imbecility - imbecilic procedure

Goblet: Sentence out of "What the truth know to say ..."
... The entire imbecilic procedure is promoted further by the so-called ‹hallowed ones› or ‹chastened ones› who appeared and filled the heads of the believers full to the brim with nonsense by calling forth stigmata or the five wounds of Christ on their bodies as a result of their broken psyche or straightforward self-mutilation.