Posted on 03/30/2005 6:40:06 PM PST by quidnunc
Russian scientists claim a beating on the buttocks with a strong cane is the perfect way to cure everything from depression to alcoholism by releasing the body's natural "happy chemicals" known as endorphins.
Endorphins are produced in the brain in response to high levels of stress and pain that lead to feelings of euphoria, reduction of appetite, the release of sex hormones and enhancement of the immune response. They have a similar effect on pain to drugs such as morphine and codeine, but do not lead to dependence.
The scientists, headed by biologist Sergei Speransky, claim corporal punishment not only rids people of addictions but also helps overcome depression and suicidal tendencies, the daily Izvestia reported.
The scientists said that when caned, a person's body will release masses of endorphins, making them happier. The caning, they found, counteracts a lack of enthusiasm for life which they claim is the cause of addictions, suicidal tendencies and psychosomatic disorders.
The scientists, who said they have had positive results with people testing their cane therapy, recommend a standard treatment course of 30 sessions with 60 of the best, delivered on the buttocks by a person of average build.
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(Excerpt) Read more at theage.com.au ...
Maybe they are confusing canes with feather whips...
As a boy and young man I was beaten severely and often tied up and left in the garage...by my mom. The "instrument of choice was a 2 foot copper pipe.
I promise, there is not much happiness in it.
I know giving a good spanking cheers me up....nice to see it does the recipient some good, too..... ;^)
Who needs a scientist to tell us this ? Any Dominatrix could tell you this !
Thank You Mistress May I Have Another!
"Sticks and stones
May break my bones
but whips and chains
Excite me!"
NOTE TO READERS:
The english translation of the IZVESTIA article cited online leaves out:
http://www.izvestia.ru/health2/article1462349
(you can try Babelfish translator for the rest.)
"Surprised by the revolutionary theory and practice, we call the author. Sergei Speransky, doctor of biology, is a figure known in Novosibirsk. Special to him belongs such prominent scientific works, such as testing local healers on white mice, studying homeopathic groats and grists, a charge by extrasensory Tungsten on changing Destiny, and the effect of a miraculous religious picture on poisoned mice. Personal courage is not a stranger to the professor: he tested LSD on himself and came to the conclusion that "its effect is an immediate and significant phenomenon."
...The method is more effective when done by a member of the opposite sex, he explained to IZVESTIA... [He believes that severe beatings healed scars on his heart]
The Revolutionary method, judging by everything, can raise the healthcare of the Fatherland to a new level... It has a perpspective of development: if that torture does not help, needles under fingernails, the rack, a flatiron on breasts, and many other methods of folk-therapy may be tried."
Also see
"Russian Orthodox Christian Archpriest Alexander Novopashin Put an End to a Seminar by the Grabov Sect."
http://www.regnum.ru/allnews/410825.html
"The seminar in Novosibirsk to study Gregory Grabov, planned for Saturday February 19, was not held because of interference from the leadership of the Orthodox Information Consulting Center on Sect Questions under the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral of Senior Priest Novopashin.
Recently a sect has developed around Grabov, who calls himself a doctor of Physic-mathematic sciences, of the Italian Academy of Sciences, and other "scientific" titles, and says he has made discoveries like a crystall module to lessen the effects of an atomic explosion.
Needless to say he was never at the site of any atomic explosions. However, he became known to several big, official newspapers, talking about his ability to treat diseases and fight depression and bring fortune.
Relatives of the Beslan terrorist act paid him $13,000 to resurrect their children. However, "the children did not want to return to our sinful, painful world."
Grabov first appeared in Novosibirsk about 2 years ago on the invitation of the Enio Club. The club was created by an employee of the Scientific Research Institute of Hygiene of the Russian Ministry of Health, Doctor of Biology Sergei Speransky.
Sergei Speransky wrote that the club studies paranormal science and "building a bridge between esoteric and scientific knowledge... How can one realize the free will God has given us with closed eyes and ears?" in a reply to the Orthodox Church's Anti-sect Center.
A message on the answering service of a number advertised in the newspaper said the next seminar would be held in an art gallery... right next to the Cathedral! The Senior priest Novopashin said Dubrovin the gallery owner was Orthodox and probably doesn't know who he is renting out to.
So Novopashin went over to Dubrovin's. Dubrovin got angry: "A well dressed young man, about 35, comes to me and says, 'We want to hold a meeting with a scholar.' Well, I thinks, we have alot of scientists in Novosibirsk, aren't there a few? If he was here right now I would wring his neck."
AND:
"Correspondent" Speransky from the "international academy of Energyinformation sciences" article on the Sixth Sense.
http://old.vn.ru/020427/0427-17-29.html
"As a boy and young man I was beaten severely and often tied up and left in the garage...by my mom."
And as a young man? I promise you my mother was stronger than the average man of today, she could throw a 100 pound sack of fertilizer on her shoulder as easily as most women throw a handbag on but once I reached fourteen or fifteen she would have needed my permission to lay a hand on me. What were you doing?
Young-man--13
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