Cognitive Approaches to Ancient Religious Experience

Explores the religious rituals and beliefs of ancient Greece and Rome, using modern research into human cognition.

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Autor principal: Eidinow, Esther (Autor)
Otros Autores: Geertz, Armin W. (Contribuidor) ; North, John (Contribuidor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2022
En:Año: 2022
Colección / Revista:Ancient Religion and Cognition Ser.
Otras palabras clave:B Electronic books
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9781316515334

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520 |a Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Funder Acknowledgement -- Introduction -- Religious Experience -- The Context -- The Process -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part I Ritual -- Chapter 1 A Cognitive Approach to Ancient Greek Animal Sacrifice -- Introduction -- Greek Animal Sacrifice: Four Examples -- The Rituals of Sacrifice -- Killing -- Divination -- Activities at the Altar -- Eating -- Interim Conclusions -- Sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible -- The Importance of Smell -- Smell and Memory -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 To the Netherworld and Back: Cognitive Aspects of the Descent to Trophonius -- Preparation for the Katabasis -- Myths of Trophonius -- The First Impression of the Sanctuary -- The Preliminary Stage of the Ritual -- The Descent to Trophonius: The Route to the Grotto -- In the Oracular Grotto -- Pausanias' Account -- Plutarch's Account -- The Return from the Grotto -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Part II Representation -- Chapter 3 Ancient Greek Smellscapes and Divine Fragrances: Anthropomorphizing the Gods in Ancient Greek Culture -- Introduction: Sensing Divinity -- Divine Appearances -- Forming God Concepts -- Grounding the Greek Gods -- The Smell of the Divine -- Divine Smellscapes -- Divinities Smelling -- Divine Smells and Embodied Religion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 Belief, Make-Believe, and the Religious Imagination: The Case of the Deus Ex Machina in Greek Tragedy -- Belief and Make-believe -- Variation: Deus Ex Machina and Ritual Impersonation of the Divine Compared -- Faith, Obedience, Trust -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 Chanting and Dancing into Dissociation: The Case of the Salian Priests at Rome -- Embodied Techniques of Experience: The Dissociative Mind. 
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