Skoptsy

The ancient Skoptsy sect of White Russia, believing that sex was the root of all evil, practiced an atrocious self-castration to extirpate the root.

The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

The Burning Man pointed a talon finger at the writhing Skoptsy.

The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

The Burning Man pointed a talon finger at the writhing Skoptsy.

The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

The ancient Skoptsy sect of White Russia, believing that sex was the root of all evil, practiced an atrocious self-castration to extirpate the root.

The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

Foyle's image stood before him, face hideous, clothes on fire, the blazing eyes fixed on the convulsing Skoptsy that had been Lindsey Joyce.

The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

Foyle's image stood before him, face hideous, clothes on fire, the blazing eyes fixed on the convulsing Skoptsy that had been Lindsey Joyce.

The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

It is true that many Hindus object to this sect, which may be compared with the Mormons in America or the Skoptsy in Russia, and it is numerous only in certain parts of India (especially Bengal and Assam) but since a section of Brahmans patronize it, it must be reckoned as a phase of

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896

As strange as it may sound, self-castration is still practiced by the Skoptsy, a religious sect in

History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance Peter Charles Remondino 1886

This Skoptsy, Lindsey Joyce, gave the order to scuttle the reffs? "

The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

This Skoptsy, Lindsey Joyce, gave the order to scuttle the reffs? "

The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956