Sentence:  The preposterous altruism too!...Resist not evil. It is an insane <WSD>immolation</WSD> of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed.