TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stein,Diana L.
AU  - Costello,Sarah Kielt
AU  - Foster,Karen Polinger
TI  - The Routledge companion to ecstatic experience in the ancient world
SN  - 9781032108483
AV  - GN472.4 .R68 2022
U1  - 306.40937 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Ecstasy
KW  - Mediterranean Region
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience
KW  - Bronze age
KW  - Religious life and customs
N1  - 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
N2  - "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 ?
ER  -