The burning saints : cognition and culture in the fire-walking rituals of the Anastenaria / Dimitris Xygalatas.
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TextSeries: Religion, cognition and culture (Equinox)Publication details: Bristol, CT : Equinox, 2012.Description: xii, 253 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781845539764
- 264.019495099
Contents:
Tradition in the making -- The ethnographic setting -- Fire-walking in Agia Eleni -- Knowledge and revelation among the Anastenaria -- Ritual and mind -- Costly rituals -- Arousal, emotion and motivation -- Physiology of high-arousal rituals -- Putting it all together.
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| 194 DES Meditations and other metaphysical writings / | 194 FOU The hermeneutics of the subject : | 220.5204 BIB The Holy Bible : | 264.019495099 XYG The burning saints : | 270.0922 BYZ The Byzantine saint : | 270.1 BEN Pagan Rome and the early Christians / | 270.1 CHA The early Church / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-238) and index.
Tradition in the making -- The ethnographic setting -- Fire-walking in Agia Eleni -- Knowledge and revelation among the Anastenaria -- Ritual and mind -- Costly rituals -- Arousal, emotion and motivation -- Physiology of high-arousal rituals -- Putting it all together.