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Click here for our new Web Site Flagellation: First ecclesiastical exhortation Charles Monnet (1732-1808), The Flagellation of the Penitents. Engraved by d'Ambrun Towards the end of the eleventh century the church was exhorting ordinary men and women to chastise themselves as a form of penance. Whipping or scourging was becoming increasingly popular, and the clerics were keen that such practices should not remain the prerogative of the inmates of nunneries and monasteries. As we have seen, it was St. Pietro Damian who first organised group flagellation for laymen. In the superstitious and fearful atmosphere of the times we may suppose that many volunteers came forward, a substantial number of whom would have derived sexual satisfaction from a mode of chastisement meant to cure them of carnal thoughts. From The Illustrated Book of Sexual Records. © 1974, 1982, 1997-2001 G.L. Simons Back to Home Page Other Categories   Human Physiology     Sexual Techniques and Peformance   The Arts Abberant Sex and Deviations Animals and plants Contraception and Castration Sexology Prudery, Superstition and the Law Looking for a "hot" date? Something naughtier? ABC Fantasy Dating Hot videos, DVDs? All tastes, and streaming video! Try Adult Videos & DVDs World Sex News On nudity, pornography Erotica, Orgasms, Lesbians Click here See Also World Sex News Erotic Awards Sex Maniacs Ball Sexual Freedom Coalition Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices Catastrophism!

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