_,_ ~ ~ _~ ._ r . ." ,_ ,~ _ ,~ - _.K ~ ~ . ; o J . ' . , ~ 1t~~,~ .:.._~~~,;),_,I~,_,~~ ~ . VM~, _~~)l'n' J _~',_,_,·~"!if·~,~~l~.IL!i..

] ive , s h l c e there i s , n o longer a n y phys]o'~ogittllneed [ t 1 < rf'oU 1 , 0 ea t

and, d rmk, Bu [ ,Y.[)tl are perfect ly (ree tn do so 'i f YOll wish. Any

'~v[shto d : r ; i nk or leal solid Io od l'~la t :1],' a . y arise from UO\V' on wiU

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have an emotional or mental odgi.n. You should trea t these

'i '')!..." ~ I d If' ,","' deci d d f " " ' " " , d\\!],SJl.l,€S,gen[l IJY an" gl 've. youIse,l, nU1C, to " ecn e on . ' e mmve an ,

ab s Ju~\ t """ " ' b d i " n " ' " ~ ~ 'on th e b rsls " f ' ,"I;!lii[" 'n"r:'" "Ii " 1 situ " t " i O ' " If 'r "",aO_I"~ c~ " , ! i> I ! ~ " .g e ~ , I ~ _ ' "' _ ~ oasis o ~ y('I~~:t..e,~sonar siruan m, '__you

want to continue taking Iiquids, you are entirely free to decide

what, how and how much you want to drink,

,A s ro participating in th e usual mea l s with your fam lly, '\1\ 'h h.

friends O f 1! lO Uf ' wider . 5oc~al set -up . " ~ 'hen~ ~u~efe'ilv reas O nS whvJ ' , ~ ~

you should not do so b ut manry- \vh,y you should , if yo u so ly]slt

Exp erience 'has shown ~}U'Hdrinking something whtle the others

ea t 'is a good '~ra.y 0:[ dis tract tng a l .uen t :~on f rom ttle f a c t lh,at you

are not ea ting , ;and, '~talso m eans th at rh e others at due: tab le wi l l

b e l e s s . embarrassed .

li t ts important to 'b e ' aw a re that the mstrucnons 'about eating

and drinking ap'p~yabsolutely only '[0 the three weeks of the

nrocess , I~, i s , un to e h e p erso n ~ :oc h oo se whlch, t f :~,U}{~of th er ' - [ " , '- . I"

other sugg,esdolts and recommendations 'he or she wishes totake up ," , O ne c an and should adapt one 's declstons to . ~'hlt ''pe:r=

] ' " , ] "" k l Isl , d " d l 1 " ' "sona "me tvic Ita,,suuaucn an , (0 one s own neeos ant aspIra.-

tions, A nd ~ : n .th e last resort one shnuMl always li.5,l(!11 to th e ' ] n , n , e r

voice oJ Ieehngs :~:nd.conscience.




Personal repor ts o n , following the

21,-day' proc:ess -

'1\Hchae'~Werner spends a . great deal of time correspondtng a r t

' length on th e s u b j eel of 'Uv~.ngon Ug bC and has repeatedly also

a c compan t e d ' i:ndF 'vidua,m sthroug h t h e conve rsion 'pro C 'e -S 5 , ~ r he

sensed, that dley were genuinely em b a rking on :i t on their ow n

resp on sib ility ,a n.d .had not been lnfluenced byothers lnreach ing

the;i,f, ' deciston to , do so ,

In th e n:n~lanalysts there are I' in f a c t ! : l i e ] a u . v e l y fe \ \~people ' w h o

feel called ll~)Onaoundertake this venture. 'We should here' stress

once again that certain preconditions 'must be filet. tn order to

avoid uHIlecessary' d am a g e 10 one's health or (Idler d t f f i cu tries"

Ah:hou.gh,conversion : m , ~ g l , ] ) . l.appear ~.ob e : ra t h e r a ,m auer ,of course

'In dle ' ' I I v a , y Michael Werner has desc ribed it, nevertheless,

d . e p e m : 1 J d : i~ : l IJ g ,o n the tnitlal s l t u a d . o l 1 l " ~ i n , can be rlsky; dalu~lgecould

arise : iJ thls form o r [,ece:hr]. l1g nonrishment were to be encouraged

. . ' ' · ~ ~ ' I - ' 1 ' · · ' " • '1 - t.'~ d - • • .III~'IJ lrrespOllSlD ,e'manner, d: is essenna to take ~:I~U~•...,eC1SI.o:n to

go. ah ead on one 's own . respnoslblll t . y : i ' to 1 1 1 a ke c a ref ul p rep a ra -rions and~in UlOS'l cases, r o be a c c omp a nled 'b y 21 person whom

o-ne trusts fUl iJd, who has had experience of U v r u n g on light.

T h e follow i ng repor ts b y people who h ave gone through th e

2,] -day proc ess h av e b een selec ted to dem on snare hrr,\.~ very

dirfc:rent th e g rea t va ri.'fty o r personal experienc es c an b e and

also to .s~:1U()W th e kind ,0 r pro b lem ~~ha tc an arise borh d u r~ng th e

]'iV'ii""iI;f"';;o,,",s ":JI'I 'I~:I ;<;Ii'r~''' ' 'I ' ' - 1 - iii'S c om p l eti O'I~I,.Il','!;.~"",,",,"'~_ , ', ! , ~ , '' ', . , , ~ Ii .... , , 1 I i , ~ _ ~"J' ~H~,:-- _,,,",,~ Al' ,I~.

1 : 1 , 1 , ad d ttiou rh e reports show that Uvlng on Hghl call b e c on-

s]dered, hot on];f' In '~sobued,exeepUof ia, '~c ases, h ut a.1so " b y per-




fectly ord.in.ary indfvld uals, The reader ' ' ' i / , r f u H gain an lrnpressien

of the,many and varied \V '~Y 'smwhich 1 1 can be tackled and,will

also b e c ome ;a;c qu.!l:in~td,w ith th e 'm a ny furth er possib ih t ies

involved. The raidy random bunch of personal accounts and

tndividual opinions presented, here has. arisen out of m . e neces-sU y 10 select Or rather red nee the HUm h er of examples that could

b e c ited .

A Il tit€; reports come from ,hru,d.iv tduals know n personally to

'~Ueh:~e'~Werner, Some of them have connections ~\i''id:lanthro-

P i'lili::'o" lt1!'l.'\r \V'~ ~ , ~ · ' I " la'll"l'!o ;;:';0' ' i" a- ' t u r, o: ]' ~I ]- IH ' [J '. :' I; m- ,· · ~ :, ", .: ;. , fa ;i'"t , t ] - jM'J~' l 1 v ~ ' ~ i, . . J . . o ! ] ; e'~1V , I; ," ;I . b F l ~ _ .J . ; 1i __ l~l,K~"l.l .._I~~V,~'_ ~,. _ ' l r . . . 1.!l!IPI_J~' ll~" .l~~ ~ .• l~ l~i'I~~.l!\.. .J _"-,ll l. l~[~lt ~ J J _ j ~ J. . . . . .l ll lP . . . W. J

'Werner himself 'i s connected with this tv ay of ~hinking and

b e en u se the first d et aile d re po rt on , htm w as pub l i shed in the

G ~ . :erm an-l anm i age ' 'I : ~ : ~ £ ! O ; Q ; . ' l - ~ ] ' \ '' '·1ourna 1 11 01J the A : . ' n throp osoplucal.. ...." ", ,,"~, o lC!ll ~,IIr..It .•,:~...... ~'lill..t~ "".1 II.. ·u,~ t.lW .. ], .,. , ." '. ,I.~U,,'U .U,,' ~,i!\.;;;-, ...I,

R . e p ' : 'orl: b Y ' Benne W.albec 'k- [/

1 first learned about the 2.iI l-ch~yIH"ocess , in, the' autumn of 2.{}02

f rn:m an a- rtic le' i n t h e journa] D ( . 1 $ Gth:rhc(ln u m , . 1 . h ad just turned

3 - ' 9 and w as '~nth e tlvelfth yea r o f. \ ~I ork .l:nga s a tea ch er, Borh my

children were Hv: i .n ,g with their mothe r from whom Iwas

divorced. T h e separation 'had ' been dUTi,cuIt in eve:ry respect, I

was ]i . \ r i . i t l . g , alone, had just r.noved to another town . and was ~,ryi.ngto f ind m u feet in lnv ne\\ surroundtnes ..

J Iii 0

Initially m was SiIlUprlsed tha t ,D u s G ; ( ~ e th ,c (~ta u t1 i would PubUsb.

such an article since lt seemed to me that rhe llterature quoN:~d.

and t 'h.e proc ess as suc h c ould not b e compatlh le with ~nthro-

p O I , S O p ' 1 1 Y .'But t he ed uors erident'~y fe llit would b e ~ i ,m p o F t a .n t f o r

their re~der.5 . l luyself , "vas i.nlm,edlat.'e~.yat tracted to th e proQess·

desc rib ed . ] did not douht rh a t . one could. live on light and

e:!' r..~I'~ U.'~lt aw·...-l \ . f '~ . '0 11sked mvself I ·~~1 · 1 ; reallv ' I " i i F \ - ~ ' ~ · I ' l - ) I " ' " t'fif' , · - J I ' Iivone t, If'i; do~l. j['i: iLCi , ! I ! , Il" . ,[,II~.i f. _! ,S ; . IL...1 . ,.1,.., 'SiL, ].• , S ,.II! , . ..... , ~) "J!US;_~',. L, I .. . . ) , 10,"~',l' .Ii ," , . L!' '" ,II;.!'

t ' h i . s , = e : \ ~ 'e n u ' I D e ?




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I flinau'y decided, to convert durmg the 16 days, D f the autumn

break while having to accept that the first three days and me

f ina l tw o wn iu~d "nnp ing e on 'worl,.ing t lme . Lhave a l w " a y s , engaged

in a good, deal of sport, so 'm:}"physical condttion was g,ood .

Having. talked this . timing ~llrOlll,gh with the mentor who ' \>ViaJSto

ac c om pany m e th roug h the process, we aare ed that '~twould ' be,I).' I~ J r l~

possih le.

[ ' ~ , " , a n · · r- ' thr o u e h thb ' P : ' - ' ,, - ' j , :" ' ", , , "r\~, , . ~ t h t ) ,m , , '~ .a, ' - j - i'L. ,~~ t,elp ,io'-- ' l i ~ . '' · " r i g , . . ~"I"fII., \\ II;,." ,~ .. ,. 'li.f. ' , ; t " i ! " . ~ , ~ . n_,j'lo".,I;,.~;;I ~_" """, . "" li\ ,,1],d, Ih"..~.~r , i L .v n l .l . . h!l!.•

'~~.ymentor aelephoned regular ly and, also dropp ed b~tfor

chats. '~~was not ton strict w uh the book 's tnsrrucnons 'regard-

in g spendtng 'Clost of the r ime : alone." But '~kept n r n 1 t ' ~ ) ; r to the

datly reg im e: of alternaung p ertods a . f rest and : a , c t i : v r u . t y J 'and to

the Instrucnons about drinking (nothing for [h,e first seven

days, and, a lot for the Iollowmg 14)."Neither hunger nor thirst

b o t h e r e d m .v . ' In ~rjc b '~~i'l~' r ' I i - . o'jd -"ll'~i' [ ' f ~ c -'U''hii 1 f : I o i U ' '\ili p~;,t1 L . , 'Im--'17 drv 'i('M;'O-i; nh,",~ - -,~'Ir~' ~u' ~"l,'~ ,.ll~111~ .ll:J l b" '~ l! .: ., ~, II~~..J U,~,ll~..~·.,"".,~~,~.)~~., ~' = ~ ' J . """ i ' g." l ~~ll'" - . ' -_ - --,~,

(which Ididn't want to rinse) and with Ilia" I , f i : n g ~o spend SO l

much 1,;0~ 1 1 . e ' l " : r ' i ' ~ l g ,r down, 'B " avin g : 'iIf'i " , " ' 1 - ther ~I b..- l. ] . ."'of' io'Ii'~I~"" nor " ; 1 i patchJi.I,!I!,,!,iC.E lJ.J! , , y . I i . l , , . . . , \ \ , . ' " . t. 'I i, \ " '. _ ,~,llE, IlW,IE, 1 .1 : , • a,,C u . u y ,l,I,'IL!' a all, ,I,

of garden ]: missed natural surroundmgs, Ig01 someone to

drive lne O U l and : a c C ' D : i , n p a n y l'TH! 011,lUy daily walks, T o ' w n r - d s

t h e : e n d o F . the H : r , s ' l .' " ' \l e e k I D ,f e l l d . 1 z z y a n d 'w e a k when w a l ~ i n g .

Apart f r . O I ' t l this '~:achieved the conversion wuhour any prob-

I ems worth, nru,e~u~onj;ng.Talks wi t J ; 1 , IUY mentor were verY ' help-

: f~d"since questions arose 'w'h~,chwere not deah wi th in thebook ,

Iwas HSUH:1l: l51l! l : , :d hy' how relati.'v'e'~y well 'I : managed withou t.

drleklng, My gr-ea:te,-st '\\1Qr:ry had been w heth er ,doi.ng what I

intended 10 do ' , "V(}Uld 'b e Ufe,. , tJ lre~uentng;~ and 1 . h ad dec ided to

b reak of f th e proc ess i f I detec ted ~n.) sig ns of dam g e r . " But I h ad

a . b s c i ~ , ' U t e l y no kidney 'p~i .n,~\ \ 1 ' h i c l ~ , is supp osed ~nb e a ,s Ign o f lack

of Ilu~dintake .

.Alrlong the m a . n y ' ,e'hanges and, pecu Barides ]: experienced

there were f O i ~ U 'which stood OU.t m o st c lea rly :




,_,~:woke up at around , 4 ' 0"dock . every morning having had

enough s~"eep~andIconttmred to have , a l lunch reduced need for

sleep,

_,lwas able to concentrate on 'my work for noticeably longer

periods.

,~ W h en my h elp er 'w a s c ooklng Ior h im self he a pologlzed for the

s] ] teHs~Imean\ 7 IJ 'hUe ]:n. ha led , ( h ero. greed [ [ . y ' without havIng ~ny

desire ~A) eat , all, the contrary~ the th oug h t of tast ing food.

nauseated UH~,,,

,~ 5 lx mon t h s p rev ious ly , W'had 'h a d. '[0 t: ~ke t ime 0f f b ec ause of

serious p rob lem s w uh v a ric ose veins, The ve ins now' dis=

appeared ennrely,

"Vhen. '~,went back to work people noticed that l had. changed,

A:[t,erall, I had lost near ly 10 'kilos Jn \ve:[gb't and :m y f ace also

loo-ked,rhlnner. My class (ninrh year') heard Tumours about Wh:3l1

1 had 'been up to and expressed a wish to talk. [,0 me abou t tt, I

arranged a rhn.e. and they am.came except one w ho was a]ready

fall1iU~:rwith th e sub jec t, T h e pupils' m ain conc erns w ere: Is it

re any posstble to lh 'e: on H gh J? H,ow ' do you, de) i t ' ? ' "Vhy ' are you

doing : i . l ? And they reacted in various 'w,ays:: disbelief (It's

hnpossihle); uncertain ty (Sure ly i f . isn't possible, but w h y would

'he lie 10 usi); acceptance (It's exciting, u : rhlnk tt's greatthat he'sdoing ill; disapprova l (N() doubt ~ f s possib le, b u t h ow ' c an h e

bw.],nghhnself tc do h,'?). Some colleagues also made remarks

(lIO'~1J.'can you teach without e:athl:g anyd,ling?) 'DUl they never

inittated any conversa t ion .

I n . th e ,eady days th e w h o le th ~ug w as som e th ing of a sensa tion

at sc h ool, M any p up ils ~ p p ro ac h ed m e :abou t it, ,~{ 'h lcl tw as no t

a ' h 'Vays : @ l g r e e a b l e ' ~ 'b ut th ere w ere also hRI:llOl"()U5 ep isod es, 'f or

example a b i , w . t l 1 i J d l ~ y present was to be gift. 'V O uch ers f{u sessions

at, a s ola riu m ~ or on being '~'I, I!rvil;e dH ) a meal I . w as asked. did I




weight, but '~fmmediarely began ro lose again when Itried [0

stop eadu,g o il l C£; more, Ididn't go in to this strange phenomenon

anv more deenl r b ~"~ c :,- -: ~ : , ;,- ' i h i ' [ l ' ! l . J ' , turn , 'd-i-{-1 - Ithe - ,d : ecid , , , , , " /1 I 'a_,_) ,o~e~ep_} _-eCilUs.e as L~'_'_""Q5 tu __. _ e , , ou.t = L _ C I l . _ , e c . _ , _ e u , to

begin eatlng normally for ~, while, This, was 'because 'my

dan ! L 1 : h " ter. eleven vears old at the time ha d ' C . . O , ' :m a 1'0'1 live witLIm ;j']o"iUo1lLlb "" 11 ! \. .. '1~ ~" - \ .. ;; , l\....~,,0-", lL IE.. . ,~,. .lJLL~ ,It, " = 'l..- ,V ,liJ'" .~![ .lUll, . , "-...

Considering her a g 'e a nd constitution '~,wasn't sure whar effect ']t

w ould h av e on h er if h er fa ther ;~hvays sa ta t . m e t ab le but never

ate \ : ' i w f i t h her,

I am very glad,I undertook the 21-day' process and would not

w en t . to h av e 'm issed th e experiences, Im i s s t he : c ond ition of n01

ea;-~'h';l' :rI!n.:l n l" 'I ,\V' that I have started - ~ O ' . - , eat reg.~I'·larly th e posc :1 rive~ _',~1!g, ~_-=~U ~!!lV ~l"'! __ Ij. ~ ~_~ _. a!b~~ ~ .. m I~. ~~ ~~, II~~~=~_. !!l!!l .. _.v !!li l~_!\.r

c h ange s Iment ioned have receded: Ig et t tred m o re quxkly,

need In.OI'e sleep, and , my varicose veins have returned. I

frequH~:ndy'feel indtsposed after eanl:ng beeau se I experience Hly

body a s b eing overburdened . However , 1 . no long er m anag e to do

w t t h ou t fQod j fo :r exam p le w h en nly daug h ter is, j ; l " \ J v , a y on. :as cho 01 t rtp or ;S ,layingwith fdends. All in, all I didn't flnd ]'[too

't - · ' f ' [ j - I " - , , ' " ' t - . . . I' krIL I: - ' L C 'cli'~ t ~.•",1 r : ~ \ r rI O r l~ ' t l l j' '' ii I~i-li ~R~I~I 'Oi ' I I I t, ]li!lfl Dni-]j ~ ' 1 ' ~ " ! t f I iO~I · o · · ; n ~,8 Q [ I l l ' ~ " ' l 'n C,l~ ·c ·. . 0 1 " - ' i l l ·ow:... , 1 ,-, ,-_ti l. IL,,~,'!...I , l'lO:- IGI, Ii. U ..: :. "' ,' .~ , !Jib n!l., ,iU,~A I~,.U l' L,.;:oI _ "ro..,L, " ' ' 0 ' " ' ' I, ;:! J:L -,L ,,1_ ' I, .. ;I t' _ ' "

' - [ " ' h - - d - - ----,--- I~ I : -- -- -,;,, - - lib - -- 't - ; :1 ( 1'- - - -- ' l - - , " 1 6 . - - - - - ~!,. _ , _ , ! C _ , a . y ell~:nuH~._.~,Y'arnves WHen c 1,L,n~n, _ea'\If(!WJ;~ne• ,',.' e

,Senna W albed~

,Report , b : y So,nja: Harutl'a.n,1]

1a 1 : 1 1 a , mother of four children m , v im , g r u n , a sma l l '~t~llag e on. theb order to S 'v h :zedand? s c entra l reg;ifll]j.. In add tuon to Illy

household and work in the pub He health sector ]:wa 5 1 , also fol-

10 'w tn g a part-rime training as a class reacher in, ' \V;i±lJ,dorf

ed u c a tio n,

IC'an~,e , a c r o s s the idea o r liv ing on U g h u during th e fi f th

sem ester of 1l1Y s tud ies and got ~old, ,o f a cop}r of due' h(lo'k th e

Iollowlng week , As Iread Iimmed i a tt'~yfelt. the w i s h to expert-

ence the 21-dny process. However, mrealized t.hat~:would have to

fhul within I1nysdf th e strength 1.0 foHoV i f it ~lu :o 'Ugh" ,50 I trusted




92. ~ L IF E ruo~1 lIGF[T

In the po\~rers of the: spirit and hoped that the ' right moment

would [urn up.

N']'n~,m onth s la ter I nr nc ed , " ,~t-.I'~~· tb zsms ll '~'1;,on mv r i gh~ ' r ( . .~ t"~ "~~,J~~~~ , ~'~IL ~ " ~'"' e~ ,~ ~~0I l, .~ , e,~ ,! i . 4 ! , ~ : a ' " " ,~~ ,e$~~~a~~ ,'"..,.,~e " '~ '~ ',~,~=}='_,~ ~I,"~VO ,

was num h. And after a further two -and-a -ha l f weeks I fOHI1 i . d .

'myself in 'hospital having, been diagnosed with a g row th on, the

spinal marrow. I. w as virtually d ou b ly in c on rln en t and needed

crutches r o wa[k., 1refused an, o p e r . d ~ r n , o n ,which 1 . f i v l o l l ! ' e ' , d an . s Oq(or o , : ] ; sk . . . , . i endin c " j i 'i'~I'~p''.;~:'P""i,~ n ~ , ; { " ~J'~''''' and ~''~,,!"f'il~"" ,.,..~I'~(~II",,fi;,[", "[~ rl'·l~I'l-iP'i iff ~,fi;r "~, II;"J'Ji, 1 ; , . . , u, ug. II ,!I! ,~ ,~ , ,_ ' a,l~J,.!L~,g~'"- {,t" U, Jl \\,~0;1 ~l!I!.;;Ii~ ,uy ~ \:\ " W . !L,l,~,I~"_)I

embark on chemotherapy. AU I. wanted wa s to go home.

\V h ile' sUU in hospital I ' longed to . mee t someone w ho h ad

experienced l ivtng on light. A nd whtle speaking 10such a,person

'I ' had "'~u. urgent Ieelm f of ~'I; ' l r~~II~'~U'beine ~'r~,.,1~li~mtd ",'~'~ . ' , , ' f th J;, ~ "" II,JI! ,h" 1 1 ; . , ,f iIi,~ ,C'IO ,.!I.1,,g~ ~" 'Ii.~uJ Ill) ~,ug,I, ,I, UiIi,,,", must ! I " . ! ' . I l . " , e

process. Hence this diary.

, D t 1 y 1 ~ 1 . Ct : t J 1 . "

The, food 1 are at. tl . .30 y1est1erday eve~nh.1gIs a g[ea.t burden to mybody, especlally my legs~ so' much so [hal this is,a further eon-

Ilrmarton that Ishould open myself to somethlng entirely new,

D I C iY 3 j 1 . C l .nt,

Iawoke with a start 'w i t h , a . ilr.y mouth and, somewhat unstable

circnlatlon. Was able to pas.s water 'but I have not passed a

motion since diu!H . r s . t night \Vri.finghas b eOOH1 l . e important to~~~.::;.A ~~liilh~U~"· " ! i i ~ ' " I st ~~~~~ed ~. .~ ' (~f t h ~house '~'[1,,~~,",.~~ "~U 't c he s it "n1!!'~.,,~~,~(!V ~~(L ".:rs~,gtr~".>)I!PP~_I, 0 U ~o~, IL~(!~~.Il!.s~0~,~.Hl,),Icr~ , c : ~1 : ~ ; : , " l~t)

ge~ .some fresh air" Limplore God , to g : i , \ ! ! ' < e U1C a sign rhat following

the' 21-d.ay pn)(~ess. is th e r i , g l r u l w a , y ' for rune. I keep Iong;i,ng for

G od pe r S l n n a n y [0g i ' V ' l e me en.c()IUir.ag.enlel,]i~; d ul'ing t h is ~hne'.

'Dear God, do n o t forget 1 1 1 1 e f

]J a,tfl-

A"frer ,'! bath ~NI·· ']" ' l add ed oruanlc vinesar sour J· '. : i ' I ·( '""~and "':~'Isalt,_h. ' -' , , : . I . R IL , ',",~ , ,~. , ItH_, ...."'-, lUI g,~,, , ,C ! Ii " , .Ii L,O'~ ,~,'~S'lJ , ...,.,, 'L It . ~• .I~,W. .:!t: It_, c~, l,)

n~ym oth er m a de 11 1e a warm co]upr'ess 0 f equi 5!e:~.u .1U,011,my h a c k




wh i c h I h ope ,\ \111help. My m oth er is very good at ,g ivj .n,ggentle

care.

'I 'n ' !l!!i li.J. , r O l , I ! · ~ " .

c h 1 ' < ! I , T 1 I I . g ; ; a ; their , t = " l- '; I '< ! I P - ' , ~ , ; ;: " S':onnetimes Ithunk Isee ":Ii 'I n a,o 1 - " 5 ' , From tod -o"Ji¥-, . ~,I'~'~I~' .1[JJ,1I . .rl Io. J'. l'\, LJ-r ". IL l' , ,~ ,II..rILL- I, ,;t.I,!b ~' " IlL.', , , .. ~ I ~ ..... P- ".bib. 1.", J, .' , I,t·. j ; I I J . J

I ha .ve ' b e g : u , n . t o moistC'fi m y m ou th \ vUh ice-cub e s . It reels

wonder ful ,

, 4 , p.lit.,

1'm quite envious of rny youngest c i a ugh te r jessica Irtna havinga

snack on ,m y lap: a boule: fu n of warm milk with chocola te

powder,

'Propp ed on 'm y crurches and accnmpanied by 1UYmother I walkin the r.r i H : a ) i e - for an 'hOII r ' M ' _ ' ~do - Y : -- ·O l l F l ~ S ! U]0 ' l enlov '[he night air,- , . " , ._ g , " , ' " " ' , . . . , _ y " g c . e " " ,." c , :J ' } . "~ ' _ ,.

= 4 3Day '-_j ,,_C l . : t n .

T w ake: up on ( :,o - lnm :~nd)as , t ll ll :ougb r o r " h : i , d . d e : n to sleep ~n.y

longer. I t 'has been, the same on previous nights. W , go to the

kltchen '[0 r~11~5em y lU,QUth w i th ice-cu bes, ~:el~J0Y'th e refresh i.ng

co l d':-'' 1 " l 1 l " Iit'i"ll'\}l'

'In outb and : _ ' , - I

'],1'\1{:~''' ' ','P'l<;i't,.;[>

0 '00" ' : , id ca re not to swall i;"i.'W ' ] 1 ' 1 1 ' "",""-L .iI! I, 1~.I,.i./ .. ,.. _Il~ ,.•i. i)!" ,i~, __ 1''''1';:' ,P,,~,L ~" _ ,_ ""' ..... ~,1."'-" . , , _ V' !; """, •. 1U' "" ,. ',1

of the iced water. '].am f i.nd].n .g wr : idn .g s t ren uous and . n~. ylegs are

VI"'~b'~..]I~r' M - - - t-! hod__u ' l li f l i l 'l - ' " t ~~'~~''!J'o? lost several kilos l · 'I ~ 1 ' n ~ \ L ' !o ~ i , - "] '1 i I ' [-, ']I'l\I'~fl ' i ' _ ] ' ~ I ~ I I - ~ I _j,u_ l L ! ' , , } ' " , ~ _ , ./.J'V J u.. _~ ! I ! . !I !~! l _ L Ui:!!,L. . : :! ! . . .. .. .. ' - . a: .. . __i3 . ,I~. 'If!!'L!lig ,I~ _ '. . . .. I~ ,_ .I~ .!I!. ,!I!_ "

I d .on." t want to lose; lny trust in Go d . I ~vUlb elieve that at least

dlntl.1~g [his, 21- d~ l){ ,p roc ess I 511aU not d ~ e.

D~IY5 : j I(1 . : " 1 . .

1woke up af~er two hours sleep, I am q.u ite awaretha t

Idon't

look ' \ ! " I e r y ,a~n·aC~l~.vt:';1:10",,",.But 'I : d:Ln:1il:~tcarel I'm surprised how

'~vond lerruill'y refresh i,ng and coo]In_g ped~cdy' ord lnary, tasteless




9 4 ' ~ L IFE 'FnO~1lIGF[T

" b h 'I\. .t' u I ' " ' J • h'I b-~ ' C ' ~ " " • 't -ice-cunes can _'e. ,h'\t 'Y' circu anon ']5 1.lgl. Y unstame .. ·:a:n"t_ns it

_ g o : i f l i J g ,too f a r a~v .~y fro:m m y b e d .

') tl.'ttl.

Although one " [ : 5 advised not ~o take a cold shower during these

days ldared to have one anyway, l~.proved the rig h t th in g to do,

S ' ] :D L ( , " e m y b ody h as b een, used . to c old '~~ te']' all my l i f e " ,

l am R nding I D ' I .really difficult 'to m o v e on 'this Iilth day, T h e r e ' s

a, rushing sound in m y' ears, I. have circulation problems and, :3 .

dra ', ,\ 'l 'n ,_gpain in m y back. On top of thts I've started to men-

struate unexpec tedlv In the aftern .....on with the heln 0 ' f rnv~'"~I ....JP., ~ 1 !l .4 .~~~: .. .· -l " , :.l: .. ,ltl;.' Ii' ~~I"'! l=~··. ~!!llJ , vl!......~ll~ _"_~l ~ l!!l . ! ! l ! \ . r ~ r · '.'!!l ~~~IJ

partner m . go and lie down ~nthe warm alr beneath the; big cherry~ - "

tree behind the hou se to recover ,atllc:ng natural surroundings"

Towards evening 'I take a warm bath.

Dti:v 6 " . 1 (LtU.._," r

Like a semi-desteeated flower cq ,M]:ng OU£ for water IHe for quitea

while fn ~ W I ewarm b a th-warer , It feels ve:'ry good, Then Ishower

' ~ " h h c o l d ' \ - V , S i ' 1 e r , \'1hid.\ . f e e l s ' \ 1 i , r o n d e : r . r u L lrhen 1 . : r i n ~ ! : . ; e 'm y lnoudl

with lenlon, w a te r. A n ~ u,;o ,m aof abso lu te f reshness mal~,e:sttself

felt in [.ny 'head.

5

' -"7, 1_ j

, u,m .Wh en. I wake up I rinse ~m .ymnuth a ltern ately w h h w a ter, lem on

" -

water and ice-cubes. I'm tremendously exited abo ut the grea t.

i I , ' 1 " l i . ' \W '1 'o' 1 n : ' 1 -. . . r row A '"nd I 'm s r i ~I]' ' ' l l ] t· 'Il;liCio I' I ; . ,'-_l./' _U • U,'" 'L!' l'''' • , ,Ii.. ,~, ., I., ~__!Ii., "i,..........

1 pa .m,

I'm fin d i,n g m , Q v i . n g vel, . d,] f T i . ' ~ u h .and anl a'Uthe n.loregra teful fo r

the help .Illy partner g ives me, Th irst ]5, getthlg increasingly

demandine M ' '' ! J ! ' I~V- : -~ are' sunken mv cheeks hollow and mvbodv, , ., ( . g. ,.~.., t' : I es ., s.,' ,e '11' ' ,J ' . ' ,t;. , .. ,',.," .. "I .- .. -.;

emsc i a ted. m h a v e I(h~ctda~jonprob lems , a drawing paJn! ill H1)1"




·Dily T, nl i d : J 1 ' : i g l t f .

I. listen to m y inner voice which says: 'Drink!' Unril tile €:'~ghth.

day Idrink a decilitre every 'flour 'Unless I.[~U.asleep 'In. b etw een ..

} \ . J t , 1.. .15.~.~n.L.bv candlel teh t a.nd in the: comp-~a,ll'.V of :iiI¥' partner I./. 0' 1:' l ~L " " . J

ceremonially d r i n k '[tty fi-rst . r r u . ~ ' LJuice-wtth a t easpoon, It i s \~e:r .r~

' \ feitlf 'g O . Q c m jE\~'e'ry drop g iv es m e a strong taste of orange ln 'm y

mouth , Ian},h a pp y . .

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Every hour I. vew.y slowly sip a deciltrre of f ru it juice. ~..n t'his

careful wa Jl Ihope to ' h ave accnstomed UIY bod .y t. o "normal ~

d "r-liIf'I;-k'~in'{'~'by mi ..; l l 'FI I '~·g-~:c" I ' i - 1 f - - I ,rJin '- k r - ' : G ' : ' od.• often .ti'l;;r-. 't.·'"IS j ' ~ · i ' j J " - r · , ( , I o n " f me.J, l~~l ~~Ol.,O _-[0 l.lt .. 'Y~ll'~, .I~'ll.., , ,=~,~p."'l.l,., ..To. J V,]'I"r.,[, I~ ,r-~... I·~l~. ~~'l~ ~,II!., '1~IJ!!r.'i~

D ·fl''!i)' "il,l ' 8 - - J - ' O ' "I : ' ~ ; J iWJ0, '.,,'.' YI" for!!!·"

T o d S l Y 1 . h av e ;~ lread y d runk. a litre o f ,]iqu~d . My ctrculauon i s

~he:lpin.g m e ~eelst ronger, t.fy r i _ g h t [e's . ~ e , e l s ,very beavy and . t bere

is . a strong r , e l 1 J J S ! ~ . t n : l I J in the lower cal £ . . W . t hank 'God :£0'['his pr~

tectiou which I sense'. . .. ,•.... ],', ._•.~ l l , ,.. l I .... l.. .. -••

6 l ~ L t n . .

A·f rer anorh ~r de , j J o " p " s le ep . I 'l l ~f' ~11m .- 1i'U I ' L I ' l ,f'i;'~ ~Il' "~'I[iI'!IJ drea m ~'1V'l~' '1 : " " "~' I i i ..h.e. iil.. 1.1~'L!'1.1!..e.. u . t ' : . . . . . . . :: !I I . .. . " ". ). l .... iI.~ ' 1 L J i . . • . f: ~l'll'. .. . .U u .. n.l .i I!7 .' ...,[.~..U Ill.. ];i: ~ .. ..._i !- I. . . ~

remember, Ifetch :a g~.ass of juice ~o In.y bedside in order

gradually to gain. some strength,

D~ly9

1 join o th er [~m.il:y' m em b ers a t th e t able a t m e altim e s, I ru n

drleking S:lures of fruit juice a d a y ' . I find r u tS;UCll Iun , From time

to l~ime l make a cornpress O If ~le ~11. 'the ba t h 10 relax.




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second-youngest c h ild , log e th er \Vilh, th e d.og; ts lovely,

,Day .1 . O t 6 ,p .Ut"

I am . aware that I 'm doing U1.U c'h more than the book says I

should. n a ns\¥ c I' th e: p h O F te -1 ) g o - to the doc tor a .nd get ho~d , of aU.

my Itles from the Canton hospital ~n,order to arrange f()t' m ,t

admtssion t o the U ~ : 1 i J i v e ' r s i . t Y ' Clinic h : 1 i J Zurich. I. feel mentally

' loaded down b y far too many th ing s! m uc h more 5,0 than 1 :

should" My mother helps me as best she can.

, D { I :Y ' 1 2

I n t h .€ :m ldd le or the clay Ispend a,long t im . .ewnh Iny [~:mjly ' in. our

b elov ed g arden restaurant d:rin.k.i.ng ,6 - decflitres of mlnera 1water

and 1.5 of oran.ge juice. Among the:various frutt julees orange is

1 . l ~ . y favourite. During the evening '~,Vil'Or.ry about whether the

p iro c es s I s st lll good, for'me ' \¥l . th ~nyhody b eing so 'v,ery thin. Igo to

sleep ea rly and sleep t l l r o u g l 1 J , to th e nexl~m()'tni.ng",

D ·"I'u 1 3 ' " 8 " ( : ; ~ '5i~'U;_i "" " "'!:,,IU.

1 leel light, and even : I n . y leg doesn't feel as heavy as ~.td ld ] . ' 1 : 1 the

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Bu t lkeep' J ' ~

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e c o n d" o[JI~, I;~'Y_' lI.,j:ll,,"'~'" ,_' .' " .....!!.::.L..", ~ __'ilL, " ....!I~' l~~ ~,~.~,l,~ 1,1,"""'" . I L ' ! O : : . ~ .1~.1 ,li.~ .::!IL...., ',I~,II.,

and ~ hl.rd toc ' o n n~ .yrtg 'ht fool.

.11, ,30 -Cl.1U.

To delJt nd Jy" nly b ody I am still brnhtrng with ad ded salt, v inegar

a.nd ju ic e ev ,ery second G ' a y . ,~ry b o d y is v,er~)fj. v ery th in. Since w e

don't h av e sc a.m esin th e 'h ouse ]:d o n't rea l] y know how m 1 1 c ~ n l . y

weight has changed duri n,g the process. 50' far, Should 1 b e

w orried? O r ifIknew, \\?0 uld Iperhaps have 1 . 0 . 5 ' 1 . th..e ooun.age to

c o n ri nue '\ 'v h l ru~ ; h e:proc~s. . ,? ,




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I ' m ha V ' l D ' "i:]1 mud dled dream ~ ' i i i ' ' 1 1 , 1 5 . ' : 0 · . ' dream 1 0 1 : " eatine M · :: " ' . 0 , : [ . 1 ' . .0 . ns..< : ! I ' rD.. , . .1:.. .• ~ . . ,. . ""' ..1. ~jj;.II .~,!Il. i;!j ......~ ... IL l' . . . . . . . t.il .'0. .. . .,. . Gil......

v ery sm a ll, m · e s a very bca.utifuU day, I sleep a. lot and drink a . lo t

For the f~rsl.time in many days, m want to m:ry-and cook lunch ..[or

the family, 1enjoY'it; of:course without tasting ilie tiniest morsel!

T ow a rd s ev ening Itake: a warm bath, as Ih ave been doing, over

the: past fe\~days,

9 . .30 p.U1.

Before: gOlng to b ed I g o for m y' ni.ght~ti,mewalk with .m y partner,

My b ody feels ] j , gh~and I have h~rd~y~.nydiscomfort

D ay 1 , S f . I 1 ' I J d n ' i g l - l t

I'm lyi.ng awake in bed" More and, more delCp~.y FUI coming to

rea lize h ow :funda ..m e ntally im p orts ut it is to liv e in t he: present

momen t, From, now on I'm allowed to drink ,4O r per cent [ruilt

juice, My body is. getting stronger, 1 . really en] oy coo'k~:ngfor the

fami ly . But 1'm still worried about being so VCT)l d:dn.

Va\ ! ' l: 6, .- - . . . , . . ,.

]" , " " , - , , - . ' - , , . - . ' $ " - , " ~ " . , " " " ' ~ ' U' ,!, , , - .'.

, ,- "',. .. V " a . 1 s ' " . • , 'I I: '1." I I ',, ' s ' . I"'~ ,','" • '.' ~ '. : ' I::' ,_ ' .' v" ' , s . I' ·, recen C ;,:J] appm ntm eru ..01 an exarmna BOll at Lre . nn e.l~.uy

Clinic [or 1 9 Sep tem b er, Bravol If I 'm still . aHve b y then. 1 f e ) e l full

of strength. all d.ilyu l cook and bake a cake,

, D t J Y : I , a ~ 7 . f J . fft,

K laus b ring s scales, h om e w ith 'h im " II e w an 1 ; 5 Lo 'b e sure th ~t ]uy

weight cnnlorms 'with t he book and is therefore remtunrng

- '0 ' :'1s t "Int 1 - wei sh - - = : ; n 1 ~ 'k 1 ] ;f'i;-C'C. , il ..;J< . . " 1,,1. _" . '~'~""'O'" .J'LiI. , ..J ,1L~.3"

D~IY19; 7 U"ltL

T h e scales show 49 . '1 'kilos. T h e Ilrst vis ib le S~gJns of suc c ess

show t~p today, IC i U : 1 i . stand on tip-toe aga'i .n '~.A :~~dfor th e Ilrst time

in th ree weeks 1 111 aru3ige all day withou t eru t ches l




, J . tl,]Q p '. m,

After IUy bash Igel in 10 bed as US'IlHl'[,withwarm COIll'preSSes", My

' ! ! i v e i , g h t is 50.9 Ikilos.

,Da Y ' 2 0

I get. up wi l h a . headache. Perhaps this is caused. b y th e \r~r~etyof

fruit . J uices Y , 'e , been d .rif ik in ,g ,

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W tth \ \ a rm compresses on nly lO:I:111UY and b a c k 1 : wa t c h , 8 1

th u nderstorm th rou :g '~ the window f rom mv bed ] 'I 'Ii sed ~',n'~ eI I. ., ~ _=l.!"!... ,1v~..J.I~,.. !!l~ _ I IJ ,J JJ~ . " '_ .~ ~ Ij._~._ _ _ ~!!l!!l U' _ l ." '! • _l."'!!!l. ~ ! ! J l . " ' ! l . _ ~ . . , ! , , ! ' l." '! ~~ . I 1~1~' IU '

f r i. gh . tened, o f th under a nd . H , g h , u r i n , g " But now I feel so s a f e ' and

protected tha~ nothing in the \'fo'd.d,can be meamngless, ~.enj oy

dl1S mcment,

,J :Op",m.

A warm badt~warm compresses and warm tea in bed. TlrL€:scales

show : 5 0.,4 kilos, ju st as the book says",

D I C iY .2 2 J , .1 ' , .3 ;0 ' a .m.

The three weeks are over. I'm now free '[0 do 'what Ilike '\~ridl

regard to eating, I c ook and b ake c ake. My 'w'e;igl:n,Is now , 49 .6

t.·]-',,",t" ';;,~"os,

During the SUlJJiUne[ of 2004',~11 months after the first. t ime , I

went through th e 2]-day p, ' fOGeSS,again, this time, in, c om par i$;(U1

to the n rst, wl ~'hmuch J O y and no worries, M,)i outer envelope

a.nd Iny ' inner ' self h av e nev er fe]t b euert '~ ,~ee lcha t th e rum o ur is

sti]l ~ )rc sent in. ,[t sm il ln way . 'M y r r u c ' x t .step =, once a . g a i n doin.g

w i t hou t normal nourishment ,_ is p la n ned Ior the spring of

2 , 005 .

CO " l - y " a ' - H = a " ' ~ ~ : ' ' 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' a : ' ' - ""l"),. III r' . I , .' ~. lr~'~: j '~,

~_ •• _ ":_., l!"'!'" o".'_ . ' ' ,1" •• _ ••




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Someone drew my attention to t h e. a rt ic le in D'(iS Goe'thea:nu:m

which I had. nor notlced. The first timeIread . 'h ,Iknew: This has,

'been written for mel Having clarlfled m ,e sltuarion wii ' b , lny

family Iim m ed ia tely rook th e dec ision. to go ah ead , T h e only

possible rime 'would begln two days later j and the whole process.

wou ld have to 'b e completed b y f1r.ve~wee k s later.

T h e process was to begin on Monday, ~19August 2002. . , My

husband was prepared ro g,l.veme t h . .e nec essary support and

' p e a c e : o So lbegan J n y Faistwirh m uc h Joy and enth usiasm i n , m ,y

own surronndlngs,

n. 'l\'3_S a v ery lov ely tlme, Am t d th e rad iant w ea th ee of h i g h .

sum - II n - - er ~'w as ab le 't - n · 5 :pen d o ! l i g -.reat d-; c t ; < O : i I I I - ,0'[-' tim 0, '~!'i~'liT'HJ'm · 0 · -· U - I'~ . . • " . , . , ~ \ l . I i . _ . ,p_ . _ ! L J !, , ~. u.....'L,< ,II.. ! I j . I I , 1 ': __ " " ~ ~ I J . . ~P.!, 1 ! i . , J I . . , . , ~ . W J III,.. ~ "II,~, .. ~,

garden under th e aP'P],e tree: \\~tth Us wonderful fragrance,

w a tc h h~ .g the birds, th e sky.~the .sun and. all kinds of other ~'hi.ngs"

I dtdn't feel hungry, Since Twasn't drtnkmg anything my' 'bodyseem ed to gel th e message ,~nd, 'W3cS, conren L T he wonderf ul

f r Q , g ' _r a n e e of th e : a J P - P - - '1 , ( . - ; . ~ 'soon t a u e h t m " ' ' ' ' ; i j -ha~:cortununtcating 'wit- ' l l .~.__.p' ~ ~~~~!!.- . =.......Ir. ,,_. , ~~ ~v "~~ '~~EIi~~ ~~~':r l!l.~~ ~ I J . Y. ~~~~~~~~='_p-Ij.._.~~ . l."'l. ~

" ._ ; :; _ . J ' . = "..

OU.f surround ing s doesn 't n e c e s s a r i l y mean ' h a v " l r ! l J , gto , take a b ite

of the apple, just as 'you don't have to 'bh,e a 'pe:rson you love.

Smelltng, rouchfng and, ,enjoylng the g;l.fls 0[' nature can also

nouri S .11 U 5 1 .

o r course Iexperienced, some dererioration, but this wa sconnected '~v i~ml .the lack of' fluids rather [han, of calorles, ( D r . Y ' ~

ness of the eyes should be treated with good, eye-drops to avoid

da r. n'a g ing t hem . .) l o r course you \ V ' l e a , k € ' l 1 during rh e f tr.st \ve',ek, I .

Iost 8 k~'I,oSl'' V I I l ' h i d , l ] , naturally can't b e reg~in€d. overnight, B u t

since Iwas ;a'b~eno He down and could bath as. often as Iliked,

external n r c was a challenge rather than a pro blem, I:~addili.on!

gHwpses o r the' other sid e of existence were sonuense that

thep f f i l y s i c : a J stde rec eded m ore into the background.

I especially enjoyed ~he inner Spa,(it!' 'which opened, up at nighl"




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sound, and. reproduce tt for human ears to hear, l. thought ']1

· m . 'i .g · W ube Altx, o r MIx:! but knew that this , w a s not quite 'light. So

wh en he carne again ]. enquired once more .. A . g ~ t : i n I couldn't

really gliasp tt, '~nll asked "v~ether h .e would ag ;re~ ·e[.0 ~nycalling

him 'Igor' ..'He' did, and since then. Igor has been. 'm y friend..

.A .part from the Periods when he was actually working on. me'!

I g . o . r . (dso spent oth er ~]tneswith m e, H e s howed m : c ' ' the ~ask$ h e

'had lX ) carry out in. O'U.r e:arthly world, He; ls responsible for

natural phenomena tnvolvtng ·]j.ght~especially beaueful cloud

format tons li t up b y [h e: sun, sun-nses a nd sun- sets, ratnbows

an d so on, A n ' [ -he se t;~ ings are: g e n D r - : - " ] Ited in ou r w nrl d - b y . sp l'fl=~ _ ~. I J.. ._~~~~!!l ~ •• ~ ! I . .~ I.~ ~ . ~ . _l." '! '. \..r~!!l!Lo!!l ~ ~~ .. I ~l."'! ~ . ~~ _ \.r)I!!!l ~.. lJ.. . : : ; I ~ ~ ~

r_ . _L " =

tUH'[, beings. But th ey c an only perc eiv e th em tf w e, in turn, are

also aware of them and appreciate ~'he,'ml[~our soul, leU'in:g those

beings experience ~'be~mthrough us, :50Igor and. I showed each

other the I ruus of h is work.

One morning when I was lying under rny apple tree' after anargument, I g . o , : r comforted me, He showed me th e dewdrops ma

special W.8l,},,, When Ilooked at the grass ,.all the dewdrops were

blue. m r I moved lU y head a t iny' b it they 'w ',ere'aU g-n! e1i~or red 'l or

nnln .g e . _ tbe g rass w as ah~HlYsadorned with jewels of ~he:same

colour", I had. never seen dew in this 'w 'ay j but. no'w ' I know how to

do l J I : " On, another day, when there was a heavy shower while the

sun still shone, he showed me elongated shini ng raindropsfaUj.ng on. [h e g l'ou.nd li.k,e ]iq_u~dg o ' 1 d . , These are im ages. you

never forget.

SoIhan i .my had a chance [0 COIDCen.1 mysel f · " ! i v r u . t h bodily short-

com ings. T he 'w odd. ]S so fuJI of b eau ty w h ie h w e ha , rdl :y 'nori ce tn

the hU.lnd rum . of d aUy nfe, ' T ] · d s - process of 'be'i.ng.dose c o death

li .bera.~ed.m e frnnu ev·eryday thi .ngs and wo k e m e up I n . ~'~ tisw a y I

passed the frn]rth, n r r h and sixth days.

K eep ing g o:~ng w ith sui ta b le awareness d.ur in .g . the th ree [[~ x,ed

'periods ef b eing 're-modelled " each day was quite strenuous. The




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remaming time was hardly eno ugh. for bathing, reading and

w h atev er else :1:w anted to do '[0 ca r ry - on . wi th m y personal HIe,. I et

alone rest. In rnv c ase some f a m i ly , " dectsions also 'needed, to b el ['

d" dlscusse .

The seventh day is spent Iooktng [orw:ardllo drinking that first

glass of U quid . . Ihad decided on. cranberry juice, diluted of

c o u r s e ' . .This w as n o t ,~,ery: s u . i t ~ . b l e i <bu t aon s~d .,ef in g ,the ,chara.cter

o f t h e c ra nb e rry it w as a lso v ery nic e a nd . v alua b le . .The I trst sip

after seven days of' total absnnence was a . thor 'O,u,gh~y 'iveU~,

P i V ' i I 1 ! Ill . . . .ared 'sacred' : L ' i ' : V i ' : ' I ' I r ] I t i" - Durin U' th e fo-']-ll~,.nwi'l;,g'l ' two we ek,.;;:'=1 drankl~j"-'.l;t."_,.l~ I ~ _"-l!l~. I ~,_ ""'l~~ll!ll' 1 _ . . "~lll.~ . ~ W , . .. . k .l i .1. V __'l~ l !l l .:_." .....J . ," . . J . . . . . . • -13 ~L . ~ ,~,!IH~.I"1

m' , " ' ; ; 5 " ' ( - 1 , , , I resh lv -m ad _ ,; ,anole [utee fro-m m v tree, d ilu ~ " t ; I o . . ! i 1 'wit-:hI"'! v... ~l ~~,...~ ~ = - o [ i ' ~l."'!!!l. _ . • ,~ . -~ r~ 1I u ~.' 1_ .I! ..r ~~. ~!!l~ ~~!!l~_ =......_l~. JI"'!~. II..~U . l"'!. _

water.

A f ~ e r the Urst week ' I : s e t o u t joyfully and ' , ; \ 1 1 1 1 1confidence' 0]1

the 'pad] towards rebutldlng 'Ill)'!'life' and growing accustomed [0

itBut th e rebu i1dtng, didn't seem ~:(lwant to ' happen, n 'put ea

some weigl~'[but then lost it again ..My s t ren@dl didn l remrn and.

1 fel 1 . d~~zy.At first 1tried some v eg eta b le' b ro th as away of giving

n r u . y bo dy a Iirtle salt, btu 1didn 'r get allY' stronger and 'began to

: f . e e l l iJ . e W \ ', ( )l l S " ] . c onrac tedM tc hae 1,¥e r n e r In th e h o p e o f 'profiting

fwo:m,his, expert en c e, Bu t ev eryone's experienc e en :tbis pafh is . S~)

different rha t although his help made me feel secure and calmed

m e down, rn .y organism ccnrl nued UJ reac t In lL S ow n 'way. Af~e : r

n . v e ' weeks l capnulated and began . to eat normally again. Bnt Iw as determ ined to - , r - : - : , th .nrocess .',cin- n '"1(: time in secl rusifn-_a~ ;e~c ; ,_ ~_ .~~,_ ,J !u ! ' ( { u') tne p,~,oce~c'_a g a - '~ ' -l _ ~ e ~ _ tL~,_~,__~,_.seC.JL _,J,~_.•

'N 0 sooner said than done! T h e ~hne :~:ntv .ed.four mo nths Iarer,

on ']l'N ovember 20 (12 ,,, I was given the use of an. apartment 0]1

t 'he seventeenth f loor of a b loc k hestde d~e take of Lucerne, an

ideal sitnation for Iny p ro jec t . ']:wou ld even b e a'] ' I ,o~~red,~o use th e

block 's illtei['na~,:sauna a s o :[~ .ena s ']: ] : i k ' f : c L The ,drcums lances,

c ould not 'h av e been . better.

This thne ~w as much more active, The anxiety that is almost

e I l ] 1 ~ f " ' . ' ~ I'. r - I , . Iuna VOl( an~c .OIl Vn.enrst OCCa:S-lOTli CU:, not · re al) pe ;a r,. '~ 'w as sure '_




' l ) ' E ; , n S ~ ' O - ' N ' I , : ' ; l l ' R : ' E ; · ' I ) O - · ~ · I · ' 5 : ' · rou.owmc-.")- l - ' D ' A - ' ' f ' P : - · R : I O · · . ~ · : C · · · · _ .E : : S - - ' · 5 , ~ 'J , ° 3 . ' ·1-["r\. _, .:-'\, . I .,[- ,[\, ,Ii - '" . . ~ , I J . , ~ , _ " " , " ' " W , ,l ,.. ~. • . ~" , u , , _ .

w o uld suc ceed ! I ·mad .€ : .use o f · ,. .v h a t strength '1 had. so long , as I

had it " and beyond" goIng out every' d:ay to walk along m e'] -kesld - d - ' ,. - - - sh - -. -;. -. - - d - , . -- - -- -- _ .I l ' - h - .--- ' '[ -- - -d t h -j~.~,J,~~_I_.,ell_Osom e s~._OppU1! ig or "_nve' arounu 'L ie area, ~ U 5C. '_ . L ie

sauna almost d aUy on a setting of gentle heat, Complere ly alone,

hardly speaking with anyone~1 ] devoted mysel f eil!ll~re].y to the

pro "",I:'C'u : I ~ ,,: :.O I.

Once ag~lin.1 k e p t to the' qUIe t 'periods, f f 1 o : r n the' fourth dav:J : " :J ~ r£ '

onwards , :BtU itb ec am e oh vio lIS, that the 're-mo delling ' had . been.

completed the firs~.time round ..So 19or UIOStly ]ust sat by my bed .

and g iv e 'm e the ,gi,n of h is COIn pany, 'Ev;eryth hl~ w as notic eab ly

more strenuous t h an the first ttme. Perhaps I ezh austed m y self

ro o m uch wl t' h ' the sauna, and, th e other ~,Cliv-ities.. Iglot much

more desiccated and my eyes suffered more, I~ rook longer

afrerwards to bui ld up to their . accustomed freshness,

T~ to ~~"I ' i r f l l sh ' O - · . ' F J j e o'jj'n d th ere ,\-V3C ojl str ,n'r;,'gl' ,f""eh n wind nn th ( ; 1 0 t. ' I l' l I- ; f i ~~,Il!lr ~~I~~,~ ~, .•• J' ;'~lll'" !I;JI,~~, .J I~".l~ l~' .~ ~ I~ :Ii. "~/,",~',I~.",ll~,JIlr.I" l'~' ee ll'~l' .J ~,'·!lll' --,~;Ir- ~11~~P:~'

day or th e u:rst week , 1 ~on,g.ed.for w a ter : a J l . T h d d rov e' d ow n [,0 th e

I ake 'b'~u.couldn't .I lnd a spot . w h ere m . ·m i . g h t 'touch l' m e w a ter and .cool mysel f down, The foellu exhausted me and 1kept having to

stop for a :n!SL~.51"ed:~lly·0nth e 'wny hack . ·w·illleIJ.J w as · " r ; a l ' k . t n g into

it a n d i~.played. h S J ' V r o e '\:V~th [ . n y dried-out eyes, Once b a c k . in the

c ar on the ' w : a y ~: l IJo~.neI sud denly rea lized W . didn't know ~ ' he r~gh . t

' ' ! !v . ~ y " ' ~ , stopped at a p i E ! rrol station and asked a . III~11who was

·f '

~ ; l - ' ~rnH

] ~ · · · I1 1 : ' , ".'3,"iIf'

' H , '';s»

looked>:"!,~. ' ! " I f I i D· <ll'n ;:-]-

waC

vlsib Iv e l l ocked-.- l 'ri!lo'''Ii'~

lv.. I i . ~ . , . ~ , I~z» .... _ I ~ . " , . Ib .. ru, _",'lb. . ,;;;!jIll.",'U, .... " 'I -I ,! ,I i" . . _ . g,;:!, _~.:!I, . ',' ' / ;:!" L! '' !; ., ' - ' ! O : : . . . , )I,...." " ' 1 1 '. 1

didlook as t hough I w as at death's door, He' , g O t out hts . r l l . a . p and

. . . . .l 1 ;f'i~'1~,u''i' '] m - ~ : ~ l : - ~ ' W ' ~1.'!jJf. an ~]I'1_C'j I ~ I < ! > r l h e sa id i', --", 1 1 ' : 1 1 .- ~ - G , ' - - ( - . . ~ , ] b l o uo ,!" '. . . . . ~ .~"~Il'l~~L . I i, . ! ' 'lil 'L'IL ..... e ' IL . W . iE _!=l, ~. ;: .Ii i I J I ! lEL:!'. I ~ .. . . . ! I ! . . . . . ~ I E . ~ . .u. ~,(,~.. t , ; . : r 1 L ..J .. L,i;]I~ 'J l.~_ •.

That man's words ~:u.ov,ed.m e in the depths of :rny soul. ' f l l L e . y

{W (Jw e dln to m e like a , h ea lh lg b alm ~gtV'l:I]g m e warmth, comfor t

a .nd streng th . T h e lov e 0('a . h um an 'b roth er h ad touched m e, and

as Idrove Cllt n .ly eyes fiI led w i th tears,

T ha t). th en, w a s th e f t : r ~ 5 ~ ,dim .cuh . w eek of : I U Y sec ond artern pt

to convert to a ' way 0f rec e i. 'vlng nourishment thmugh the soul"

011c·e , a l _ g a X n ~ : ~ u : : l " 1 ew as rh e s a c re d aCj~of d~eI irs t d raug h t . My body




'J 1,~, ~ ' l ' ' I " I: ; : 'E ~ ' ' - : : ' R : : 0 - ' M : , :~ ' L ' I ' G : < ,: , H ' I ' I ~. ~a ~ I "" I ,l-~, . ,. t. ,J "I i ,

(John 4). It.was at this time that Imet an archltect Ircm Semen

who often ViS:lJiS th e hermitage of 'Nicholas von, der Flue beside

th e R anf t ,After c om p leting th e p roc ess I visited th e h erm itag e

for the flrst rime. On, that cold and, rainy afternoon in the com-

pan}' O f 1 l 1 l Y aactful and, sensitive companion '1 was d,ee 'p~y'moved

b y experienc lng th is special locaaion with a subtle and newly-

aw ' .aken,ed sptrl tual sensitl 'V l 1 y ~ A f t,en;v ard s " ~~felt Vlt:ty ' \ ' : v e a k and,

dl()fOl1.ghly c h illed ,a nd ye t a ls o enric h e d , in , a . wonderful way,

Throughout the nrocess I. 'W;~'S able to telephone Herr Werner,~' I.

for adv t c e t f l' had quest tons or felt uncertain. 1 : gtf:lltly appre-

" · 1 "iI1'['D·d~ thi g . "1 I1'n'd he gave me vs ~1i'~I,dI~]e" h e lp · 0 · 'rn 3 " . 0 " " ' 1 etcher two1Iy.=-~'.~' .. , l~!!l!!l j I ; ] o I ! ' ! ! l ,~lIL~ : . _ > i 5 o I ! ! ' . ~ ~ ~ ' _ ' p,~~,~IIJJ! l."' ! . I"'! ~ •• " .' ',.l!I.~ _' .' !\.r1~1\.,r!_ '~'- 1 1 _ _ "

days a fter eompUe:ting the process, Iparucipated tn the c om -

I lUI,n~,011iJ,se rvice o f the Christian Communiry. Ihad a, far more

profound experience than u sual, and the Host was 11],Y flrst hi te

; ( ' ~ , ' f ' ~ ' O ' · r . I ' l , ~ ~ 1 I o o : d · '" =1 a l l o w e : d : : 1 l " t " 1'(), m , ; . ' 1 ( " s l o w l v " 1 1 ' ] 1 mv m o u t h Q 1 ' i 1 I ' d ' ~v.. ~"'''Y 'U'" ~:" I p.-~(.,. __.. _ . 'Jl. - .1.1~.IJ ~l -. - _ i l .ll"~ l.ll', [.I ' -~~~-Ll l~ P.tI!~._,

rhough tfllny ~~h~,( ' )o:rpo ra t ed ' it into :my body : [ o ' g , e t ' h e : r with thefreshly-pressed biodynamic grrllpe . J~i . .ce:an entirely new expert-

ence of profcundly-feh g:V;~uilud,efor 'Iood and drink',

In th e days thaJ f o . : u O ' V l i r ( ~ d I , drank juic e a t m eal t imes :and t e U t

wel l , , J \ . trip to th e Sw iss N adona~ , ,E j (b : i b~ t lon ,Centre hvO v , r e . e k s

Ia ter took me 10 dl€: mb l 1 i i i . t of ~,nystrength, and I found, 11dilflcult

not to eat anyrhmg. Then l went 10' visit : n n y friends : in Palermo,

which 1 have 'been doing several times a ye~n(or a ~ong ~h~le'"They were on~y \ \ iIHn,g t o have m e' as a guest I f '~ ,promised to ea t;

otherwise ru ' wou ld have 't o f h ru ,d ,som ew h ere else to stay, ']:didn't

want to g , o . ahead and lose tbts h:i iJdnlate closeness with :~ny

. f ~ ' " I P ' ~ ' j i ; 1 1 ¢ . esp e c ' 1 . - j ; 1 ~ 1 ' L i "' . ] 1 ' 5 ' " l ' \ - 'L o ' ' ' 3 p C ' . ( ~ ] ! I ' I I P . ~''11,~v [ " 0 ' " :C··.-.~~I om b o , Singapore and1~.l~'I,I"""I~,~UJ~IL~-l~'" It:JIllW''!I;JI I __ ~3 _ll!.:.l"~ IL1\.~ l~lll.l f • •• IL.!! ,. 11,_._IL'I~""" I '.:.~,ot.\._[ lib- ,,~~._

'M elbonrn,e immedtate ly af~en\~ards"I no lon,ge~'need ed , ~ny

In,ciUca [.10 n . after crnnpletin.g th e p roc ess and took nnne \'v~lhnile

on Ilily journey, Itwas H o t i I l11:1~HMarch 20.0,3~,al ter returning from

n1iJYsuc cessf ul and, [er~joyable trip, t 1 1 J . ' ~ ' t . W ,bega n to need med k i n e

Ior llflY liv e r a gu Jt l! , b u t mu c h Jess . t han belore: and dds is s~,n[th e




4 -

The main aim: to conduct well-foundedscientlflc studies

bv 'T . 'homas Stockli,J , ... , ...~ ... 1" ." Ill,

We have 'been concerned haul the outset that tnvestigadons of

th e phenomenon o f r ec ,e lv l ng nourishment [[,om, ']'ight shou ld 'b e

carr ied OUt 'i n accordance with strict scienuflc crireria. 'Wha t

Iorm thts might take remained open. The simplest method

would b e to lock up the : person, being mvest tgated and h : e ' , e p :a

watch to ensure, that he o~rshe : r , e a . m , y - does not eat anyth..~ng. But

h ow long c an suc h an expertm ent b e a l low e d to blSl,? A nd '"'rUn

t he , s c lent if lc c om m unity 'b eIng , lundamemal ly m istrusting ofsuch a Person, hew J usnftable would it be 10 create conditions,

dun are' even H1.0re: strlu:genn than so'~i~aryccnflnement? For in

addnion to artificial l ight being switched on day ~nd, nlglu and

th e: nec essary pe'rm ane'nt guard, th e person w ould , h av ,e 'to b e

attached to an ;a:rr.ay of measuring lnstru merits. ITt Is 'no t sur-

pri s ine ,~ ,~~ ,n ,: " ''''''( "A r''" '.tba t it t ook i '\ l 'r i ': '-~ 'l~( 'r m on ..tl..~,before nerm l . ' ~ssion~ ,:3 ' ,O ' ~ W , !I !' IL :, J!'- = l ia..Jo,IE,,) L ,a",!L IL uK !I!, ,]O!'I:, ,!I!,} '" ,U', " . ,J,:::!I ,.;:,;1.'"-,,,'IG ~'II:." ,,:::!I,:JI, U.li,~,

to conduct the experiment Gould, be. grante d by the relevante tluc al c om m ittee d esp ite ~ :h c~aet tha t th e tndtvtdu al undergoing

~he' tesrs+- 'Micha€'l 'W erner ~ h ad f r'ee],v 'd ec id ed . th at h e wanted,,'

the ' investigations to g [ t l ahead"

But now [h e nrst lmpnrtant step ~~asb een ta ken, A n tnitlal

st~e:nUJi:cproject [U the form of a s ingle -case study has been

conducted by a . university. Su~ject tn strictly def ined and c ou-

trolled ennd itlnns a n hld~.'Vi.dllal'has lived without food of ~ny

']+III(-~1 Ior ten davs u.......der 111""'[:manenr '~ 'i (l cz_~I~-.;o,~~I. 11I:~l'\!l 'E":I·;f 'i;I·''i;-~I·(:~·!IIand.t!i.u, ,.Ii. l I ! , ,U', . Eu . '''_ '] S .ll,I.'IJI,L." t"L. ",Ill. ,0 I, ,L" !I !Ill, ,U, , t ': " , - il J,~Ca! l ! ~ t"l..l .:!, ,u, u , g ( , c : " ' _ ~ Ii:.Ii~,

'ps,ychological observation and supervision, Since rhe scientific




TIlE ~1A[NA w ~1 ~ 13]

evalu I i : ' : , ,1 " i ' - ' , , ~ - , - " , ; . , ',: 1: - ...1 " " , , - , ' '~I' h v - - " - - 1 , . , ' b -"- 'e '_'~l.uan.on anU. ~nterpr-et~,tlon.I).UII.C I ie5Uw !S '. a _',e noO t ye [ , _,een

made avatlable,~ we here present the subjective although ~lery

meticulous and detailed account prep ared b y 'W,erner himself'_ l. ! "! ' I

This will 'provide' cr tnca l readers ' " T j j ] . t h . some basis upon which

they ,m:ay form their a\~'TI opinien as to the possible evidential

a nd sc lentif ic relev a nc e O ' f the exper iment .




ver~lquickly, since we hadihmg been well prepared for [he work

[0 begin, It 'had. been. up to 'Usto flnd the, necessary flnance, and,

w e w ere: grat(J;[ul to h av e th is generously secured b y th e ,i\sta!

Blumenfeldt Foundation at Dornsch, Swnzerland. \Ve had aITsQ

found a suitable locatton [or the experiment i J ) l , special room in

the intensive care department of a, Swiss hospital providing

' round - ,t h e ' -C m 0 ck CCTV surve~llafice: ,a,t id ~U,(he other 11eCeSS3.t" \r~

condi t ions , a . h : r n , c d a t ensu ring , stric t ab stinenc e from ~ U : T h y intake

of food,

So th I _ S ' I S n;~I 'm on th e tram f rom B asle h i th e Swis s ~nte:rj}or"

It's 6 o'clock in th e morning <lark and cold" I'm due at the

hospi tal at 8 . . . 3 0. , :m ' have ' [ 1 I [ V O suitcases, heavy. mainly on. account

of U1;an.y b ooks~lap-top, a small stereo player and '~OlS.of classical

music C,Ds. For l ien, d~y.s l : s l r u a m . be unable '[0 'leave n~.yr o c m ,

u n a b le ~ ' ' ' ; ; " " l 'p e ;n th e - wind ",OIl." 'di till,~ll f.p'l" beuer 0'-P'" f o- " ' i r - ' ""~}'OC'lf~'(,Io if"[·1 ~li~l(I l'-p'_I~.~~ ,~~_! II v l . _ : · 'l "-1.. " ""J~'h:·.:.VH[ l5-I:lli'~U.~ ~,""J!ll ~Ji '~l '" .-,"!il. L ' .- .· ~ _ , . ~. .. . :-~'l li '; ;'"p~, ,~ '~~'.l·_'

with the' ho spital 's internal air-condjuoning, And of course' I

cannot have any vtsttors, lwonder what all this will 'be Ilke :in

practice, Well, Ishall have to put up with It; It's what Iwanted.

Ali. th e n1.a:~ n,.$ : [ ;a t~ lon ;s omew b a l t i lustered and, , all x: i! ous~ ~ look

:f~J['th e bu s - srop . Th ~ ,n.gsa re r.eally get l i ,ng c lo Sf no \v ' _, th ~ ln.k

goodness!

And , then 1 arriv e a t, the hospital,

Dsv 1,/

A,f i:rs t n ic e surprise a t the recention desk, When Iask the wav rolL [I, l

the ' intensive-care ward the receptic nist enquires 'poU tely: 'Who

do you h a v e : a n appoirumem wh h ? " S 1 1e can't imagine anyone

'11appily set~Jlngorf for V()~Ununy incarceration in in tensi v e care,

T he doc tor ~n ,c harg e c om e s to collec t me; I; i l 1 . l i l l 'varmly wel -

corned '\:~'idla c om forting lac k of em b arrassm ent and, tam( ,e~~~,Q

the intensive-care ward 0]1 the dtl,rd nOO[., It's new, modern and

t 'hus perhaps a ]:lute' austere, but b r i gh r and corn[o!F~,a.'ble,;, A




: 1 3 -4 ' ~ ura : FRO :M , L IGHT

friendly nurse conducts me to my room, And. then it ThI~U~me: I

shall not. be leaving here for the next ten days! The room is

un.usu:aUy '~a'rg,ebut b as only one r,dadvely sm a ll w i nd o\\1' look-

ing out onto a row or: treetops clothed in autumn colours, The

catch 'has been removed to prevent m y opening it, So Ishall

indeed ' b e dependent on t h e ventilation provided by d r u e air-

conditioning,

L;i '~e'~lsp ac e c a psule, ' [ be rear 'w a ll of th e rOO1l1 is covered with

measuring instruments; not a very comforting :s~,ghl..There's :3 .

small wash basin and a lrttle wardrobe on th e opp ostte wall ,

'Wel t of course, th is . ~s'an. intenstve-eare ward, so no. shower, no

bath, no toilet, Personal.h ygi.ene' a s m old en t imes, In th e corner

is ~ stand with a wide-angle camera ,_ 'Bj,g Brother says 'hello', IfU,

be switched on round the clock and. record 'm y evel}"' move O:U,

tape. " l " h j g ,mean s th e light. wi l l h a v e ~:ostay on all nigh t so that t h e

camera can, see me which probably won !~, trouble me mueh since

1usua'U,} sleep ~:ite a hibemating bear, A~a$}there's no writing

table, and Ul.y tactful enquiry' draws ,~~blank stare ,_ {his,is, after

aWL,a,n,~,ntens~.ve' c a r .e ' \ - I i i ' n r d , ! Never :m,~ndl l1 , s h 9 ! l I , make d o a n d

m:~s~:p 'p [1opr in l~ lethe dining tab le instead.

I unpack :m.y suitcases, 'The doctor in charge minutely

examines every ],[jenl~like a bad day a~an ] :n.terDm,mona,'~ border-

crossing, Imight ha'v€ brought In some r o o d , ! perh ap:s astro-naet s ~ p rov . is~ons (H' someth,h1Jg slmilar, But I don' t mtnd. 'h1.y

cases are depesi te-d, outside the 1:00'1]1 and dle ' planned pn)-r.

grarmne commences lmmedta rely,

F i- rst c om e s a routine examinat lon b y the d,e:paru' tu~n.thead on

d utv; front top t o toe, ln ev ery det ai l. E ' v e : r : v d d u g . · . arrears to b e ini' ~ ~ ~ _. ~~

(Hider. T hen c o~ne w ha [ are to ' b e ' d ~i~y'sttlud,ard in.vesti.g:~ti,ons:;

weight, ternp era tu re, b lo od pre ssure and, o X , y , g ' , e : I : 1 L satu ra tiou: and

the talking of ,3 , cop luus amount of 'b~.ood.I am well used to the

]altel", but Pvc never seen so nm;rny sample bottles watting 1 " 0 b e




director of 'the study with whom il l have so far only spoken on the

telephone. For a short while a further handful of electrodes is

added ~o th e [existing six, 'Betw een 'b outs of 'm ,c asuring [ am

subjected to an interesting p sy ch olo g ic al end urance test which

'is ,m r enrionally d esig ned to PUl me under stress and succeeds in

do :b ru:g so .

From 5 Ito 6 P i , m. 1 (hen ,enJOYm y :first] \veU~aEnetl i ' rest, I

listen to Bee;t 'hoven~ the first and. second symphontes, ;~11.d. : f e d .

reconciled '[0 ~'beworld OI1L cem ore, A f ~ . e : r 'this I. n~Ikto ' [he director

of the srudy on th e telephone'. HJ! happ ens ~o 'be abroad 'but is

easily able to c oord mate and t o !ke cere 0f everything f rom a far.

A nd up to now e.1veryth ing 'has indeed ,g one as planned,

. A J l ~ 1" 30 ' P .m, the' duty ca,rclru,olog~s[ arrives to make ,a detailed

Inttial h1!,ve,s~j]gat~,om,o f everything that f~Us under his, speciality,

He lh o[o;ug h J,y c h ec ks, Iny heart and circu liuian" 'E'\jr[eryth.iug is 'in,

good order. 'W 1 . 1 j' i ~ e 'he works we carryon a vel)f mtenslve, open.

and Interesting eonversaaion about h ow I : obtain nourishment.

Af~e r the evening 3 0 minutes on the' ergometer I've fin ;aHy had

enough" m listen to B , e e t h o v l C n ' h s thhid and founh, . s Y : I . n :p h o n i e .s

b efore g ,O -ing 10 bed . Despi te all rh e cables and electrodes I

qul. c 'k ly f a ll asleep at around, midnight, Even the hourly tn~n:ation

of the blood-pressure cuff makes ]lttle impression on me,

D, o ; J j ' Y ' " l''_ n" .:..:_:_"

I wa k e up well rested after four hours of' sound sleep, t1y elec-

rronlc trappings have hardly d ls turbed me at all 'I :g le t IIpat :; and,

sun:L th e day \~! 'hh medi tation ~l i stening t " l e ) m usic and re'adlng;,

T h e 'h ourly 'b ~ood , pressure and oxygen sa tu ra tlo n rea ding s

re oudn . v irt ua n y c o n S ' L a , n t : , so every~,h~ng's a~rig]lt. Throughou t

th e study these basal readlngs remain ~bQoringly ' constant, s tay-

:i [l,gwithin th e normal range and showi ng ~ l1I Jero be p erf ec tly w ell.

A pnn from , th e hricJ perlnds on the ergon~ete:r a:nd. when 1 . sleep




' J , ' sa ~ ' l ' ' I " I: ; : 'E ~ ' ' - : : ' R : : 0 - ' M : , :~ ' L ' I ' G : < ,: , H ' I ' I ~. a ~ I "" I ,l-~, . ,. t. ,I "I I,

'm ,' y " tmls i ' l " '!I;C' a lwavs h erween 8 .' n an d I~ ~I b I n . .. .rs nDT minute mv= > r- _.L . L I L - i : : I ~ - _ " P. . I ' I~ _. !kILLj'~1 Ik!b.\, .V ~, u. u -.1b.(4.~ IFlb. ,., ... ,\"",1 I~.l,.l

blond pn~ssure at l30=I:1 0 over 8 0=6 0 . ! and 'm y ox.yg,en satura-

t lon ;a~ ,9 9 1-95 'per cent . ( " tv id l a reading 0rover 9 .2 per c ent being

desirable),

Al '7 :1 , m ount [h e erg o :l1 Ji:leterag:a :in and , rid e a d :isrnn. ae o~12,km ,

Although, dais is strenuous and. unac cus t omed Inotic e tm m ed i-

ab~~ .yand elearly that it does. m e g(lO d.

The ' d . ~ . n y c h ec k-up rakes place a t 9 :: b lood , th is t im e only

abon t 10 ml, total urine, of the: day before, and "ill itej.ghl j' rem-

pera ture 'a ';"l' b " ] ~~ " : O , . d ' pressure, 1 ' I h ~ ip o mnorn "I"ff, ru 1 " " 1 1 , , " smoo ' [ ' 1 ~ 1 I 1 1 ' y . ' and '~ I"-'l.l[~l ... 1 .. _1~~~lblUL ,"·l.'lU ._' ,,~.ll!..~-.;;iI .. :~.l. 'P ~ ,.\.ro. 1.• J.~Ik"1 1.'J. .1t!JI~OId l~~~ d-.. ~.l ," "'Ll~~.l.: $.I!'~l~ .J

",;:j n "o -n cen I'' [, " 11 : 1" £ 1 1 : ; " '~j'I' o- n 'm lf ":'O . - w n proje ' I ! " '~:; :: :.1Iy.~_ _ ~ !!l !!j'ly.!Ii.!!l!!l ~ !P I! ~ ~ ! L J ! ~ a _!!l ~~ I .• __ ~~ . !!l V .. ...,IIJ.~_[., I II!.!

The ' y l o u n g : ' f physlc[an from the university who fixed me' up- - = ~ - ~

yesterday for the pulse/resptratory rate check, comes at 11 and

relieves U1Jeof '[he equipment, H ie shps th ..e chip bUD hts com-

puter and explains it . ~U to m e i ' l l , de:l'ait At :[i,rst : S ' l l g h t there

a:P'lpears 10. 'b e something unusual about n.ly sleep pa.lite:rn; we

shall see whether this is repeated on : D a y 5. When 'he- 'has,

f~ni5hed,we have a ~,O]lgl"agreeable' and far-reaching eonversanon

abou t our v i ew s on t he H .1,n:hat~,onsof rnodetn 11ledic:il1.c"us

'p rosp ec ts a nd p osstb t li t ies,

A,neurologlst ;appears a t, 1 . P .m. for his first cheek" Apart from

a . resrrlction of the reflexes In llilly' ],eft leg . - obviously a, con-

seq uence ofa recent openi!lrion on a . vertebra ,_ everyth ~,ugis '~U.order.

The' X-ray department marches :i n punctually a t 3 with a huge

mobile machine. (for security reasons, i " e'. so thar Idon 't

somehow Hi]anage to snatch any [fo od on th e '\\1:ay l' aH examina-

t~ ons h av e to ta ke ~ )]ace in n.lY ' [ loom.) N'O<' fVl l ly huest ines an~'X =

rayed", T his serv es. to d tsc ount ~ he' p O : 5 s i b H i . t y t ha t I ~ n : i , g l u ,h:ave

:i ng ested som e food, reserves before the b e g i n r r u , i n _ g , of the st.udy

dUH Gould, now be providing me with nourish ment, Of course I

hadn ~tLater I hea r ~]H...tlIly inrestlnes are ' C ' 0 ' ! 1 1 p ] . e l ' C ] y 'CHIP ty, that




After the morning rou tine (60 ml of blood are taken. today) I

have another conversation with the. deputy study director", My

. ,~ "-~'h '; :,. t ' h ~ ~ - ,~ ~. ., : ; , " . the ~'. f " . da rs a ~ ' d ' - ' . ~ has ·1L .~~ f~ ~~ - . . .',elg~.~.tlS· me same : s J S L~lep.ast . ~ . e . w nays ,~:U.'·~ so nas oeen prac-

t~.c~nyconstant for :5 days. Regarding my initial weight 'Joss he

tells me that, p':robably m connection with this, the Iev el of

'keto bo die's in my urine is up, Th~5p01nts to f a t c om b us-

t~{JnO)~ ' Y ' e s t e r d a y the ,caJo'[~:metty·s ' h o w e · · d a . fat 'quota of about

1:6,per tent O n m en re -ad .ings be tw een 10 1 and. 30 per' c ent are

normal) . lf dlls readm g ·~sc onf irm ed on D · i3iYI O , th is ·].nay b e- :3 .

reason f o r extending the experlment b y a few' c l a y . s . Although

thts m-'~'ijJ'ht necessitate :S·hl,; '~Jnn· ; < : ! I fp: , \ -¥ appotntments Itmmedi-I I. ., ~~ ~l."'! ~~!!lll _~~ ,,","J&;I~Il}!P_~ ~ ~ !! l J J . ! lJ .I " '! ~ ! "! J~ ~ !!l~ _ "-_. '.J • _~~l.~~A~~I,.::;I ~ ~!!l_l."'!~!!l_~ .•. l~

,ue~.y:agree in principle s i n c e th e " l ' l J . 'c S ( i O ' T I S now ra~ '5edl:m~.g l l l l

provide a way ' of ~'hro~viIlg'~ight on the "mechanism' o . m : living

on hghtU, _ w , : I",l,.

In. the late mormng, afler 24 hours of connuuous measure-

meats, 1 . am once again n~]'iev·ed.of the electrodes that serve' to

detenntne " m y pulse/resplratory rate. The youn.g d ,OC10r . who,

apart from all his usua 1dunes, also kindly supplies me with a

copy or th e da~ly 'n . e w $ : p a p e r each . m !~lrn .ing!once 'more: f ' x p l a J n _ s

th e: rneth o d and . purpose (Jr th e readings of the past 2 · 4 hours.

They clearly show the transitions between the sleeping, resting

and acrive phases, 0nee' again there are some curious anoma lies

cluri:n.g n : 1 y :2. '~hoursleep .. ~w onder \ ,~ha t dIe f in al evalnarlons will. . . ._·h£)~·~\ '"~"" __ !L' .~~J~,

A· q. ~ 'I' t · . " • . [ .·jl ltern ~~1'''.'1i'11d ~I'iri111". ~'i.'~·]1'1·'·~;~1Ien ~'''.'', \ . 1 ' ~j" :"'\..,." "i~l·~~. R"~ ;--1.' :1iem. . , . I . !b.' t: ~_~.u... W (~'L!'.I..Ii .... 'Ll.,. , ,0' ~l'..ell !ll '- ... j J ' U I . f .~.V.lU"'I£',]. l~S .Lq !lLU,.....w . . ~ ,

Iol lowed by the merr imen t of Vivaldi's Coneer U.Grossi. It hasn 't

stopped raining and looks . .so mtsenlbly 'wet O'tU, -0 r doors t h a t

even ins~de In) ' cU:nlat i2 :ed iso la tio n c a psule 1 feel the need to put

o n s 0 1 . n e t Jh : i . n g . ' \ ~ J a .r m e r . ! .m f s rather r o r t . u n a t c · ! n o t t o h e aUow,ed o u t ;

:i n s t e a d i l l ' c a n . work here ' in peac e and q _ u let,

.A . long talk on the telephone \ v r u t h . the study director ~I.l. the

etudy evenIng, ;. l- . l:av~ng rhnughr ~ ] l e mat ter 'O v er! 1" ' 1 1 1not too keen




' J, ' ' 4 " ~ , ~ ' l ' ' I " I : ; : ' E ~ ' ' - : : ' R : : 0 - ' M : , :~ ' L ' I ' G : < ,: , H ' I ' I ~.".0 ~ I "" I ,l-~, . ,. t. ,1 "I 1,

on extending [he' study but would tend '~O argue instead fo r at, I r . lv i dei ' ; I . . : a l b , ; ' , . , J I ' , t " 'munw-u P IUVOVUlg I' etar en 0 aserva non. ann measurement 0:

any m t eresting 'and st:r~king p aram e ters ,8 little ' w J D J i ~ e after th e

planned conclusion of the. study on. 'Day 10., Of course ' l i t

wouldn't be as e:as~vas : r u . t is here in ~h,ehospital to ensure that I

don't eat anything. But [reqili€:ut :blood cheeks cou pled perhaps

wuh Xrays of the intestines etc . ( :( )uld , b e accepted ;~ sa mo r e or

less reliable g U a J r , a n t c " e of m,y abstinence Irorn food. \~leshall

have (00 see.

r- [ am h arm v and eratefu - : ~ I for th e satisfa .....tnrn' n~\;;fJ',,!, " 1 1 ' 1 w htc h th ' ; 1 ; 1 0i' !I!oIIl.l~~l .dIJ~I~·I~-;,aII·i 15;.11, I ~.'. 1 ~l'iP.iI. . . -.· .J . g Ili'.. u •. ll ' .• ~.' -1~~:·.[~..1~"","oP_,l11 .~.,.,~) ,.J.l ~f~l",l,l~J.l\r-.~.H. ,.... ~

exp·er-inlen~ is proc eed ing b oth as to the external circumstances.J _J ~

and the, ,good stale l f inal myself ~n,,~ the latter despite the- - =

extreme resrrictton of movement, the p ermanent CCTV sur ..

vetllance, the, com plete lack, 0[' fresh. a 1 ' [ [ ' and the constant arlin,·,

cj_~llight tnc ludmg during th e n~,gbl ,The. sat tsfac tory s itu a rion 3$

a whole is surely also due to The'antrude of nhe personnel who

are without exception friendly and, posi t ive, bur also [()t~€' In .auy

people w ho are tbin'king, of me, and , the helping and hea ling

I orc es of [lght ' wh i ch are' maktn.g their 'be:n,ef~,daJc-ontribuU,oll in .

I-h~s~'unusual cireumstanees,t~e_e u ,~usu.~__c ~_ ,C l l l ~ _ '~ " _ta~_ce.~"

Iretire at m IP .m, and :::lS usual fall asleep quickly.

,DayB'1sleep f e n : tw o -and - a- h alf h ours wi t h one shon in terrupuon, b u t

a s b ef ore I don't g-enIIp Unrll 5 '\' hen I beg in [ny 'usual morning

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