− | These olden [[ideas]] of self-[[discipline]] embraced flogging and all sorts of [[physical]] [[torture]]. The [[priests]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mother_Goddess mother cult] were especially active in teaching the [[virtue]] of [[physical]] [[suffering]], setting the example by submitting themselves to castration. The [[Hebrews]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu Hindus], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism Buddhists] were earnest devotees of this [[doctrine]] of physical humiliation. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=89:3_Renunciation_and_Humiliation] | + | These olden [[ideas]] of self-[[discipline]] embraced flogging and all sorts of [[physical]] [[torture]]. The [[priests]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mother_Goddess mother cult] were especially active in teaching the [[virtue]] of [[physical]] [[suffering]], setting the example by submitting themselves to castration. The [[Hebrews]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu Hindus], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism Buddhists] were earnest devotees of this [[doctrine]] of physical humiliation. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=89:3_Renunciation_and_Humiliation] |