Originally Posted by
wirwolph
hello there.
I studied Stigmata for a time at college, it´s not only commom among Christians like most people think. There are also reports among Jews, Muslims, hindus, etc...
It´s proved that the person who shows this symtoms is very religious and usually spends many hours praying and the symbols appearing on the body represent the particular religion of the person. (The Crescent for muslims, The star fos Jews,etc...)
It has nothing to do with misticism, it is an example of the mind influencing the body. It is a psycho somatic phenomena. Usually the person presents some psychiatric problems as well