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

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 | #1586673 in Books |  2003-10-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  5.70 x.80 x8.90l,.85 | File type: PDF | 288 pages

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||17 of 17 people found the following review helpful.| Extremely Interesting and Insightful!|By H|Ariel Glucklich's "Sacred Pain: Hurting the Body for the Sake of the Soul" is a fabulous look at religious pain. In an area with so few books already, a book like Glucklich's is a gem.

The author takes many approaches to the topic, ranging from anthropological, physiological, sociological and psychological to break down t|From Publishers Weekly|Why do mystics and devout laypeople in many different religious traditions glorify physical pain, some going so far as to ritually mutilate themselves in the name of the divine? In this erudite and wide-ranging study, Glucklich, a professo

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 bloodied feet?
In this insightful new book, Ariel Glucklich argues that the experience of ritual pain, far from being a form of a madness or superstition, contains a hidden rationality and can bring about a profound tra...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Sacred Pain: Hurting the Body for the Sake of the Soul   |  Ariel Glucklich. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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