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Self-immolation is the act of self-sacrifice by fire. Literally, “immolation” implies suicide by fire, but the term also includes other forms of self-sacrifice. ^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 In fiction 3 In popular culture 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

History

Self-immolation, while tolerated by Buddhism and Hinduism, was practiced by monks, especially in India for Sati, throughout the ages, for various reasons, including political protest, devotion, renouncement, etc. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country . Certain warrior cultures also practiced it, such as in the case of Charans and Rajputs. Chāraṇ ( plural Charans; Hindi:चारण Gujarati:ચારણ is the term for a Caste living in the Gujarat and Rajput constitute one of the major Hindu Kshatriya groups from India

During the Great Schism of the Russian Church, entire villages of Old Believers burned themselves to death in an act known as "fire baptism". Raskol (раско́л, meaning 'split' or ' schism ' was the event of splitting of the Russian Orthodox Church into an official church and the Old Believers Introductory summary of origins In 1652 Nikon (1605 – 1681 Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church from 1652 to 1658 introduced a number of ritual and textual The phrase baptism by fire or baptism of fire, known in English since 1822 is a translation of the French phrase baptême du feu and is a reference Scattered instances of self-immolation have also been recorded by the Jesuit priests of France in the early 1600s. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order Their practice of this was not intended to be fatal, though. They would burn certain parts of their bodies (limbs such as the forearm, the thigh) to signify the pain Jesus endured while upon the cross. A limb (from the Old English lim) is a jointed or Prehensile (as Octopus tentacles or new world Monkey tails Appendage of the A crucifix (from Latin cruci fixus meaning "(one fixed to a cross" is a cross with a representation of Jesus ' body or corpus ^[2]

Alfredo Ormando, an Italian writer, burned himself alive in Saint Peter's Square, in Vatican City on the 13th January 1998, in protest against the Roman Catholic Church's policy of condemning Homosexuality as sin. Alfredo Ormando ( San Cataldo, 15 December 1958 – Rome, 23 January 1998) was a Gay Italian Saint Peter's Square, or Saint Peter's Piazza ( Italian: Piazza San Pietro) is located directly in front of St Vatican City, officially the State of the Vatican City (Stato della Città del Vaticano is a Landlocked sovereign City-state whose territory Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation.

A number of Buddhist monks (including Thích Quảng Đức, pictured) self-immolated in protest of the discriminatory treatment endured by Buddhists under the authoritarian administration of President Ngô Đình Diệm in South Vietnam — even though violence against oneself is prohibited by most interpretations of Buddhist doctrine. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices A Bhikkhu ( Pāli) or Bhiksu ( Sanskrit) is a fully ordained male Buddhist Monastic. (tʰɪ̌t kwɐ̂ːŋ ɗɨ̌k born Lâm Văn Tức in 1897 – died June 11 1963 was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist "RVN" redirects here RVN is also the former callsign of a TV station in Wagga Wagga New South Wales Australia

On November 2, 1965, Norman Morrison used kerosene to burn himself to death outside The Pentagon as a protest against the Vietnam War. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Norman Morrison ( December 29, 1933 - November 2, 1965) born in Erie Pennsylvania, was a Baltimore Kerosene, sometimes spelled kerosine in scientific and industrial usage is a Combustible Hydrocarbon liquid The Pentagon is the Headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Roger Allen LaPorte did so one week later outside the United Nations headquarters. Roger Allen LaPorte (1943 – November 9 1965) is best known as a protester of the Vietnam War who set himself on fire in front of the United The United Nations Headquarters is a distinctive complex in New York City that has served as the headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1950

Jan Palach, Jan Zajíc and Evžen Plocek were Czech students who committed suicide by self-immolation in 1969 as a political protest against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia of August 1968. This article is about a person For the sword see Backsword. Jan Palach ( August 11, 1948 – January 19, 1969 Jan Zajíc ( 3 July 1950 - 25 February 1969) was a Czech student who committed Suicide by Self-immolation as a Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. On the night of August 20 - August 21, 1968, the Soviet Union and four of its Warsaw Pact allies invaded the Czechoslovak Socialist Sándor Bauer and Marton Moyses were Hungarians who committed self-immolation as a political protest respectively against the Hungarian and Romanian communist regimes in 1969-1970. Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based

Lutheran pastor Oskar Brüsewitz killed himself by self-immolation August 22 1976, protesting the East German communist regime. Oskar Brüsewitz ( May 30 1929 &ndash 22 August 1976) was an East German Lutheran pastor who committed Self-immolation The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state

Artin Penik, a Turkish-Armenian set himself on fire protesting the 1982 ASALA attack at Esenboğa International Airport in which they opened fire on travellers in a crowded waiting room. Artin Penik (1921 – August 15 1982) was a Turkish-Armenian who set himself on fire in protest of the terrorist attacks in Esenboğa International The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia ( ASALA) was a Militant Marxist-Leninist organization that operated from 1975 to 1986 and was Esenboğa International Airport ( Ankara Esenboğa Havalimanı or Esenboğa Uluslararası Havalimanı) is an Airport in Ankara, the

Sebastián Acevedo was a Chilean miner who committed self-immolation on November 1983 as a protest against the kidnapping of his children by the Chilean police during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet^[3]. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (November

On April 29, 1993, Graham Bamford doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire in front the British House of Commons in London. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Bamford did it in hope to draw attention to atrocities committed the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina particularly the Ahmići massacre. The War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, commonly known as the Bosnian War, was an international armed conflict that took place between March 1992 and November 1995 Ahmići massacre was the culmination of the Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing committed by the Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia 's political and military leadership

Kathy Change was a West Philadelphian performance artist and activist who killed herself in an act of self-immolation on the University of Pennsylvania campus in 1996. Kathy Change ( 1950 - 22 October 1996) was a West Philadelphian performance artist and political activist who killed herself in an act of West Philadelphia is a section of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn) is a private University located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

In 2001 a group of people self-immolated in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China. Tiananmen Square ( is the large Plaza near the center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen (literally Gate of Heavenly Peace Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES China Central Television broadcast the event nationally on Chinese new year and claimed the immolators were practitioners of the Falun Gong. China Central Television or Chinese Central Television, commonly abbreviated as CCTV ( is the major television broadcaster in Mainland China Chinese New Year is the most important of the Traditional Chinese holidays. Falun Gong ( or Falun Dafa is a spiritual practice founded in China by Li Hongzhi （李洪志） in 1992 Falun Gong supporters point to inconsistencies in state media reports and maintain it was setup by the Chinese government to persecute the group. ^[4]

Malachi Ritscher was a Chicago musician and anti-war protestor who committed suicide in 2006 by self-immolation as a political protest against the War in Iraq. Malachi Ritscher ( Mark David Ritscher; January 13, 1954 – November 3, 2006 The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign

In 2008 Son Jong Hoon attempted self-immolation to halt the Olympic torch however he was intercepted by police before he could set fire to himself. The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a Symbol of the Olympic Games.

In fiction

• The ancient legends of Heracles include his death by a funeral pyre he built for himself. In Greek mythology, Heracles or Herakles ("glory of Hera " or
• At the climax of Richard Wagner's opera, Götterdämmerung, the Valkyrie Brünnhilde throws herself into Siegfried's funeral pyre. ("Twilight of the Gods" – see Notes) is the last of the four Operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung Brynhildr is a Shieldmaiden and a Valkyrie in Norse mythology, where she appears as a main character in the Völsunga saga and some
• In Dan Brown's book "Angels And Demons" the camerlengo self immolates after Robert Langdon and Vittoria Vetra expose him as the head of the illuminati. Oddly he is, technically, voted into office as the pope just before he dies.
• Denethor committed self immolation in The Lord of the Rings by J. Appearances Literature As stated in the early chapters and the Appendices of The Return R. R. Tolkien. He attempted to burn his son alive on the same pyre, but the timely intervention of Peregrin Took saved Faramir. The influence of Sauron, combined with the seeming inevitability of the fall of Minas Tirith, had driven him to madness and death.
• In Carol Shields' book "Unless", Norah, the daughter of the main character, chooses to live on the streets in search of "Goodness" in response to having witnessed the self-immolation by a Muslim woman on a street-corner in Toronto. Carol Ann Shields (née Warner)BA MA CC, OM, DLitt, LLD, FRSC ( June 2, 1935 &ndash
• In the final pages of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein the monster, overcome with remorse at Victor's destruction, declares his intention to self immolate. Mary Shelley ( Née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 30 August Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, generally known as Frankenstein, is a Novel written by the British author Mary Shelley
• In the M*A*S*H episode "The Most Unforgettable Characters," Corporal Klinger threatens to immolate himself unless he is sent home, while pouring "gasoline" over himself. M*A*S*H was a Medical drama / Black comedy produced by 20th Television Fox for CBS. Corporal (later Sergeant Maxwell Q Klinger is a Fictional character from the M*A*S*H television series played by American
• In Sunshine the crew of the Icarus I exposed themselves to the sun to kill themselves. Sunshine is a 2007 British Science fiction film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland about the crew of a

In popular culture

• Hard rock band Rage Against the Machine used the graphic photo of Thích Quảng Đức's self immolation on their self-titled debut album. Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock Rage Against the Machine (sometimes shortened to RATM or Rage) is (tʰɪ̌t kwɐ̂ːŋ ɗɨ̌k born Lâm Văn Tức in 1897 – died June 11 1963 was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist
• The 2001 film Waking Life depicts self-immolation. Waking Life is a digitally enhanced live action rotoscoped film directed by Richard Linklater and made in 2001.
• Industrial metal group Fear Factory have a song on their Soul of a New Machine album entitled "Self-Immolation". Fear Factory is an American heavy metal band The band formed in 1989 and have released seven full-length Soul of a New Machine is the debut Album (not counting the originally unreleased 1991 album Concrete) by the Los Angeles Death

In the 'X Files' episode 'Pusher', an FBI agent is forced into setting fire to himself by a man seemingly capable of bending people to his will.

See also

• Hunger strike
• Charans, a caste in India known for ever-readiness to perform self-immolation
• Sati, an old custom in which a Hindu widow would immolate herself on the funeral pyre of her husband
• Suicide methods

References

External links

• Mumbai: Protesting Tibetan attempts self-immolation
• The Copycat Effect (New York: Paraview Pocket-Simon and Schuster, 2004, ISBN 0-7434-8223-9)
• Afghan women seek death by fire

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