> The question of male stigmatics came up recently. Can anyone recommend
> a study of the phenomenon?
I'm certainly no expert, but two books I found useful as starting points:
Herbert Thurston's _The Physical Phenomenon of Mysticism_ (1952). Older,
of course, but I think it's still fairly dependable and sensible in its
approach.
Ian Wilson, _Stigmata_ (1989). More popular in approach, but collects the
basic medieval and modern anecdotes and has an appendix of notable
stigmatics.
Much more specialized: Andre Vauchez, "Les Stigmates de Saint Franois et
Leurs Detracteurs dans les Derniers Siecles du Moyen Age," Melanges
d'Archeologie et d'Histoire 80 (1968), 595-625.
John S.
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