ISBN:
9780367480325
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9781032108483
Language:
English
Pages:
xxiii, 535 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Routledge companions
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The Routledge companion to ecstatic experience in the ancient world
DDC:
306.40937
Keywords:
Ecstasy History To 1500
;
Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience History To 1500
;
Bronze age
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Mediterranean Region Religious life and customs To 1500
;
History
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Altertum
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Alter Orient
;
Religion
;
Ekstase
;
Halluzinogen
Abstract:
"For millennia, people have universally engaged in ecstatic experience as an essential element in ritual practice, spiritual belief and cultural identification. This volume offers the first systematic investigation of its myriad roles and manifestations in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. The twenty-nine contributors represent a broad range of scholarly disciplines, seeking answers to fundamental questions regarding the patterns and commonalities of this vital aspect of the past. How was the experience construed and by what means was it achieved? Who was involved? Where and when were its rites carried out? How was it reflected in pictorial arts and written records? What was its relation to other components of the sociocultural compact? In proposing responses, the authors draw upon a wealth of original research in many fields, generating new perspectives and thought-provoking, often surprising, conclusions. With their abundant cross-cultural and cross-temporal references, the chapters mutually enrich each other and collectively deepen our understanding of ecstatic phenomena thousands of years ago. Another noteworthy feature of the book is its illustrative content, including commissioned reconstructions of ecstatic scenarios and pairings of works of Bronze Age and modern psychedelic art. Scholars, students and other readers interested in antiquity, comparative religion and the social and cognitive sciences will find much to explore in the fascinating realm of ecstatic experience in the ancient world"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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