{"product_id":"fed-to-death-laing-z-matthews-9781997621850","title":"Fed to Death: Death: How Comfort Kills Civilizations and the Sacred Hunger That Can Save Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if comfort isn't the reward of civilization, but the poison that ends it?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross collapsing empires, falling birthrates, endless distractions, and spiritual exhaustion, a hidden pattern emerges: we are not suffering from scarcity-we are dying from abundance. And not just any abundance, but \u003ci\u003emeaningless\u003c\/i\u003e abundance. Painless food. Effortless sex. Artificial joy. Comfort without cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the fatal trap of the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFed to Death\u003c\/i\u003e, Laing Z. Matthews-author of over 60 works on spiritual cultivation, fasting, and ancient wisdom-delivers a prophetic wake-up call. Weaving myth, fasting, psychology, neuroscience, and civilizational history, this book exposes the devastating effects of unchecked ease on the human soul. It warns of a future where desire has vanished, children are no longer born, and no one remembers how to suffer with purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this is not a book of despair. It is a book of \u003ci\u003esacred fire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside these pages, you'll rediscover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy civilizations collapse from inside, not by invasion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Mouse Utopia experiment-and why we've become the Beautiful Ones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe spiritual role of hunger, sacrifice, and chosen suffering\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow fasting is not deprivation, but the return of soul integrity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lies of dopamine culture and how to break them\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow to restore desire, discipline, and sacred limits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat tribes of meaning must do to outlast the age of numbness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy your children need myth, rites of passage, and earned identity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA blueprint for sacred community after the fall\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a self-help book. It is a map out of the maze. A torch in the ruins. A challenge to awaken your body, spirit, and purpose while the world still pretends there is no cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the truth is this: when people are fed endlessly but never forged, they forget how to live. And when they forget how to live, they forget how to love, to build, to rise. Only those who \u003ci\u003ehunger again\u003c\/i\u003e-not just for food, but for spirit, meaning, and destiny-will endure what is coming.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Civilizations don't end with a bang. They end in silence, on soft couches, with full stomachs and empty souls.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet this be your spark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laing Z. Matthews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1997621851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781997621850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Esther's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.05d","brand":"Laing Z. Matthews","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48154149519615,"sku":"9781997621850","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37c96d87-08c7-48ff-88be-88d1f35e9965.jpg?v=1770788225","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fed-to-death-laing-z-matthews-9781997621850","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}