Mellification

By Crusader1307

Like our previous look into ‘’Mummia’’ (that believed medicinal substance culled from pulverized mummified ancient Human remains), another oft believed ‘’method’’ to cure diseases – was called ‘’Mellification’’. This was the practice of completely preserving a deceased Human in Honey. Mentioned in Ancient Greece and The Middle East (as far as Northern China as well), the practice was to remove various organs, and immerse the cadaver in a vat or suitable container of Honey. ‘’Natural’’ chemical processes would interact and turn the remains into a hardened form. This substance (and saturated tissue), was ground or broken into pieces. These were then consumed with the belief that specific diseases (such as cancers, even birth defects) – could be miraculously healed. As such, some bodies were stored for extended periods, with Doctors being able to ‘’break off’’ pieces as needed. Some instances of Mellification called for the turning  the substance into a powdery substance to be mixed with fluids or foods (as a ‘’spice’’). These ‘’containers’’ would be identified as ‘’Mellified Men’’.

In other ‘’variations’’ of Mellification – ‘’willing Subjects’’ would volunteer for the process, mostly as a means of providing living Family members with a ‘’curative’’. In these cases, when death was pending, The Subject would consume NOTHING but honey (in preparation for the more formal process, later). In fact, some Buddhist Sects in China practiced Mellification – not for becoming ‘’Medicine’’, but as means of ‘’self-mummification’’. Some archaeological examples still exist, in fact for Those ‘’Curious’’……….