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===Wiley Brooks===
Wiley Brooks (1936–2016)<ref name="Quacks!: Dodgy Doctors and Foolish Fads Throughout History">{{Cite book |last=Tucker |first=S.D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9q-IDwAAQBAJ&q=%22The%20Legend%20of%20Atlantis%3A%20Return%20of%20the%20Lightmasters%22&pg=PT476 |title=Quacks!: Dodgy Doctors and Foolish Fads Throughout History |date=2018 |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |isbn=9781445671826}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bote |first=Joshua |date=2022-03-09 |title=The strange, sad Bay Area cult that fell apart over a pot pie |url=https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/breatharianism-diet-cult-has-bay-area-roots-16986511.php |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=SFGATE |language=en-US |archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310055611/https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/breatharianism-diet-cult-has-bay-area-roots-16986511.php |url-status=live }}</ref> was the founder of the Breatharian Institute of America. He was first introduced to the public in 1980 when he appeared on the TV show ''[[That's Incredible!]]''<ref name="SeattleTimes">{{Cite news |last=Broom |first=Jack |date=5 October 1993 |title=Living on Light, Air – 'Breatharian' Says Food Is Poison But Pops An Occasional Twinkie |work=Seattle Times |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19931005/1724507/living-on-light-air----breatharian-says-food-is-poison-but-pops-an-occasional-twinkie |url-status=live |access-date=12 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181311/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19931005&slug=1724507 |archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> Brooks stopped teaching shortly before his death in 2016 to "devote 100% of his time on solving the problem as to why he needed to eat some type of food to keep his [[physical body]] alive and allow his [[Subtle body|light body]] to manifest completely".<ref name="altinate">{{Cite web |date=11 February 2006 |title=Wiley Brooks website through Internet Archive |url=http://www.breatharian.com/WileyBrooks-altinate.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060211031744/http://www.breatharian.com/WileyBrooks-altinate.htm |archive-date=11 February 2006 |access-date=30 July 2009}}</ref> Brooks claims to have found "four major deterrents" which prevented him from living without food: "people pollution", "food pollution", "air pollution", and "electro pollution".<ref name="altinate" />

In 1983, he was reportedly observed leaving a [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]] [[7-Eleven]] with a [[Slurpee]], a [[hot dog]], and [[Twinkie]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |editor-last=Yewell |title=A Year of Nüz |url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/01.05.00/nuzjunkies-0001.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001003042829/http://metroactive.com/papers/cruz/01.05.00/nuzjunkies-0001.html |archive-date=3 October 2000 |access-date=7 June 2008 |website=MetroActive News & Issues |editor-first=John}}</ref> He told ''[[Colors (magazine)|Colors]]'' magazine in 2003 that he periodically breaks his fasting with a [[cheeseburger]] and a [[cola]], explaining that when he's surrounded by junk culture and [[junk food]], consuming them adds balance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=sonoma papers |url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/02.13.03/diets-0307.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030306103945/http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/02.13.03/diets-0307.html |archive-date=6 March 2003 |access-date=30 July 2009 |publisher=Metroactive.com}}</ref>

Brooks later claimed that "All McDonalds are constructed on properties that are protected by 5th Dimensional high energy/spiritual portals", encouraging the consumption of [[Diet Coke]] and [[McDonald's]] Double-Quarter-Pounder/with cheese meal ("It is also acceptable to combine 2 [[Quarter Pounder|quarter-pounder]] with cheese burgers to make one double-quarter pounder if you can't get the double-quarter-pounder with cheese where you live"), and discouraging the consumption of "water of any kind".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Five Sacred Names |url=https://www.breatharian.com/fivemagicnames/ |access-date=31 July 2023 |website=www.breatharian.com |archive-date=31 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731051446/https://www.breatharian.com/fivemagicnames/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The idea of separate but interconnected 5D and 3D worlds was a major part of Brooks' ideology, and Brooks encouraged his followers to only eat these special 5D foods, as well as to meditate on a set of magical 5D words.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Breatharian Institute of America |url=http://www.breatharian.com/5wordsqa.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522195834/http://www.breatharian.com/5wordsqa.html |archive-date=22 May 2014 |access-date=11 January 2022 |website=www.breatharian.com}}</ref>

Brooks's institute has set various prices for prospective clients wishing to learn how to live without food, ranging from US$100,000 with an initial deposit of $10,000,<ref name="Initiation workshops">{{Cite web |title=Wiley Brooks website: Initiation workshops |url=http://www.breatharian.com/initiationworkshops.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107030359/http://www.breatharian.com/initiationworkshops.html |archive-date=7 November 2015 |access-date=30 July 2009 |publisher=Breatharian.com}}</ref> to fifty billion dollars, to be paid via bank [[wire transfer]] with a preliminary deposit of $100,000, for a session called an "Immortality workshop".<ref name="Immortality workshop">{{Cite web |title=Immortality workshop |url=http://www.breatharian.com/immortalityworkshop.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062436/http://www.breatharian.com/immortalityworkshop.html |archive-date=4 March 2016}} Retrieved 21 November 2010</ref> A payment plan was also offered.<ref name="Initiation workshops Internet Archive">{{Cite web |date=13 February 2008 |title=Initiation workshops from the Internet Archive |url=http://www.breatharian.com/initiationworkshops.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213070205/http://www.breatharian.com/initiationworkshops.html |archive-date=13 February 2008 |access-date=30 July 2009}}</ref> These charges were typically presented as limited time offers exclusively for billionaires.<ref name="Fees via Internet archive">{{Cite web |title=Fees via Internet archive |url=http://www.breatharian.com/WileyBrooks-altinate.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060718084609/http://www.breatharian.com/WileyBrooks-altinate.htm |archive-date=18 July 2006 |access-date=30 July 2009}}</ref><ref name="Initiation workshops through Internet Archive">{{Cite web |title=Initiation workshops through Internet Archive |url=http://www.breatharian.com/initiationworkshops.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213070205/http://www.breatharian.com/initiationworkshops.html |archive-date=13 February 2008}}. Retrieved January 2008.</ref>