Scaphism!
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 3:14 pm
Once again something we take for granted to sweeten our
lives was in antiquity associated with one of the most
horrific forms of torture. Most of us are not sociopaths -
people who merely want to hurt, torture, or kill. We
live our lives, go to work, try to find something that
makes us happy, and hope to die a peaceful death one
day surrounded by loved ones. But there are some extremely
disturbed, if not evil, individuals out there who not
only dream of harming and killing other people, but
actually do it. The worst of them devise incredibly
elaborate and sadistic methods to do away with their
victims and commit crimes that are so unspeakable
that they are remembered with fear for hundreds
and even thousands of years.
65058 In the Christian Bible, the Promised Land is described
as a “land flowing with milk and honey” (Exodus) which
has been interpreted as referring to the fertility of
the land to which the Israelites would be led. For
the ancient Persians milk and honey were used in a
much different manner. Scaphism (originating from the
Greek word skaphe, meaning scooped or hollowed),
otherwise known as “the boats” is possibly one of
the darkest and grossest ways of ending someone’s
life. Scaphism was developed by the Persians and
described by the Greeks who were normally the
intended victims of the procedure. Given how
spectacular the executions could be, it’s reasonable
to assume that, it was reserved for the crime the King
found most offensive: regicide(or at least, murder of
a member of the royal family).
65059 This is the case of a deranged Persian mind (or minds)
that came up with scaphism, around the 5th century B.C.
It was devised to inflict as much pain and discomfort
as possible for as long as the victim remained alive,
and it was reserved only for people guilty of the worst
crimes (for instance, murder and treason). The method
consisted of trapping the victim in the space between
two small boats or two hollowed-out tree trunks and
force - feeding them milk and honey over the course
of a few days until the person died.
65074 Zonoras, a 12th century Byzantine historian explains
the procedure in detail: “two boats are joined together
one on top of the other, with holes cut in them in
such a way that the victim’s head, hands, and feet
only are left outside. Within these boats the man to
be punished is placed lying on his back, and the boats
then nailed together with bolts. Next they pour a
mixture of milk and honey into the wretched man’s
mouth, till he is filled to the point of nausea,
smearing his face, feet, and arms with the same
mixture, and so leave him exposed to the sun.
This is repeated every day, so that flies, wasps,
and bees, attracted by the sweetness, settle on
his face and all such parts of him as project
outside the boats, and miserably torment and
sting the wretched man. Moreover his belly,
distended as it is with milk and honey, throws
off liquid excrements, and these putrefying
breed swarms of worms, intestinal and of all
sorts. Thus the victim lying in the boats, his
flesh rotting away in his own filth and devoured
by worms, dies a lingering and horrible death”.
In order for the method to work, it had to take
place in a swamp or somewhere where the boats
could lie exposed to the Sun. The victim would
be tied inside the space between the boats in
a way that left their head, hands, and feet
outside. Then, the person in charge of the process
would feed the victim a mixture of milk and honey,
forcing them to swallow against their will.
Additional honey would be smeared around the eyes,
nose, mouth and genitals, and also in the ears
and the anus, the idea was that it would attract
every insect, vermin, and wild animal in the area.
Very soon afterwards, flies and rats, for instance,
would show up and start attacking the victim, eating
the mixture of milk and honey, but also eating the
person alive along the process. It should be noted
that one cannot usually die from the mass of insect
bites and stings alone. Asphyxia can sometimes occur
if the insects (such as ants) swarm enough to enter
your body through the ears, mouth, and nose, and
enter the lungs. The ‘feeding’ can take place from
the ‘inside out.’
Now, as if the bugs eating them alive weren’t enough,
there was also the inevitable severe diarrhea that
left them feeling weak and dehydrated. This horrifying
symptom was the intended consequence of their enforced
milk - and - honey diet.The honey and milk would give
him/her more than enough nutrients to survive and live
through the ordeal. The more they were fed this mixture,
the more they would defecate inside the boats, but
also, the longer they stayed alive. This point, precisely,
was the cruelest yet most effective aspect of scaphism:
the victims couldn’t die from the diarrhea - induced
dehydration because they were fed milk and honey every
day. As a result, the victims could survive for days
and even weeks in a small hell of bugs, feces, milk,
and honey. As delirium and septis set in, the victim
would have no choice but to empty their bowels inside
the boats, the feces would accumulate and breed maggots
and other vermin that slowly made their way into the
victim’s body and ate them up from the inside. This is
what killed them, ultimately, as was confirmed when
the victim died and the boats would be separated,
revealing their half-eaten body. One can only imagine
what a body would smell like that had been sat in
diarrhea for a few days and partially eaten and
putrefied by insects in a swamp?
Wade says, "I am not going to mention any real names
from the physical world here, but I can easily think
of a 'Two-Ton-Tessie' employed by SPLC where - due to
the sheer physical size of this heifer - this process -
from instigation to termination - could literally take
MONTHS! May the feeding BEGIN!"
lives was in antiquity associated with one of the most
horrific forms of torture. Most of us are not sociopaths -
people who merely want to hurt, torture, or kill. We
live our lives, go to work, try to find something that
makes us happy, and hope to die a peaceful death one
day surrounded by loved ones. But there are some extremely
disturbed, if not evil, individuals out there who not
only dream of harming and killing other people, but
actually do it. The worst of them devise incredibly
elaborate and sadistic methods to do away with their
victims and commit crimes that are so unspeakable
that they are remembered with fear for hundreds
and even thousands of years.
65058 In the Christian Bible, the Promised Land is described
as a “land flowing with milk and honey” (Exodus) which
has been interpreted as referring to the fertility of
the land to which the Israelites would be led. For
the ancient Persians milk and honey were used in a
much different manner. Scaphism (originating from the
Greek word skaphe, meaning scooped or hollowed),
otherwise known as “the boats” is possibly one of
the darkest and grossest ways of ending someone’s
life. Scaphism was developed by the Persians and
described by the Greeks who were normally the
intended victims of the procedure. Given how
spectacular the executions could be, it’s reasonable
to assume that, it was reserved for the crime the King
found most offensive: regicide(or at least, murder of
a member of the royal family).
65059 This is the case of a deranged Persian mind (or minds)
that came up with scaphism, around the 5th century B.C.
It was devised to inflict as much pain and discomfort
as possible for as long as the victim remained alive,
and it was reserved only for people guilty of the worst
crimes (for instance, murder and treason). The method
consisted of trapping the victim in the space between
two small boats or two hollowed-out tree trunks and
force - feeding them milk and honey over the course
of a few days until the person died.
65074 Zonoras, a 12th century Byzantine historian explains
the procedure in detail: “two boats are joined together
one on top of the other, with holes cut in them in
such a way that the victim’s head, hands, and feet
only are left outside. Within these boats the man to
be punished is placed lying on his back, and the boats
then nailed together with bolts. Next they pour a
mixture of milk and honey into the wretched man’s
mouth, till he is filled to the point of nausea,
smearing his face, feet, and arms with the same
mixture, and so leave him exposed to the sun.
This is repeated every day, so that flies, wasps,
and bees, attracted by the sweetness, settle on
his face and all such parts of him as project
outside the boats, and miserably torment and
sting the wretched man. Moreover his belly,
distended as it is with milk and honey, throws
off liquid excrements, and these putrefying
breed swarms of worms, intestinal and of all
sorts. Thus the victim lying in the boats, his
flesh rotting away in his own filth and devoured
by worms, dies a lingering and horrible death”.
In order for the method to work, it had to take
place in a swamp or somewhere where the boats
could lie exposed to the Sun. The victim would
be tied inside the space between the boats in
a way that left their head, hands, and feet
outside. Then, the person in charge of the process
would feed the victim a mixture of milk and honey,
forcing them to swallow against their will.
Additional honey would be smeared around the eyes,
nose, mouth and genitals, and also in the ears
and the anus, the idea was that it would attract
every insect, vermin, and wild animal in the area.
Very soon afterwards, flies and rats, for instance,
would show up and start attacking the victim, eating
the mixture of milk and honey, but also eating the
person alive along the process. It should be noted
that one cannot usually die from the mass of insect
bites and stings alone. Asphyxia can sometimes occur
if the insects (such as ants) swarm enough to enter
your body through the ears, mouth, and nose, and
enter the lungs. The ‘feeding’ can take place from
the ‘inside out.’
Now, as if the bugs eating them alive weren’t enough,
there was also the inevitable severe diarrhea that
left them feeling weak and dehydrated. This horrifying
symptom was the intended consequence of their enforced
milk - and - honey diet.The honey and milk would give
him/her more than enough nutrients to survive and live
through the ordeal. The more they were fed this mixture,
the more they would defecate inside the boats, but
also, the longer they stayed alive. This point, precisely,
was the cruelest yet most effective aspect of scaphism:
the victims couldn’t die from the diarrhea - induced
dehydration because they were fed milk and honey every
day. As a result, the victims could survive for days
and even weeks in a small hell of bugs, feces, milk,
and honey. As delirium and septis set in, the victim
would have no choice but to empty their bowels inside
the boats, the feces would accumulate and breed maggots
and other vermin that slowly made their way into the
victim’s body and ate them up from the inside. This is
what killed them, ultimately, as was confirmed when
the victim died and the boats would be separated,
revealing their half-eaten body. One can only imagine
what a body would smell like that had been sat in
diarrhea for a few days and partially eaten and
putrefied by insects in a swamp?
Wade says, "I am not going to mention any real names
from the physical world here, but I can easily think
of a 'Two-Ton-Tessie' employed by SPLC where - due to
the sheer physical size of this heifer - this process -
from instigation to termination - could literally take
MONTHS! May the feeding BEGIN!"