Daniel Paul Schreber : Beginner's Guide to Memoirs of My Nervous Illness |
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blessedness devils emasculation examined soul fleetingly improvised men front courts of heaven god irregular world order nerves nerve connection nought-thinking purification rays regular world order soul murder sun transmigration of souls voices wonder © 2009 M. Rautenberg |
emasculation
[aka Verwandlung zum Weibe] In order to be able to procreate with god, Daniel Paul Schreber is emasculated and transformed into a woman over the course of several hundred or thousand years. The emasaculation of Schreber is initiated by rays emitted by god which then stream into Schreber's body. Schreber experiences the effect of the emasculation process as wonders. The wonders include the impression of having an embryo in one's womb, the development of female genitalia and a variety of bizarre but mostly temporary modifications of the body. As a result of the ongoing emasculation, the front courts of heaven are drained of souls and therefore all accumulated blessedness is lost. The recreation of blessedness is not to start until the emasculation process is complete and Schreber's body is ready for procreation. |