The Routledge companion to ecstatic experience in the ancient world /
The Routledge companion to ecstatic experience in the ancient world /
Companion to ecstatic experience in the ancient world
edited by Diana L. Stein, Sarah Kielt Costello, and Karen Polinger Foster.
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- pages cm
Diana L. Stein, Associate Lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London, specializes in seals and sealing practices in the ancient Near East.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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 ?
9781032108483
2021018965
Ecstasy--History--Mediterranean Region--To 1500.
Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience--History--Mediterranean Region--To 1500.
Bronze age--Mediterranean Region.
Mediterranean Region--Religious life and customs--History--To 1500.
GN472.4 / .R68 2022
306.40937
Diana L. Stein, Associate Lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London, specializes in seals and sealing practices in the ancient Near East.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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 ?
9781032108483
2021018965
Ecstasy--History--Mediterranean Region--To 1500.
Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience--History--Mediterranean Region--To 1500.
Bronze age--Mediterranean Region.
Mediterranean Region--Religious life and customs--History--To 1500.
GN472.4 / .R68 2022
306.40937