The scandalous diagnosis was made by the Russian scientist Efroimson to the national heroine of the French people - the legendary Joan of Arc, who in a matter of days removed the siege of Orleans, which lasted for several months, several times defeated the troops of the English king and was finally burned at the stake in occupied Rouen in 1431 by the sentence of the English military tribunal. Only five centuries after the events that took place, the domestic Aesculapius became aware of the reasons why Joan of Arc … was accused of having links with the devil.
It was possible to solve the mystery of Jeanne's death by studying the biographical data and materials of the investigation of the period of the Virgin of Orleans' stay in English captivity. Bringing together many signs and symptoms, the scientist came to the conclusion that the famous peasant woman suffered from a rare gynecological disease. The medicine of those years could not explain it otherwise than as devilishness.
Medieval aesculapians suspected something was wrong when they first examined Joan of Arc naked. There was no hair on the naked body of the young Frenchwoman.
As you know, body hair appears in normally developing girls at the age of 12 and is one of the most important signs of puberty. At the time of the verdict, Jeanne turned 19 years old. Her hair wasn't even growing. Further it gets worse. By the second month of imprisonment, the doctors, to their horror, noticed that Jeanne had no idea about the so-called women's critical days. She was missing her menstrual cycle. It is possible that doctors were able to find out the act, terrible for the Middle Ages, that the internal structure of the genitals differed from the structure of organs in ordinary women. Apparently, the absence of menstruation and a sharp anomaly in the structure of Jeanne's reproductive organs served as the main reason for the prosecution.
As reported in the Republican Center for Human Reproduction, modern science is well aware of such a disease. It takes place at the genetic level and is called Morris (testicular feminization) syndrome. A woman with this diagnosis has extraordinary physical strength. Moreover, outwardly, she can remain very attractive - slim, tall and stately. (According to the descriptions of biographers, this was exactly what Joan of Arc was.) In addition to the complete absence of hair on the body, one of the symptoms of the disease is the propensity of patients to dress in men's clothing. (Since Jeanne took the most direct part in the battles, her desire to wear men's armor did not alarm anyone.) In addition, it should be added that in extreme situations, women with Morris syndrome show fantastic heroism.does not fit into any standard concepts. Not every man is capable of such feats. (Recall that only the personal heroism of Jeanne d'Arc made the French cheer up and turn the tide of the Hundred Years War.)
In personal life, women with Morris syndrome are practically no different from normal women. They have a strong sexual attraction to men. Their orgasm is brightly colored. Unfortunately, under no circumstances can they get pregnant. The genital organ - the female uterus - is absent in Morris syndrome. The vagina is like a deaf pocket, only a few centimeters long. In place of the female ovaries … male testicles are located. The latter seem to be artificially "built" inside. Thus, women with Morris syndrome are 30 percent men.
Naturally, the medieval English tribunal could have dealt with the folk heroine without being accused of illegal ties with the devil, because she shed a lot of the blood of the British invaders in 1429 alone. But other historical details confirm that Jeanne might have had something "unclean." I remember that the French king, who, in fact, owed her the preservation of his own crown, did nothing to save the Virgin of Orleans. It is possible that he was informed in detail about the physiological characteristics of Joan of Arc and the monarch also believed that the savior knew Satan. According to biographers, only a few high-ranking officials of the English tribunal were able to see the death of Joan of Arc. Several thousand English warriors surrounded the campfire. They all stood with their backs to the spectacle. The common people in the square were generally content only with the smoke from the fire. But witches in those days were always burned in public. Apparently, in this case, increased security measures were taken not only because of fears that they would try to release Jeanne, but also because of a deep, sincere belief in her connection with the devil.
According to the Republican Center for Human Reproduction, on average, only five out of a hundred thousand women suffer from Morris syndrome. Thus, the French king Charles VII was very lucky. If Joan of Arc had been absolutely healthy, the monarch would have been left without a crown, and France without independence.
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Heirs of the Mad Maiden
The French national heroine suffered from an acute form of schizophrenia. Human civilization is driven forward by crazy geniuses. These are the conclusions of researchers studying the anomalous capabilities of the human psyche.
It all started with the question: “The legendary Joan of Arc - who is she? A witch, crazy, clairvoyant? The extraordinary fate of this woman made parapsychologists think about this problem.
Let us recall a page of history: the Hundred Years War was going on in France. It seemed that nothing could stop the English invaders. But an unknown shepherd girl, the daughter of ordinary peasants, appeared in a dream and declared that only in her hands the salvation of the homeland. Gathering a detachment, Jeanne led him to the enemy. In May 1429, she liberated the city of Orleans, for which she was christened the Virgin of Orleans.
What do researchers find mysterious in this? Yes, literally everything. How did a peasant girl manage to gather the best knights of that time under her banner? Where did the young peasant woman (and during the famous victories Jeanne barely turned seventeen years old!) Come from the military talents that propelled her to the galaxy of the best generals of all times and peoples?
There are versions that literally turn the school legend about Jeanne upside down. Almost the entire biography of the famous Frenchwoman was recently questioned by a member of the French Historical Association, scientist and researcher Robert Ambelain. In his book "Dramas and Secrets of History", he claims that Jeanne was not born into a family of ordinary peasants, but was the illegitimate daughter of the Queen of France Isabella of Bavaria. The researcher cites numerous arguments and facts as evidence. Here are just a few of them.
Jeanne was showered with honors even before she accomplished her feats. Firstly, it had its own military banner, which at that time was a considerable privilege. Secondly, she had golden spurs, which was allowed only to knights. Thirdly, she had her own retinue and her own headquarters of noble nobles who (given the conventions of that time) would never have gone into submission to a commoner, it is another matter to serve, though illegitimate, but a princess of royal blood! By the way, Jeanne used a battle ax as a weapon, the blade of which was engraved with the letter "J" with a small crown at the top …
“Maybe Jeanne was a princess,” says Moscow psychologist D. Azarov, “but the strangeness of her story is also explained by the girl’s paranormal abilities. In the memoirs of d'Arc's contemporaries, hints of this were now and then slipped. Eyewitnesses describe how during one of the battles Jeanne warned her companion to step aside, otherwise he would be hit by a cannonball. The knight withdrew, another took his place and was immediately killed. Checking her actions with her inner voices, Jeanne never made a mistake in her predictions, brilliantly winning one battle after another. Take the battle of Pote. From the British side, about 5 thousand fighters took part in it, from the French side barely one and a half thousand. But, despite the numerical superiority, the British suffered a crushing defeat: they numbered two and a half thousand people killed,while losses in the French army amounted to only … ten people.
"It looked like a miracle!" - admired Jeanne's contemporaries.
The Virgin of Orleans seemed to know in advance the course of the battle, unmistakably sending troops to the most dangerous points …
Historical reference
As chroniclers testify, the strangeness with the peasant girl Jeanne began after she came to visit the fairies. Near the village where she lived, there was the Shenyu forest, where, according to local legends, a fairy tree grew on the banks of the Currant Creek. Jeanne loved to walk in these places. And one day, returning home, she told her parents that near the old beech, the door to a magical land opened in front of her. The little girl was received by the fairy queen herself and predicted a great future for her. Since then, Jeanne has been regularly visited by strange visions and voices …
“Speaking in modern language,” continues D. Azarov, “Jeanne was a contactee. Cryptic voices warned her of literally everything. Even that she had to fall into the hands of enemies, she knew in advance. It was like this: Jeanne's army was preparing for a military sortie. Before that, there was a service in the parish church of Saint-Jacques. Suddenly Jeanne turned pale and, swaying, said to her associates who surrounded her: “I was sold and betrayed … I know people who did it. I can do nothing more to help you, for soon I will be given into the hands of death. On the same day, Jeanne fell into the hands of enemies …
Joan of Arc is a contactee. If so, then the number of her heirs has grown tremendously today. And this cannot but be alarming. The well-known commission "Phenomenon" recently received the results of a survey of 106 contactors conducted in the city of Tomsk, 45 of them were diagnosed with schizophrenia, 42 - psychopathy, 5 people induced psychosis, 8 people - organic lesions of the central nervous system (consequences of head injuries), 2 people - cyclotomy (manic phase) … These convincing statistics pushed us into a kind of experiment. We called the admission department of the psychiatric clinic:
- Need a consultation. Someone claims that he hears voices that advise what to do (or not to do) in the near future. And these predictions seem to always come true …
- I see, - the doctor did not listen. - Syndrome Candida - Clerambault …
- That's not all. This someone claims that a divine spirit appeared to him, who ordered to gather an army and go to fight for the liberation of the country …
- Pretty things, - the psychiatrist became serious. - I advise you to show your friend to the doctor as soon as possible. What is the name of this someone?
- Joan of Arc…
Such is the disappointing diagnosis made centuries later. The court of the Holy Inquisition at one time declared Joan a witch and sent to the fire. If she lived today, she could, it turns out, get into an insane asylum. So who is she - clairvoyant or mentally ill? Or both? Indeed, as studies carried out in one of the Moscow clinics have shown, it is the mentally ill who most often demonstrate curious results in clairvoyance tests, working with Zener cards and random number generators.
Excerpts from the minutes.
Patient B. Diagnosis: periodic schizophrenia, Candida-Clerambo syndrome. He claims that he "flies into space and talks with other creatures", some voices tell him to do something or not to do something, but he resists it. In the first days of hospitalization, the total number of correct answers on clairvoyance tests reached 86 percent. Treatment with haloperidol, chlorprothixene, cyclodol, sonapax was carried out. The condition quickly improved. A week later, repeated testing was carried out. The number of correct answers was 55 percent, which is only slightly higher than the level of random guessing …
Patient K. Diagnosis: fur coat schizophrenia. Affective delusional attack. Not quite time oriented, motor excited, says that he “possesses hypnosis” … In the first three days of hospitalization, the percentage of correct answers on tests reached 89. Treatment with chlorpromazine, lithium carbonate, leponex, amitriptyline was carried out. 10 days after the start of treatment, the number of correct answers does not exceed 57 percent …
The researchers conclude that psychotropic drugs, while improving the patient's condition, simultaneously reduce the effectiveness of tests. Does this mean that there is a direct link between mental health and superpowers?
But back to our conversation with research psychologist Dmitry Azarov.
“Don't think my goal is to rehabilitate contactees,” he told us goodbye. - I want to show that this problem is much more complicated than it seems at first glance. Decide for yourself whether the words “mania” in Greek, “mesugan” in Hebrew, “nigrata” in Sanskrit mean both “madness” and “prophecy” by chance. Remember how Muhammad became a prophet: he had a manifestation of the divine spirit (also the Candida syndrome - Clerambault?), After which the illiterate shepherd began to broadcast in such a way that he subdued all the thoughts of his fellow tribesmen. The great Socrates had an invisible "demon" who gave him advice in difficult times. Ghostly voices gave advice to Confucius … Of course, not all madmen are geniuses. But how not to recall the famous Italian psychiatrist Cesare Lombroso, who in one of his scientific works noted: they say,many famous people of genius had pronounced oddities; their insights were often accompanied by "voices" dictating poetry, music, or formulas. Lombroso mentions Plato, Goethe, Schiller, Newton, Mozart, Hoffmann, and many more names of those whom we consider to be the pillars of history …
From the book: “XX century. Chronicle of the inexplicable. Opening after opening”. Nikolai Nepomniachtchi