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Jason Pitzl-Waters on Dec 10th 2005 at 3:41 pm Neopaganism

A Pagan Suicide

The Wisconsin State Journal has an article on a local Pagan woman who has committed ritualistic suicide.

“Hilary Karnda, a holistic healer and herbalist, told her friend Nov. 2 she was going to a send-off at Wildcat Mountain State Park and she needed a ride. She didn’t tell her friend she was going away to die….She just started listening to her tape recorder, prepared a place beneath an oak tree, and let nature take her.”

Police officials say there was no indication of a fatal illness, but it doesn’t say if an autopsy to confirm has been performed. What is clear is that she didn’t seem depressed or irrational to friends, and that this action was well-planned and done with a ritualistic purpose.

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  • Frostbeard

    How do they know she committed suicide? This woman was in her mid-sixties; I don’t think it’s unthinkable that she went out there with the intent of performing some personal ritual and simply keeled over. Most of the facts in the article seem to lean towards this idea rather than suicide: no note, no identification, was a happy person, no terminal illnesses, etc. Since we’re not privy to the actual details, it’s pretty hard to say though.