The Devil is in the Details
The correlation between religious mysticism and mental illness is a fascinating subject but not always a welcome one in certain religious communities. Creature, by Heidi Schreck, which opened at Theater Schmeater this weekend, provided a platform to discuss these issues, as it recounted the “post-partum depression/mystical religious experiences” of Magery Kempe , a late medieval English Christian mystic.
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