RELI 2732 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Eugenius Warming, Gurung People, Warao People
28 Feb 2017
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In terms of physical characteristics, death is not an ambiguous thing. There are many living states that mimic death: sleeping, coma, hibernating, etc. Taphophobia is the fear of being buried alive, has been around for centuries, with hundreds being listed as having been buried alive in 1800s. The way it works is that pulling on a lever allows air flow into the coffin. The victim can use a string to ring a cell that alerts people on the surface. People on the surface can see you through a glass lamp. Other inventions involved using morse code, breaking a glass fixture which set off a chain of events, etc. Fantasy coffins in ghana in ghana, they make many different types of fantasy coffins ranging from a fish to a coke bottle. An interesting case that makes us question death is that of a harvard student who was found in the snow with no heartbeat and no vital signs.
