The Mellified Man: A Medical Cannibalism

A human mummy confection was a legendary medicinal substance created by steeping a human cadaver and honey. It's almost like a philosopher stone in human form, where if you take a piece of this mellified man so essentially it's somebody who only ate honey for an extended period of time until their sweat became honey,. Until they were right at the brink of about to die, they would put themselves in a tomb full of honey. They would eventually dissolve into that honey. The mummification has some parallels with Paracelcy and alchemy. But when it comes to some of the things that we've already discussed with this mummification, there are some parallels.

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