Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- 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
Contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- 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
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- The Burning SaintsCognition and Culture in the Fire-Walking Rituals of the Anastenaria, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Acumen PublishingPrint publication year: 2012