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== Mummification ==

[[File:Cat Mummification by Summum.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A cat being mummified by Summum]]

Summum practices "Modern [[mummy|Mummification]]" and "Transference" as a means to guide one's essence to a greater destination following the death of the body.<ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.summum.us/mummification/philosophy.shtml
| title = Mummification, A Philosophical Examination
| accessdate = May 26, 2006
}}
</ref>
Summum is a [[501(c)|501(c)(3)]] non-profit [[corporation sole]] that was granted a religious exemption from the [[IRS]] for its mummification service.<ref name="AboutSummum"/> The service is available to anyone for spiritual reasons and is also offered for pets. Summum does request and accept donations.<ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.summum.org
| title = Modern Mummification by Summum
| accessdate = May 26, 2006
}}
</ref>
The process has been featured in programs produced by ''[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]'' and the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]].<ref>
{{Cite video
| people = Chan, Wah Ho (Cinematographer)
|date = 1996
| title = Pet Wraps
| medium = TV
| location = &nbsp;USA
| publisher = National Geographic Television
}}
</ref><ref>
{{Cite video
| people = Frayling, Christopher (Writer/Narrator/Presenter)
|date = 1992
| title = The Face of Tutankhamun
| url = https://amazon.imdb.com/title/tt0262957/
| medium = TV-Series
| location = &nbsp;England/USA
| publisher = British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
}} 
</ref>

The first person to undergo the mummification process was Nowell himself, who died in January 2008. His body is encased inside a bronze [[wikt:mummiform|mummiform]] [[Coffin|casket]] that is covered in gold and stands inside the group's [[pyramid]].<ref name="CNNBeliefBlog">
{{cite news 
| last = Ravitz
| first = Jessica
| title = Summum: Homegrown spiritual group, in news and in a pyramid
| publisher = CNN
| date = June 11, 2010
| url = http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/11/summum-a-belief-system-in-the-news-%E2%80%93-and-unlike-any-other/
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100612201939/http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/11/summum-a-belief-system-in-the-news-%E2%80%93-and-unlike-any-other/
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = June 12, 2010
| accessdate = September 25, 2010
}}
</ref><ref name="MummiformPhotos">
{{cite web
| year = 2017
| url = https://www.summum.us/gallery/ 
| title = The Golden Mummiform of Amen Ra
| publisher = Summum
| accessdate = April 15, 2017
}}
</ref>