Wilson, Ian.
The Bleeding Mind: an Investigation Into the Mysterious Phenomenon of Stigmata
The Bleeding Mind: an Investigation Into the Mysterious Phenomenon of Stigmata
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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988. First ed, presuemd ( no indications of prior printings). viii, 164 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations; 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 149-157) and index. Fine with usual toning to pages; jacket in archival mylar and. Hardcover. ISBN: 0297790994; 9780297790990
Contents: The day the marks came -- How stigmata began -- Strange saintliness -- Under scientific scrutiny -- Into the twentieth century -- What manner of wounds? -- Of visions and voices -- An intriguing link -- Stigmata replicated -- Power within? -- Stretched potentials, or credibility? -- Stigmata in perspective.
Christian life; Stigmata