LEADER 03282oam 2200637I 450 001 9910787940703321 005 20151002020704.0 010 $a1-317-54374-2 010 $a1-138-10821-9 010 $a1-84465-770-1 010 $a1-315-72871-0 010 $a1-317-54375-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315728711 035 $a(CKB)2670000000571106 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1815497 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1815497 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10745273 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL651169 035 $a(OCoLC)893333311 035 $a(OCoLC)900484241 035 $a(OCoLC)856413193 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB136687 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781844657704 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000571106 100 $a20180706e20142012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe burning saints $ecognition and culture in the fire-walking rituals of the Anastenaria /$fDimitris Xygalatas 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 253 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aReligion, cognition and culture 300 $aFirst published 2012 by Equinox Publishing Limited, an imprint of Acumen. 311 $a1-84553-976-1 311 $a1-322-19889-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 205-238) and index. 327 $aTradition 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. 330 $aThe Anastenaria are Orthodox Christians in Northern Greece who observe a unique annual ritual cycle focused on two festivals, dedicated to Saint Constantine and Saint Helen. The festivals involve processions, music, dancing, animal sacrifices, and culminate in an electrifying fire-walking ritual. Carrying the sacred icons of the saints, participants dance over hot coals as the saint moves them. The Burning Saints presents an analysis of these rituals and the psychology behind them. Based on long-term fieldwork, The Burning Saints traces the historical development and sociocultural context of the Greek fire-walking rituals. As a cognitive ethnography, the book aims to identify the social, psychological and neurobiological factors which may be involved and to explore the role of emotional and physiological arousal in the performance of such ritual. A study of participation, experience and meaning, The Burning Saints presents a highly original analysis of how mental processes can shape social and religious behaviour. 410 0$aReligion, cognition and culture. 606 $aAnastenaria 606 $aFire walking$zGreece 606 $aRites and ceremonies$zGreece 607 $aGreece$xReligious life and customs 615 0$aAnastenaria. 615 0$aFire walking 615 0$aRites and ceremonies 676 $a264/.019495099 700 $aXygalatas$b De?me?tre?s.$01533185 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787940703321 996 $aThe burning saints$93779911 997 $aUNINA