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Routledge The Burning Saints - Anastenaria Fire-walking Rituals & Cognition

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The Burning Saints explores the extraordinary fire-walking rituals of the Anastenaria, Orthodox Christians in Northern Greece who perform a unique annual ceremonial cycle honouring Saint Constantine and Saint Helen. This scholarly analysis examines the festivals, processions, music, dancing, animal sacrifices, and the electrifying climax of participants carrying sacred icons whilst dancing across hot coals, guided by spiritual conviction. Drawing on extensive long-term fieldwork, the book investigates the psychology and cognition underlying these practices, tracing their historical development and sociocultural significance within the broader context of Orthodox Christian tradition and ritual practice.

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The Burning Saints presents detailed anthropological research into the Anastenaria fire-walking rituals practiced by Orthodox Christian communities in Northern Greece.

The book examines the psychological and cognitive dimensions of participants who dance over hot coals whilst carrying sacred icons of Saint Constantine and Saint Helen.

Long-term fieldwork provides ethnographic depth, tracing the historical development and sociocultural context of the annual festival cycle and ritual practices.

Routledge publishes this academic work within the Religion, Cognition and Culture series, combining religious studies with cognitive science perspectives.

The analysis covers the complete ceremonial experience including processions, music, dancing, and animal sacrifices that frame the fire-walking ritual.

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27 November 2012
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