Re: Cutting as a religion.

Posted by Mitch on December 11, 2001, at 13:38:52

In reply to Cutting as a religion. , posted by JohnDoenut on December 10, 2001, at 18:10:44

> I just recently found out that in Africa, some of the soldiers there (and who knows who else) practice this kind of voodoo magic. One practice involves making incisions in the skin all over the body and then putting some substance in it to allow the incision to stay open. They believe this makes them invisible. Soldiers use it of course to avoid being hurt in battle.
> I found this page about this type of magic, subculture etc. (may not have info about this specific practice)
>
> http://www.secularhumanism.org/ahal/religioncult.html
>
> Just thought you might be interested to know.
If my memory serves me right...there was something about a bizarre Christian cult that practiced self-mutilation in Dostoevsy's "The Idiot".
Mitch

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