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A comment on Shaved Heads, Snipped Tubes, Imperial Marines and Dope Fiends: On Synanon (2013). Parent comment

Re:Shaved Heads, Snipped Tubes, Imperial Marines and Dope Fi... by coleifer on Sunday November 18, 2018 @09:44AM (#18480578)
Theres a difference between sharing honestly and vulnerably, and self flagellation. Or humility versus spiritual pride.
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Re:Shaved Heads, Snipped Tubes, Imperial Marines and Dope Fi... by HarryHirsch on Sunday November 18, 2018 @10:15AM (#18480694)
The Orthodox Church has the concept of prelest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelest

It's something like spiritual misdirection and there should be greater awareness of the phenomenon in Western society.

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