Firewalking: Explanation and the Mind-Body Relationship

With specific reference to the Anastenaria, a firewalking ritual performed in the North of Greece, this paper discusses the problem which phenomena such as firewalking poses for anthropological discussion. The relationship between the mind and the body and their existence in the social world is addr...

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Main Author: Sansom, Jane (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1998
In: The Australian journal of anthropology
Year: 1998, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 194-208
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