THE MYSTIC JEAN GERSON ON THE DANGERS ON THE WAY TO THE HOLINESS: CAN TOO STRONG ASCETICISM LEAD TO MENTAL DISORDER?
Journal Title: Метаморфозы истории - Year 2017, Vol 9, Issue
Abstract
Gerson is interested in inappropriate asceticism’s (and even contemplation’s) connection to mental disorders. He warns that excessive abstinence may generate lesions of the brain and in that way cause madness.
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VESA HIRVONEN
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