Lukardis of Oberweimar smashed her own head
Not content with merely praying, this intensely zealous woman used her own skull as a percussion instrument against the local walls. She deliberately bludgeoned her own head to physically emulate suffering, proving that a severe concussion was just another valid pathway to heightened enlightenment.

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