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#652: Famed Explorer Wade Davis — How to Become the Architect of Your Life, The Divine Leaf of Immortality, Rites of Passage, Voodoo Demystified, Optimism as the Purpose of Life, How to Be a Prolific Writer, Psychedelics, Monetizing the Creativity of Your Life, and More

The Tim Ferriss Show

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The Haitian Zombie, a Man Who Was Misdiagnosed Dead

The Haitian zombie is a living dead. It's an individual who has had their soul stolen by sorcery, propelled into perpetual state of purgatory. A man called Clervius Narcisse was misdiagnosed dead in the early 1960s and later turned up in the realm of living. He claimed to be his long-lost brother; family members told him to get lost. Now that drew attention to reports of a full poison that was said to bring on a state of parent death so profound it could fool a physician. If that product existed, that could make someone appear to be dead such that they could come back into the world undamaged would have huge potential medical applications.

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