Given the sensation on Logan's face and the exotic sci-fi effects involved, I get the feeling its more like burning the ends off his telomeres (ie: artificially aging him).
They are not stages ,they are roads that you are on and at the moment The Pillar of Severity is what many places of the World are on. We need a correction to The Pillar of Balance and asap.
Att bota me offerdocka To cure with an Offering Doll This ritual is a close approximation of an old Swedish Magic ritual;not the same as I am read ,but the use of fire and doll means the writer was familiar with the customs.