The Theory of Fasting, Purpose, benefits and what else... Options

I have asked this under a different topic and forum category/purpose but have not get any answers until now. Hopefully, starting this it's own topic will generate some enlightments (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

My questions basically all around fasting, such as why people do it, what is the benefits of it, how do you actually fast and what result do you actually get from fasting?

I know that fasting are supposedly purifies the body, and the mind. But does it awaken certain occult powers/influences?

A local magical system where I lives employs a lot of fasting into their system. Doing a specific working, a fast often are involved. To cast a spell, it is usually "bought" with specific fasting from a whole night fast, 3 days, 7 days etc. Certain "rules" also applied such as white fast where you're only allowed to eat white rice and plain water - up to only a handfull of plain tasteless food and a glass of water. A very popular "Pati geni" fast involves the operator to meditate in a complete darkness for complete 24 hours up to 3 days (some requires more) while single mindedly reciting the mantra/intent of the spell/powers the operator wish to "purchase". The result were said to be immediately can be tested.

Friends and one of my personal staff can confirm this with personal or other people's experience with results such as: complete obedience/submission of the opposite sex up to drive them to insanity/suicide, instantly kill a person, insert physical materials like nails, glass or poisonus animals into the victim's body for prolonged incureable sickness, ability to heal, see the astral, immunity to razors, nails or other sharp weapons, the physical martial art power of 10 horses (for example (IMG:style_emoticons/default/13.gif)) the ability to run and fly like the wind, to be physically invisible, and the ability to refuse death (but not old age) until the operator allows death to come (usually when he/she got really tired of the prolonged sickness)...etc etc etc.

These will sound like fairy tales to many western minds, but are supposedly true and exist, every single claim of it, since growing up in this country I have heard these often and witnessed severals of them. I could go on and on with this but that is not the purpose of this topic.

Majorities of the above achieved by difficult fasting/s, meditations and mantra's.

I have several theories in my attempt to answer this such as the direct/indirect use of our subconscious mind, single pointedness of intend over a period of time and use of barbarous words to bypass it to awaken/strengthen our untapped powers. But I'd like very much to hear your thoughts on this please. Anything that could add to our knowledge.

How does - exactly - fasting achieves the operators intend? Has anybody fasted for an intent and got results? etc... anything related to this please

Dear members:
How do you all concentrate when fasting?

I am attempting to complete the 'moon of purification' in the Necronomicon. Basically, pray to the gods at morning (cant do it) and at night (no prob), no sex or 'spilling your seed' for 30 days (surprisingly difficult to do), no meat in the last 7 dats (no prob) and no food on the last three days (is killing me!)

Well today was my first day of fast: no breakfast no lunch. By 2 pm I started to get a throbbing hadache. By 4 pm I had on top of the headache intense pain in my frontal lobes (which sometimes migrated to the back of my head). By 6 pm I broke down and had to eat some spagetti. Now at midnight the headache has returned, and I hope I'll be able to sleep without a midnight snack...

Needless to say it is the first time I've attempted a 'fast'.

Why I dont see is how is this beneficial?.. How will I be able to concentrate in what I am doing or try to sense very delicate phenomenon with a mother of a head ache and what feels like two nails imbedded over my eyebrows?

Suggestions? Comments?

Thanks,
Traveller.

Well today was my first day of fast: no breakfast no lunch. By 2 pm I started to get a throbbing hadache. By 4 pm I had on top of the headache intense pain in my frontal lobes (which sometimes migrated to the back of my head). By 6 pm I broke down and had to eat some spagetti. Now at midnight the headache has returned, and I hope I'll be able to sleep without a midnight snack...

Needless to say it is the first time I've attempted a 'fast'.
Suggestions? Comments?

When you begin a no-food fast your body goes into de-tox. if this is your first fast then it is likely there will be a lot of toxins in your system, depending on your normal diet, lifestyle and health, etc.
In our modern lifestyles we also tend to pick up lots of minor addictions - white sugar, caffeine etc, most addictions cant be put aside without some form of cold turkey.

Headaches are a very very common side effect of early fasting. Theres not a lot to do about them other than drink enough water to help facilitate the de-tox. The only recommendation I have is that before doing any kind of ceremony or ritual its a good idea to have a dry run or dress rehersal to make sure that you don't trip up on any of the mundane elements.
The good news is fasting gets much easier with practice.
good luck with your next 2 days.