Stigmata – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
stigmata
n.
marks resembling the crucifixion wounds of Jesus
Stigmata
Stigmata (singular
stigma) is a term used by members of the
Christian faith to describe body marks, sores, or sensations of pain in locations corresponding to the
crucifixion wounds of the historical figure
Jesus Christ, such as the hands, wrists, and feet. An individual bearing the wounds of Stigmata is referred to as a
Stigmatist or a
Stigmatic.
stigmata
Noun
1. marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ
(hypernym) wound, lesion
stigma
Noun
1. the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil
(hypernym) reproductive structure
(part-holonym) style
2. a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis
(synonym) mark, brand, stain
(hypernym) symbol
(hyponym) demerit
(derivation) stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark
3. an external tracheal aperture in a terrestrial arthropod
(hypernym) spiracle
4. a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease
(hypernym) blemish, defect, mar
Stigmata
(pl. )
of Stigma
(n.)
pl. of Stigma.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Stigmata
Stigmata (Latin) [plural of Latin, Greek stigma pricked mark, brand] The mark produced on the skin of ecstatics, in the case of Christian ecstatics said to represent the wounds of Christ. Ecstatics could have produced any other kind of marks on their skin or body if they had been sufficiently strongly under the intense psychomental strain bringing about stigmata on the body by automatic reaction. Any picture in the mind if it is sufficiently clear and definite in outline, and if held with sufficient intensity of feeling and thought, can be transferred to the model-body (linga-sarira) and thence reproduced in the physical body, where it is outlined in congested blood or pigmentation of the skin. It is not infrequent in these cases that extravasation of blood or serum occurs, producing the cases of bleeding wounds produced by emotion and thought power. Such instances of the body reacting thus to inner psychomental strain are common enough in all countries and ages, and have nothing to do with abstract religious or philosophical truth.
If the West possessed a genuine psychology, stigmata would not be looked upon with awe as miracles or quasi-miracles or considered to be inexplicable phenomena. They could be reproduced at will by the adept on his own body, but why should he do so useless a thing, involving not only an unnatural condition of his constitution, but possibly suffering of the body itself? The whole matter of stigmata in human subjects is but an intensification in very unusual circumstances of what biological science knows to occur commonly and automatically in the bodies of the lower creatures, which not merely change color, but undergo curious transformations under conditions of fright, anger, etc.
Furthermore, the curious birthmarks which occur are often traceable to some visual impression accompanied by emotion on the part of an expectant mother.
