He came into contact with the banned Christian sect known as the khlysty (flagellants) whose impassioned services, ending in physical exhaustion, led to rumors that religious and sexual ecstasy were combined in these rituals.
He came into contact with the banned Christian sect. This banned Christian sect was known as the khlysty (flagellants) whose impassioned services led to rumors that religious and sexual ecstasy were combined in these rituals. Impassioned services were ending in physical exhaustion. This also appears.