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100	1		_aXygalatas, Dēmētrēs.
245	1	4	_aThe Burning Saints _h[electronic resource] : _bCognition and Culture in the Fire-walking Rituals of the Anastenaria / _cDimitris Xygalatas.
260			_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource (266 p.)
490	1		_aReligion, cognition and culture
500			_aDescription based upon print version of record.
500			_a"First published 2012 by Equinox Publishing Ltd., an imprint of Acumen."
505	0		_aCover; 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
520			_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 cont.
650		0	_aAnastenaria.
650		0	_aFire walking _zGreece.
610	2	0	_aOrthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
651		0	_aGreece _xReligious life and customs.
650		0	_aRites and ceremonies _zGreece.
650		4	_aAnastenaria.
650		4	_aFire walking -- Greece.
650		4	_aGreece -- Religious life and customs.
650		4	_aOrthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
650		4	_aRites and ceremonies -- Greece.
650		7	_aRELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / Worship & Liturgy _2bisacsh
650		7	_aRELIGION / Institutions & Organizations _2bisacsh
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aXygalatas, Dimitris _tThe Burning Saints : Cognition and Culture in the Fire-walking Rituals of the Anastenaria _dHoboken : Taylor and Francis,c2014 _z9781845539764
830		0	_aReligion, cognition and culture.
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