قدیسان سوزان: شناخت و فرهنگ در مراسم راه رفتن بر روی آتش آناستنانیا (مذهب، شناخت و فرهنگ)

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 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. 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 their sacred icons, participants dance over hot coals as the saints move 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 some of the social, psychological and neurobiological factors involved and to explore the role of emotional and physiological arousal in the performance of such rituals. A study of participation, experience and meaning, The Burning Saints presents a highly original analysis of how cognition and culture can shape social and religious behaviour. 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 Tradition In The Making -- 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. Dimitris Xygalatas. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Tradition in the making Ethnographic setting Fire-walking in Agia Eleni Knowledge and revelation among the Anastenaria Ritual and cognition Costly rituals Arousal, emotion, and motivation Physiology of high arousal rituals Putting it all together.