Caves and the ancient Greek mind [[electronic resource] ] : descending underground in the search for ultimate truth / / Yulia Ustinova

• Autore: Ustinova Yulia
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Disciplina: 180
• Soggetto topico: Caves - Greece - Religious aspects; Divination - Greece; Oracles, Greek; Philosophy, Ancient; Mysticism - Greece; Psychology, Religious
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-301) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Cave Experiences and the Human Mind; 2. Oracles and Caves; 3. Seers and Poets; 4. Sages and Philosophers; 5. Near-Death Experiences, Real and Make-Believe; Retrospect; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Caves and the Ancient Greek Mind analyses techniques of searching for ultimate wisdom in ancient Greece. The Greeks perceived mental experiences of exceptional intensity as resulting from divine intervention. They believed that to share in the immortals' knowledge, one had to liberate the soul from the burden of the mortal body by attaining an altered state of consciousness, that is, by merging with a superhuman being or through possession by a deity. These states wereoften attained by inspired mediums, `impresarios of the gods' - prophets, poets, and sages - who descended into caves or underg
• Titolo autorizzato: Caves and the ancient Greek mind
• ISBN: 1-281-97879-5; 9786611978792; 0-19-156342-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996209684603316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno