03454cam a2200601Mu 4500 ocn893333311 OCoLC 20200709060245.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 141018s2014 enk o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng EBLCP N$T 9781317543756 electronic bk. 1317543750 electronic bk. 9781845539764 (OCoLC)893333311 869686 (N$T) BX618 .X94 2014 REL 055020 bisacsh REL 016000 bisacsh 264.019495099 264/.019495099 N$TA Xygalatas, Dēmētrēs. The Burning Saints [electronic resource] : Cognition and Culture in the Fire-walking Rituals of the Anastenaria / Dimitris Xygalatas. London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014. 1 online resource (266 p.) Religion, cognition and culture Description based upon print version of record. "First published 2012 by Equinox Publishing Ltd., an imprint of Acumen." Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Tradition in the making; 3. The ethnographic setting; 4. Fire- walking in Agia Eleni; 5. Knowledge and revelation among the Anastenaria; 6. Ritual and mind; 7. Costly rituals; 8. Arousal, emotion and motivation; 9. The physiology of high-arousal rituals; 10. Putting it all together; Notes; Bibliography; Index 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 cont. Anastenaria. Fire walking Greece. Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados. Greece Religious life and customs. Rites and ceremonies Greece. Anastenaria. Fire walking -- Greece. Greece -- Religious life and customs. Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados. Rites and ceremonies -- Greece. RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / Worship & Liturgy bisacsh RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Xygalatas, Dimitris The Burning Saints : Cognition and Culture in the Fire-walking Rituals of the Anastenaria Hoboken : Taylor and Francis,c2014 9781845539764 Religion, cognition and culture. http://public.eblib.com/choice/PublicFullRecord.aspx?p=1815497 Ebook Library EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=869686 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1815497 EBSCOhost EBSC 869686 cpp3254 02 N$T 55628 55628