Myths & mysteries
Observers said Teresa of Avila melted snow around her during ecstatic states
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Because nothing proves divine favor quite like becoming a human space heater. Observers documented that during intense ecstatic states, her body generated enough excess thermal energy to literally melt the snow around her, baffling physicians of her era.
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