I read this cfp yesterday - not my area but a great introductory paragraph.
CFP: Vision, Imagination, and Bodily Transformations (RSA, 4-6 Apr 2013)
"When Blessed Margaret of Città di Castello, an acknowledged visionary
despite being blind from birth, was exhumed some time after 1320, in
order to transform her heart to a golden reliquary for display,
suddenly three little stones fell out of her body, with images of Mary,
Christ, Joseph & Saint Margarita impressed on them. Two centuries later
Giovanni Battista Porta, in his Magiae naturalis, first published in
1558, warns the reader that if a pregnant woman fixes the image of a
picture or a statue with her eyes or in her mind, her child will
resemble the image. These are only two examples of numerous impressed
images and transformed bodies through internal or external vision."
Below are some images by Giovanni Battista Porta -
Below are some images by Giovanni Battista Porta -
