A stupid question, asked in desperation

Tue Oct 7 08:14:31 UTC 2014

On 2014-10-07 09:11, Robert Chandler wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I once noted this down, about the Russian sect known as the Skoptsy:
> "Before undergoing an initiation rite that entailed castration, men used to say a prayer that began, ‘Goodbye sky, goodbye earth, goodbye sun, goodbye moon, goodbye stars, goodbye lakes, rivers and hills, goodbye all elements of heaven and earth.’"
>
>
I remember it from Rozanov.

Check in Googlebooks:
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Page 436

Best,
Jan Zielinski
Berne


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