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Sacred Pain Host Lisa Simeone talks to Ariel Glucklich about his book, Sacred Pain: Hurting the Body for the Sake of the Soul (Oxford University Press). Glucklich argues that the use of pain to reach religious enlightenment has some valuable lessons for pain sufferers. (8:00).

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Host Lisa Simeone talks to Ariel Glucklich about his book, Sacred Pain: Hurting the Body for the Sake of the Soul (Oxford University Press). Glucklich argues that the use of pain to reach religious enlightenment has some valuable lessons for pain sufferers. (8:00).