My friend saw the myrrh streaming of icons with her own eyes and spoke with great animation about her impressions. She visited the famous apartment of Valentina Zhuchkova and brought with her an icon with drops of myrrh. The Klin miracle became known throughout Russia. I decided to find out why the icon is streaming myrrh, and what this phenomenon is connected with. It turns out that even scientists cannot explain this phenomenon and shrug their shoulders.
This is a light-colored oily liquid that appears out of nowhere on icons and holy relics. From Greek the word myrrh is translated as fragrant oil. This sacred oil is used in Christianity for anointing.
Myrrh streaming can be in the form of droplets, sometimes the liquid flows down in streams. But that’s not all: myrrh exudes a blissful aroma, which is impossible not to notice.
Holy myrrh can cure various ailments, as well as help get rid of troubles and problems in life.
Myrrh-streaming icons are not necessarily miraculous, but the myrrh from them has healing properties - this has been proven by many healings of believers. Even the imprint of the icon on the church calendar and the list from the icon can shed myrrh.
In Russia, icons began to stream myrrh since 1991, and the phenomenon has become widespread. A special commission was created to study this phenomenon.
Myrrh-streaming icons in Russian churches:
The myrrh-streaming icons are in the house of an Orthodox believer, Valentina Zhuchkova. In her house all the icons - iron, paper, wood - are crying. The fragrance fills the entire entrance, not just the apartment. The woman suffered from an incurable disease, constantly prayed and received communion. One day she noticed that drops of myrrh appeared on one of the home icons. Then the second icon was filled with myrrh, the third, and so on. The woman was completely healed from her illness, for which she constantly praises God.
In Valentina’s house, under each icon there are clean rags and cotton wool so that the wonderful myrrh does not drip onto the floor. The woman distributes rags soaked in the world to everyone. One day a scientist physicist came to her house and began to ridicule the believing woman. But when the icon began to bleed in his hands, he believed and repented. Myrrh from the icon flowed down his hands, which could not be explained by simple condensation in the apartment.
The woman constantly receives crowds of visitors, distributes vials and rags with fragrant myrrh to everyone, and constantly talks about the physicist who has become a believer. Sometimes the icons you brought with you begin to stream myrrh in the apartment, right in front of amazed people. This is God's grace.
Causes of myrrh streaming
The clergy interpret the tearful myrrh streaming of icons as a harbinger of global changes or dangerous events. For example, it could be a natural disaster or war. If the icon began to cry in the apartment, the owners should devote more time to prayers and attending church services.
The flow of myrrh in the house testifies to the special relationship of God to the owner of the icon. Believers can visit this house and take with them a certain amount of holy myrrh. This place is considered blessed.
True myrrh-streaming can be distinguished from fake myrrh by its fragrance: real myrrh emits a pleasant aroma.
The church fathers distinguish three types of myrrh streaming:
- tears (watering);
- myrrh (unction);
- bleeding.
If liquid flows from the icon in the form of a tear, this is considered a warning sign of impending trouble. If oily drops flow down, this is a good sign. Bleeding is a formidable sign, foreshadowing great trials.
Scientific explanation
Laboratory research on myrrh flow did not bring any results. Scientists have never been able to establish why the icons stream myrrh. Versions that the icons stream myrrh due to the composition of the canvas or the antiquity of the sample have not been confirmed. Icons made of a wide variety of materials can cry:
- wooden;
- paper;
- glass;
- different production times.
The miracle of myrrh flow can also occur contrary to the laws of physics, because streams of myrrh can flow from the bottom up and from the sides to the center of the image. Human logic and scientific thought cannot explain a phenomenon that contradicts the laws of nature, scientists throw up their hands in bewilderment.
However, it was possible to establish that the composition of the liquid is completely organic and identical to the composition of human tears. The consistency of myrrh may vary. Sometimes a viscous liquid flows down, sometimes a more liquid one. There are cases of bloody tears appearing on images.
There is no scientific explanation for the myrrh flow of icons. The myrrh-streaming icons were filmed on video camera, but that was all over. Droplets of miraculous liquid can flow down both on the icon itself and appear on the icon case. The liquid contains a lot of protein, which can only be synthesized by a living organism. How this is connected with icons is not clear to anyone. Myrrh-streaming remains an unsolved mystery of modern science.
Bottom line
The church fathers do not advertise the streaming of myrrh from icons, since people tend to be seduced by miracles instead of the true faith. If the icon streams myrrh, this means that you need to intensify your prayer work, and not admire the contemplation of miracles. Christ warned that believers should not worship miracles, but the true God. However, miraculous myrrh can be a help in healing if a Christian understands that it was sent to help the suffering by God himself.
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The entire religious world is based on faith, and from time to time significant phenomena and events appear in one place or another that either strengthen or completely eradicate people’s faith. The phenomenon of myrrh-streaming of icons falls under this category, a scientific explanation for which has not yet been found. Although after each such case, scientists try to find an explanation for what is happening. However, they do not always succeed in this.
What does this mean and what does it portend?
To begin with, you need to understand that the term “myrrh-streaming” itself is conditional. Miro is an incense oil that is made by combining more than fifty types of vegetable oils, resins and aromatic herbs.
Myrrh is used when performing the sacrament of confirmation, and in cases where Catholic or Protestant Christians convert to Orthodoxy. This oil is cooked for only one week a year - during Holy Week.
The substance that is released from the icons during the flow of myrrh only vaguely resembles traditional myrrh. They have a similar oily texture and fragrance at first glance. By the way, these two properties do not always unite the real world and the “wonderful” world. The color, smell and consistency of the substance that is released from it can vary: from thick, viscous, resinous to transparent, watery.
Clergy share this phenomenon into several types:
- Myrrh-streaming– when icons emit an oily substance.
- Unction– when a thick, dark, tar-like substance is released.
- Dew oozing– when the secreted liquid is transparent and similar to ordinary water.
These three types of religious miracles are combined by the term “myrrh-streaming”. In Christianity, the release of liquids by icons is not a rare occurrence. These events are also divided into three types:
- "Weeping Icons". They are quite rare and are considered a formidable omen. The most famous “crying icon” is considered to be the icon of the Mother of God, which has always predicted difficult times for Russia.
- "Myrrhstreaming Icons". Here opinions differ. Some believe that the myrrh is released on the eve of important changes in history, while others are more pessimistic and argue that this phenomenon signifies future difficulties and trials that the people will have to endure.
- "Bleeding Icons". This is the rarest and most formidable sign in Christianity. There are only a few known cases of bleeding from icons, and all of them were harbingers of terrible cataclysms, destructive wars and disasters.
Scientific explanation
There are a great many skeptics these days. There are many scientific and non-scientific explanations for the phenomenon of myrrh-streaming of icons as a phenomenon.
For example, some believe that this miracle is just a scam on the part of monks and clergy who deliberately sprinkle pre-prepared myrrh on icons, thereby increasing the popularity of a particular temple or monastery. This version became especially famous after icons in Russia began to stream myrrh en masse.
Due to growing mistrust, the church began to take any manifestations of myrrh-streaming more seriously.. Nowadays, before making the fact of an icon’s myrrh-streaming public, many churches first seal the doors and conduct an internal check to exclude any human factor.
The icons are under constant surveillance for several days and, if this phenomenon is confirmed, then the doors open again for pilgrimage and veneration of the weeping icon.
There were also cases when clergy “forced” icons to flow myrrh by drilling small holes in them and hanging vials of liquid on the back side. “Tears” were squeezed out of bottles using various devices and appeared on the icon itself as a miraculous phenomenon or a sign of God.
Sometimes an icon’s myrrh-streaming is mistaken for its simple fogging due to a sharp temperature change. This happens when a large number of people gather in the church in cold weather and droplets of water form on the surface of the icons from their breath.
Exposure
Nowadays there is a special “commission on miracles”. Its members include religious scientists, physicists and representatives of the clergy. They go to the most famous and remarkable cases of miraculous phenomena and try to give each of the phenomena a scientific explanation.
As the participants of such a commission say, most often the icons “stream myrrh” with the most ordinary vegetable oil, which is very convenient, since if it were water, it would simply flow down and there is a high probability that no one would notice this “miracle”. In cases where icons bleed blood, a chemical analysis of this blood reveals a simple mixture of glycerin and carmine, which can easily be made by mixing a little potassium and ferric chloride.
Oddly enough, when control and checks over the phenomenon of “crying icons” increased, the icons simply stopped crying. For example, under Soviet power there were practically no statements about such phenomena. Nowadays, the church actively cooperates with the state, receiving support and recognition. Hence the increasing number of cases of such “miracles”.
Icon of Matronushka in Belgorod
In 2017, one of the most famous cases of myrrh streaming was the “crying icon” in the Church of the Matrona of Moscow in Belgorod. According to media reports, this happened on the eve of March 8, but an official statement was made only on March 31, when the phenomenon was tested by a specially convened commission.
According to the clergy, the myrrh-streaming itself took place on March 8 and 18, which in Orthodox Christianity are considered the days of the discovery of the relics of the blessed Moscow Martyr and Saint Luke of God.
As soon as the clergy made an official statement, a huge line of believers immediately formed at the doors of the temple, who were eager to venerate and receive a blessing from the myrrh-streaming icon.
The second Belgorod miracle is the myrrh streaming of an icon in the surgical building of the main city hospital, at which there is a temple built in honor of the Crimean archpastor.
According to eyewitnesses, streams of an oily substance were visible on the simple paper icon, which emitted a pleasant smell. An interesting fact is that all the flows, except one, were directed from top to bottom, and the top one first went slightly to the left and only then descended.
Case in Gorelovo
Another miracle of 2017 was the streaming of myrrh from the icons of Jesus Christ and the Most Holy Theotokos in the St. Petersburg diocese in the Church of the Hieromartyr Thaddeus in Gorelovo. According to the clergy of the temple, the myrrh flows through the icons in streams. In order to collect this composition, a thick layer of cotton wool was laid on the lower frame of the icon, which is changed every day.
The first explanation for this case was condensation, but the icon is not under glass and this possibility was quickly ruled out. Until now, no one can explain why the icon “cryed.” However, the temple workers are filled with optimism and interpret this phenomenon as nothing other than the grace of God. Needless to say, a huge line of people who want to touch the miracle gathers at the church doors every day.
During the time of Peter I
Peter the Great became one of the first Russian tsars who began to fight dishonest priests, in whose churches icons streamed myrrh with enviable regularity. During his reign, the king every now and then organized raids on holy places to verify the authenticity of miracles. One of these demonstrative checks is well known in history, during which Peter appeared before the “weeping icon” of the Most Holy One.
After careful study, this phenomenon did not make any impression on the Almighty. Returning to the capital, the tsar sent a letter to the abbot of the monastery, in which it was said that from that day on the Mother of God was forbidden to cry, otherwise “the priests’ backsides will cry with blood.”
At first, after such a statement, the Russian people spoke about the Tsar in a not very pleasant way. However, oddly enough, after this the cases of icons streaming with myrrh decreased significantly.
According to historians, the priests of that time did not like the progressive policies of Peter the Great and they tried to resist it through various divine phenomena. For example, when Peter ordered the beards to be shaved, the icons began to cry. Using such methods, the clergy tried to turn the people against the king, however, he figured out their plan in time and that was where all the miracles ended.
Sometimes miracles happen in life. One of these manifestations is the myrrh streaming of icons. What is myrrh? And what does it mean if it streams myrrh? Let's try to find answers to these frequently asked questions.
Holy Chrism: known facts
Until the 20th century, very little evidence of this unusual phenomenon is found in the literature. There is only a little scant information that the relics of Nicholas the Wonderworker, John the Theologian, John Skylitzes and Demetrius of Thessalonica were myrrh-streamed. And only with the onset of the 90s of the last century did icons begin to “cry” in many places: monasteries, temples, small churches and in ordinary apartments.
“Crying” or “streaming myrrh” - this means that unusual oily moisture appears on the icons or particles of relics, sometimes it is released in small drops, and sometimes flows down in streams. At the same time, an incredible aroma emanates from it. Each icon has its own scent: sweetish apple or delicate dandelion.
The most widespread myrrh-streaming began in 1991, when the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos began to cry in the Nikolo-Perervinsky Monastery in Moscow. Then, in several monasteries and churches in Russia, a variety of images were cast in myrrh. A special commission was created from abbots and specialists to study this phenomenon.
Clergy version
The Church explains the fact of myrrh streaming as follows: the Lord warns us about some global changes that must occur. This is, in fact, a holy sign of some event. It is believed that icons cry before war or natural disaster.
For people to believe in these signs, the material evidence is the ointment. This liquid has healing properties; it can cure serious illnesses and relieve problems.
If an icon has become myrrhized in the house of an ordinary person, he should turn to God, pray more and visit the temple. This also suggests that God is very favorable to the owner of the icon, and everyone can come and touch this miracle. You can ask for some holy myrrh and bring it to your home.
Laboratory version
In addition to those who believe in the miraculous appearance of myrrh, there are also those who are skeptical about it. Laboratory studies were even carried out, which did not establish the true cause of the appearance of moisture on the images.
Only one thing is clear: the composition of myrrh completely corresponds to the composition of human tears. Scientists assumed that myrrh-streaming appears from the material and age of the icon. But how can we explain that tears appear on both small paper icons and large glass images, on ancient ones that have lain in basements for decades, and on new ones that have just recently emerged from icon-painting workshops?
The consistency of myrrh is also unusual and varied. Sometimes it is very thick and viscous, and sometimes it is light and transparent, like a teardrop. Sometimes, if an icon was subjected to blasphemy, blood appeared on it. This is evidence that the shrine must be protected from the influence of external forces.
When they want to give icons the status of a shrine, some people commit forgery and apply any oily liquid to the image. In other cases, spontaneous, unintentional application of oil to shrines occurs:
- accidental ingestion of lamp oil and candle wax;
- after the ritual using holy oil, parishioners kiss the icons and leave oily marks on them;
- accidental contact of liquid with a number of located icons.
But these cases are rare and can be easily distinguished from real myrrh-streaming by the aroma and constant release of droplets of liquid.
Miro or tears?
You should also distinguish between myrrh-streaming and lacrimation. Myrrh is a good sign, the mercy of God, and tears are a warning of impending trouble. Therefore, it is so important to take a closer look and understand what the icon, myrrh or tears exudes. This warns us of trouble and strengthens us in faith.
If you suddenly hear about such a miracle, you should definitely visit this holy place and think: “What does it mean if an icon streams myrrh?” What if this is a warning of impending trouble or, perhaps, the mercy of the Lord. In any case, you should turn your gaze to this holy phenomenon and believe in a miracle.
Christians often observe how an oily or red liquid begins to emerge from icons, very reminiscent of blood. Moreover, as a rule, this comes precisely from the eyes of the one who is depicted on the shrine.
It is difficult for people who have not observed this to believe in such an unusual phenomenon. However, it does happen and there is a huge amount of real evidence for this. Why do icons stream myrrh and what does it mean?
It is difficult for people who have not observed this to believe in such an unusual phenomenon.
Before you understand why icons stream myrrh and what it means, you should find out what myrrh streaming is.
This word comes from the term “myrrh”, which is translated from ancient Greek as “oil having a aroma.” Christians use it to consecrate a newly built church, or during the ritual of Confirmation. The creation of myrrh is also a kind of sacrament that was carried out during the life of the apostles of Christ.
The creation of myrrh is also a kind of sacrament that was performed during the life of the apostles of Christ
In the Orthodox Church, the patriarch blesses the creation of the chrism. This sacrament occurs once every few years and is combined with the singing of songs and the reading of a large number of prayers.
After making the myrrh, it is poured into special containers, then sealed and transported to dioceses.
After making the myrrh, it is poured into special containers, then sealed and transported to dioceses.
So, it is this liquid that, as a rule, is highlighted by various icons. A few drops may appear on its surface, or it may happen that the shrine is completely covered with myrrh.
If you believe the Holy Scriptures, then every year the oil is released from the relics of Theodotus, John the Theologian and the Apostle Philip. When icons stream myrrh, not all Christians understand what it means, but everyone knows that this phenomenon is miraculous and serves as a sign from above.
When icons stream myrrh, not all Christians understand what it means, but everyone knows that this phenomenon is miraculous and serves as a sign from above.
It is also unknown which icons distinguish the myrrh. This can be either an ordinary shrine located in the house or one that has been preserved since ancient times.
Myrrh-streamings of past centuries
What does it mean when icons stream myrrh, they tried to find out in past centuries. The first cases of the release of an oily liquid were described in Holy Tradition and non-canonical apocrypha.
Myrrh-streaming of icons occurred back in the 7th century
It is known that the phenomenon first occurred in 1040. John Skylitzes reported this in writing. But Dmitry Rostovsky stated that the streaming of myrrh from icons occurred back in the 7th century.
However, Christians observed the phenomenon long before this - in the 3rd century. A striking example was the flow of myrrh from the remains of Fedot of Ancyra and the Apostle Philip.
A striking example was the flow of myrrh from the remains of Fedot of Ancyra and the Apostle Philip
World currents of recent decades
Many reports of icons streaming myrrh began to arrive at the end of the 20th century. So, in the early 90s, a rumor spread among Christians that they began to “cry” en masse at the shrine of the Mother of God called “Sovereign”.
This phenomenon first occurred in the Nikolo-Perervinsky Church, and then in the Assumption Cathedral, when droplets of liquid appeared on the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.
Droplets of liquid appeared on the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
And what is history worth when the image of Tikhon Zadonsky became myrrh in 2004. After this, residents all over the world learned that the TU-154 plane had crashed along with its passengers and pilots.
The same phenomenon was observed before the terrorist attack in Beslan and the military conflict in Ukraine. From all this we can conclude that icons “cry” precisely before terrible events that claim a huge number of lives.
Icon of the Iveron Mother of God
It is worth telling about the case when, located in Montreal, streamed myrrh for 15 years. The bloody tears of the shrine of the Mother of God “Softening Evil Hearts” deserve special attention. This happened in Sevastopol during a service in 2009.
What to do if the icon of the house is streaming myrrh
What this means and why the icons of the house stream myrrh, no one knows except the Lord God. But we are sure of one thing. This phenomenon is miraculous and is directly related to the message from heaven. Therefore, under no circumstances should you wipe the ointment from the shrine.
You need to treat the icon with care and respect, because it is you who have the honor of observing this miraculous event.
Why do Divine icons stream myrrh and cry in churches and at home: folk signs
It is popularly believed that if myrrh stands out from the eyes of the Saint depicted on the icon, then global changes should be expected. Dark tears? Expect bad news and grief. If they are light, then events will develop for the better.
If the surface of the shrine is completely covered with droplets of the world, then expect good news. Does the Holy Face secrete large amounts of oil? This is a harbinger of kindness and favorable events.
Why does the icon stream myrrh with blood?
If the icon bleeds, this is a harbinger of terrible news. The Orthodox Church claims that this happens when people are separated from God. From this, the Saints and the Mother of God’s hearts begin to break with pain, and bloody tears flow.
One confirmation of this is the incident that happened to a resident of Kurgan. The icon that was lying on her table began to cry tears of blood. Then the woman realized that with her alienation she had greatly offended Saint Irene. After repentance, the shrine stopped crying.
In addition, icons can bleed when some terrible event is coming. The Sacred Chronicles indicate that one of the shrines of the Mother of God cried tears of blood before the persecution and mass murder of Christians began.
Which icons are currently streaming myrrh in Russia: list
At the moment, Russia has recorded the allocation of myrrh to:
- the shrine of the “Hodegetria of Dorogobuzh” of the Most Holy Mother of God;
- icon of the Virgin Mary of Cyprus;
- icon of the Mother of God "Iverskaya".
Church ministers' point of view
Even priests do not know the answer to the question of what it means when icons stream myrrh, despite the presence of numerous videos on the Internet. However, some of them have their own opinion on this matter.
Many of God’s servants urge us not to be so enthusiastic about this phenomenon, and, moreover, to consider it a sign from above or a harbinger of some event.
Thus, one of the priests, Andrei Kuraev, claims that at one time pagan statues also streamed myrrh. And even now in one of the most terrible sects, the Orthodox Sovereign Church of the Mother of God, this phenomenon is observed.
Therefore, it would be wrong to say that the flow of myrrh is a sign of the holiness of a particular image.
Bishop Nikolai Kutepov of Nizhny Novgorod also thinks the same. He argues that this phenomenon should be treated with caution. After all, liquid can be released on icons for other reasons - vapor condensation, capillary effect, unfavorable conditions in the place where the shrine is kept.
One of the brightest and most famous examples myrrh-streaming a miracle appeared from the holy icons Iveron Montreal Icon of the Mother of God.
This icon was painted in 1981 on Holy Mount Athos by the hieromonk of the Nativity of the Savior monastery from the original of the very image of the Mother of God “Goalkeeper”. A year later, the monastery was visited by an Orthodox Chilean of Spanish aristocratic origin, Joseph Muñoz Cortes, who studied icon painting and taught art history. He wanted to buy this icon. He was refused, but upon departure the icon was presented to him. Joseph visited the Iveron Athos Monastery and attached the icon to the original.
He returned to Montreal and began to keep the icon at home. For the first time the image streamed myrrh on November 24, 1982 and then streamed myrrh almost continuously for fifteen years. This is how Joseph Muñoz describes the beginning of the myrrh flow: “At three o’clock in the morning I woke up from a strong fragrance. At first I thought that it came from the relics or a spilled bottle of perfume, but, approaching the icon, I was amazed: it was all covered with fragrant myrrh! I froze in place from such a miracle!”
According to the testimony of people who saw the Montreal icon, the holy myrrh flowed mainly from the hands of the Mother of God and the Divine Child, as well as from the star on the shoulder of the Mother of God. At the same time, the back side of the image always remained dry. Myrrh, which had a strong aroma, was collected in vessels: there was so much of it.
The keeper of the icon, Joseph Muñoz, took the image to many parishes in different countries. The icon visited America, Australia, New Zealand, Western Europe and Bulgaria. Many miracles occurred from the image of the Mother of God, including healings.
Usually the icon exuded myrrh during prayer in front of it. Sometimes the myrrh poured out so abundantly that it came through the glass with which the icon was covered and flooded the base of the icon, the table and the wall. The myrrh flowed especially abundantly on the days of great holidays.
Not only are there many cases of people being healed from incurable diseases after praying in front of the Montreal Icon, but also frequent examples of the healing of human souls, when people, having visited the miraculous icon, changed their lives, found consolation in sorrows, and turned to prayer and spiritual life. Many representatives of other faiths - Catholics and Protestants - venerated the icon.
On the night of October 31, 1997, a tragedy occurred: Joseph Muñoz was killed in Athens, and the Iveron Montreal Icon disappeared without a trace.
In 2007, a simple paper copy of the Iveron-Montreal Icon began to stream myrrh at the Russian Orthodox parish of the Myrrh-streaming Iveron-Montreal Icon of the Mother of God in Honolulu, Hawaii.
In our time, the phenomenon of icons streaming myrrh is not uncommon, and this is God’s great mercy to us. Myrrh and oil have always been signs of mercy and grace of the Lord. You can often hear from people who are non-believers or who doubt that the liquid flowing from icons, which is usually called myrrh (although the name is conditional, myrrh, which is used in the Sacrament of Confirmation, is a special, very complex substance consisting of about forty components), is resin , some kind of wood discharge or condensation that has settled on the icon. But we know very well that not only icons painted on wood, but also paper reproductions pasted on cardboard, as well as photographs, frescoes and metal icons, give off myrrh. Myrrh streaming is a supernatural phenomenon that defies any rational explanation. This is a miracle of God. How can you explain that myrrh can sometimes emit a surprisingly pleasant and strong fragrance? Or how will skeptics explain the fact that from some icons myrrh literally pours out in liters?
The authors themselves witnessed a miracle in the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in the city of Ufa. The rector of the temple at that time was the late Archpriest Boris Razveev. In the early 90s of the last 20th century, several icons were consecrated in this church. Large crystal vases were placed under the images, which quickly filled with peace.
The outflow of the world occurs not only from miraculous icons, but also from the relics (remains) of holy people, saints of God. For example, the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of the city of Myra in Lycia, located since 1087 in the crypt of the basilica named after this saint in the city of Bari (Italy), constantly exude myrrh. It is removed annually by the clergy through a small hole in the tomb.
Another miracle associated with holy relics is incorruptibility bodies of some saints. By special care, the providence of God, the bodies of other ascetics are not subject to decay.
For example, on the island of Corfu, the relics of St. Spyridon of Trimythous have rested incorrupt for more than one and a half thousand years. Even the skin on his body remains soft and elastic. Scientists from many countries have repeatedly examined the relics of the saint and came to the conclusion that this miracle is inexplicable from a scientific point of view.