According to the LA Times, actress Ellen Page experienced her religious conversion into “Elliot” during an ascetic sojourn at a cabin in Nova Scotia.
Reporter Amy Kaufman says that Page used a combination of self-flagellating violence, fasting, and forced solitude to achieve gnosis and hear the voice of God.
The breakthrough occurred while sitting on a p…
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