In the Indonesian language they are referred to by the word for iron dagger because members of this order, after having reached a state of
ecstacy by reciting dhikrs and making all kinds of bodily movements under the leadership of their teacher, tried to stab themselves in the chest or shoulder with the iron dagger.
Not exact matches
Mastering this technique, we break through to «the other side,» experiencing the
ecstacy and ultimate truth described
by the great masters throughout the ages.
Adapted
by Philip Dunne from the novel
by Irving Stone, The Agony and the
Ecstacy is the story of the 16th century war of wills between Renaissance artist Michelangelo (Charlton Heston) and «warrior pope» Julius II (Rex Harrison).