There were a number of German health practitioners that were influential in the promotion of fasting from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, most notably Adolf Just, Arnold Ehret, and Benedict Lust. Otto Buchinger, Sr., a German physician, became well-known for advancing various methods of fasting, although the main type of fasting performed at […]
Apple Cranberry Crumble
Apple are the perfect fruit for baking. Honeycrisp apples have a firm texture that holds up well during baking; Macoun, Empire, or Fuji are other good choices. Fresh (or frozen) cranberries contribute flavor as well as some juice; do not substitute dried cranberries. A mini-chopper makes quick work of chopping the cranberries. Servings 8: calories […]
Fasting and Schizophrenia
In the field of psychiatry, Yuri Nikoliav of the Moscow Psychiatric Institute, fasted ten thousand patients diagnosed with chronic refractory schizophrenia, a recurring condition characterized by gross distortions of reality, which is resistant to treatment. The patients, who had been treated with more conventional types of psychiatry and had not responded, were placed on water […]
Holy Feast and Holy Fast
In the period between 1200 and 1500 in western Europe, a number of religious women gained widespread veneration and even canonization as saints for their extraordinary devotion to the Christian eucharist, supernatural multiplications of food and drink, and miracles of bodily manipulation, including stigmata and inedia (living without eating). The occurrence of such phenomena sheds […]