Glimpses firewalking ritual greece1/27/2024 Glimpses of an Ancient Fire-Walking Ritual in Northern Greeceīurning coal is scattered on the floor in preparation for a fire-walking ceremony.Credit. On Tue, Feb 2, 2021, at 2:02 PM, David Bilides wrote: Today, 40 years later, that area is a stronghold of the Islamist hard-liners in Tunisia. When I tried to ask my co-workers what I had witnessed, they refused to talk about what I had witnessed. We slept on the ground with thousands(?) of men, and then returned to the office by bus the next AM. Shortly thereafter, as the bonfire died, the dancers ceased self-flagellation, and began barefoot hot-coal walking: I did NOT try to verify the coals were hot. Since I saw NO blood, I suspected these were the "spineLESS" variety, and stepped out of the 'spectator circle' to pick up a broken-off piece, and was promptly bleeding from MULTIPLE sites. Then, as I edged forward thru the circle of onlookers, I realized the dancers were flagellating their shoulders and backs swinging Prickly Pear cactus 'branches'. Great fotos! In 1981 we were Peace Corps volunteers in Tunisia, and the old 'gardien' of our office took me to a HUGE gathering of men on a deserted field near Tabarka, where I watched hundreds(?) of men 'dance' around a bonfire. On Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 7:04:07 PM EST, Bryn Hammarstrom > wrote: National Geographic short film on the custom (though could've done without the African style drumming in the background)Ī lot has been written about the Anastenaria over the years - in English, can recommend Loring Danforth's Firewalking and Religious Healing. More old footage - there is a bit of disjoint between the (somewhat sensationalized) English narration and the actual clips shown and is not a the same as the Greek subtitles - but the actual footage is amazing On Tue, at 10:42 PM joe graziosi > wrote:ġ968 documentary (warning: vivid but short take on ritual sacrifice) We're still working on the website but it'll all be available to peruse soon, hopefully! Thanks for all this, Joe! When I was digitizing and cataloguing James Notopoulos's field recordings from 1952-1953, I found audio recordings of some Anastenaria as well as a Greek radio documentary. Subject: Re: Glimpses of an Ancient Fire-Walking Ritual in Northern Greece Messages sorted by: įrom: eefc-request at on behalf of Paddy League Ĭc: eefc at Bryn Hammarstrom David Bilides Jerry Kisslinger.Next message: Announcement: online roundtable "Art and Its Histories in Contemporary Greece: Concepts, Debates, Challenges", 11 Feb & more.Fw: Glimpses of an Ancient Fire-Walking Ritual in Northern Greece Chris Williams troianovagroup at In this book, Efrosyni Boutsikas shows that ancient Greek religious performances were intricately orchestrated displays comprising topography, architecture, space, cult, and myth.Fw: Glimpses of an Ancient Fire-Walking Ritual in Northern Greece These various elements were unified in ways that integrated the body within cosmic space and made the sacred extraordinary. The author’s digital and virtual reconstructions of ancient skyscapes and religious structures during such occurrences unveil a deeper understanding of the importance of time and place in religious experience.īoutsikas also explores how natural light or the night sky may have assisted in intensifying the experience of these rituals, and how they may have determined ancient perceptions of the cosmos. She illustrates how they shaped the emotions, cosmological beliefs, and ritual memory of the participants. Her study revolutionises our understanding of ancient emotionality and cognitive experience, demonstrating how Greek religious spaces were vibrant arenas of shared experiences of the cosmos. THE COSMOS IN ANCIENT GREEK RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE SACRED SPACE, MEMORY, AND COGNITION EFROSYNI BOUTSIKAS University of Kent Efrosyni Boutsikas is Senior Lecturer in Classical Archaeology at the University of Kent. University Printing House, Cambridge cb2 8bs, United Kingdom One Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, ny 10006, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, vic 3207, Australia 314–321, 3rd Floor, Plot 3, Splendor Forum, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi – 110025, India 79 Anson Road, #06–04/06, Singapore 079906 Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. It furthers the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. Information on this title: doi: 10.1017/9781108769082 © Cambridge University Press 2020 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press.
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