Sacred Pain: Hurting the Body for the Sake of the Soul by Ariel Glucklich

Sacred Pain: Hurting the Body for the Sake of the Soul

Ariel Glucklich

288 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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Why would anyone seek out the very experience the rest of us most wish to avoid? Why would religious worshipers flog or crucify themselves, sleep on spikes, hang suspended by their flesh, or walk for miles through scorching deserts with bare and b...

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