03302oam 2200649I 450 991080912060332120240405090410.01-317-54374-21-138-10821-91-84465-770-11-315-72871-01-317-54375-010.4324/9781315728711 (CKB)2670000000571106(MiAaPQ)EBC1815497(Au-PeEL)EBL1815497(CaPaEBR)ebr10745273(CaONFJC)MIL651169(OCoLC)893333311(OCoLC)900484241(OCoLC)856413193(FINmELB)ELB136687(UkCbUP)CR9781844657704(EXLCZ)99267000000057110620180706e20142012 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe burning saints cognition and culture in the fire-walking rituals of the Anastenaria /Dimitris Xygalatas1st ed.Abingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (xii, 253 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Religion, cognition and cultureFirst published 2012 by Equinox Publishing Limited, an imprint of Acumen.1-84553-976-1 1-322-19889-6 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.The Anastenaria are Orthodox Christians in Northern Greece who observe a unique annual ritual cycle focused on two festivals, dedicated to Saint Constantine and Saint Helen. The festivals involve processions, music, dancing, animal sacrifices, and culminate in an electrifying fire-walking ritual. Carrying the sacred icons of the saints, participants dance over hot coals as the saint moves them. The Burning Saints presents an analysis of these rituals and the psychology behind them. Based on long-term fieldwork, The Burning Saints traces the historical development and sociocultural context of the Greek fire-walking rituals. As a cognitive ethnography, the book aims to identify the social, psychological and neurobiological factors which may be involved and to explore the role of emotional and physiological arousal in the performance of such ritual. A study of participation, experience and meaning, The Burning Saints presents a highly original analysis of how mental processes can shape social and religious behaviour.Religion, cognition and culture.AnastenariaFire walkingGreeceRites and ceremoniesGreeceGreeceReligious life and customsAnastenaria.Fire walkingRites and ceremonies264/.019495099Xygalatas Dēmētrēs.1668341FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910809120603321The burning saints4028896UNINA