Tabla de Contenidos: “…León Tolstoi (1828-1910); 25. Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886); 26. Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902); 27. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 7: Ecstasies of Pain and Near-Death Experiences -- Bob Flanagan: Super-Masochist -- The Nature of Pain -- Ritualistic Violence in Music and Dance -- Sadomasochism -- Playing with Death and Resurrection -- To Humiliate and to be Humiliated -- Playing with Death Through Starving, Purging, and Mutilating the Self -- Initiation into the Tribe -- Body Modifications -- Needle Freaks, Piercing Junkies, and Tattoo Addicts -- Our Cultural Obsession with Skin -- The Tribe of Lambs Who Lay Down for the Slaughter -- Bodily Self-Harm, Body Modifications, and Suicidality -- Beware the Gurus and Shamans of Pain -- Raellyn Gallina, Queen of Blood Sports -- Fakir Musafar -- Chapter 8: Religious Ecstasies -- Sri Ramakrishna's Ecstasies -- Sacred Erotica and Ecstatic Seizures -- Ecstatic Stigmatics and Holy Anorexics -- Born-Again Ecstasies -- Speaking Tongues and Snake Handling Ecstasies -- The Spiritual Ecstasies of Generations X and Y -- The Oceanic Experience: Riding the Waves or Going Under? …”