2 seeking spiritual enlightenment die in new-age sweat lodge

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 6/27/02 | Suzanne Herel, Matthew B. Stannard

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Before embarking on an intense spiritual retreat last week, Kirsten "Kris" Babcock gave each of her closest friends a handwritten note describing her impending death.

She was talking in symbolic terms -- or so she thought.

In an eerily tragic turn of events, Babcock did not survive the "death sweat" she wrote about -- a ceremony intended to be the first step toward spiritual enlightenment as part of a new-age program called vision quest.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

So many deserving Darwin Award candidates in Northern California.

[TADSLOS]

You just can't make this stuff up...

[cynicom]

Is there someplace in CA where these type people are born under rocks???

[Orual]

The fellowship was formed in 1994 "to develop a sacred and safe place for people to experience and practice shamanic principles in their day-to-day lives," according to the ranch's Web site.

Shamanic - well-named.

[bray]

Typical hippy liberal windbag. Could have simply said, "hey Sunbeam; watch this!"

[DoughtyOne]

 
the Case of the Freeper FRiva Feva is under scrutiny - super-sleuths are welcomed
come resolve the way to yesterday's Target Post, you're not out of the running yet
win your registration fees to the FRive Las Vegas Conference if you dare

[meadsjn]

Unfortunately, these two will still be eligible to vote for Davis, Boxer, and Feinstein.

[maxwell]

BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Er, what I meant to say is, I am deeply saddened.

[Interesting Times]

And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!

Rudyard Kipling -- The Gods of the Copybook Headings

[mattdono]

Cina Hines, Babcock's domestic partner

Well, well, who would have thunk it...a couple of "taco smackers"! But, it is a healty alternative lifestyle, right?

[Fred Mertz]

Wally,

These folks needed sauna lessons.

[weikel]

Smithers who is that layabout
Smithers: Homer Simpson chief safety inspector in Sector 7G.
Burns: Simpson get back to work.

[JennysCool]

What a poem! Kipling was prophet with that one! Thanks ...

[freedomson]

"Hold my doobie and watch this".

[Larry Lucido]

While I don't wish anyone ill, is there any chance this can catch on among liberal types?

[RobRoy]

>>The Gods of the Copybook Headings <<

Wow, was Kipling a Cobol programmer?

[skateman]

Well, I would say that the gene pool is obviously much cleaner today. But apparently the idiot that died, was a lesbo.

[Interesting Times]

Wow, was Kipling a Cobol programmer?

A COBOL programmer? Hah! Kipling was a bare-metal, memorize-the-machine-code, damn-the-macros, hard-coded-offsets MVS systems ASSEMBLER programmer.

In fact, this entire poem is an extended sendup of the COBOL fairies.

'Environment Division' my heinie...

[antidisestablishment]

Well, they must have reached enlightenment.

[alaskanfan]

I just love Free Republic.

These people are stupid beyond belief.