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Spectrophilia: The Ghost Fetish

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

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Erotically charged encounters with Christ and the case of Agnes

The hosts discuss the controversial accounts of nuns and mystics who claimed to have erotically charged encounters with Christ, debating the literalness of the details including explicit descriptions and the mention of Jesus' foreskin. They also explore the possibility that these experiences may have been a form of worship for these women.

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