Grossoehme D H, Springer L S
Clifford A. Boeckman Regional Burn Center, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Ohio, USA.
Burns. 1999 Aug;25(5):443-8. doi: 10.1016/s0305-4179(99)00016-9.
Suicide by burning and other forms of self-injurious behaviors which involve burning are sometimes considered to have religious overtones. The ritual death of widows upon their husband's funeral pyre is closely associated with Hindu beliefs. Buddhists have used self-immolation as a form of protest. The Judaeo-Christian traditions have imagery of fire as cleansing and purifying; there is also secular imagery associating fire with images of condemnation and evil. Previous studies have described religiosity as a common theme among survivors. The present study describes the ways in which persons who inflicted self-injurious behaviors through burning, including attempted suicide, imagine the Divinity and use religious language to give meaning to their experience.
焚烧自杀以及其他涉及焚烧的自我伤害行为有时被认为带有宗教色彩。寡妇在丈夫的葬礼柴堆上举行仪式性死亡与印度教信仰紧密相关。佛教徒曾将自焚用作一种抗议形式。犹太教 - 基督教传统中有火具有净化作用的意象；也有将火与谴责和邪恶形象联系起来的世俗意象。先前的研究已将宗教信仰描述为幸存者中的一个共同主题。本研究描述了那些通过焚烧实施自我伤害行为（包括自杀未遂）的人想象神性并使用宗教语言赋予其经历意义的方式。
