This compelling work evokes and contrasts two forms of firewalking and religious healing: first, the Anastenaria, a northern Greek ritual in which people who are possessed by Saint Constantine dance dramatically over red-hot coals, and, ...

As a cognitive ethnography, the book aims to identify the social, psychological and neurobiological factors which may be involved and to explore the role of emotional and physiological arousal in the performance of such ritual.

This book is a comprehensive exploration of the scientific, psychological, historical, and spiritual teachings of fire.

Praise for Ignite the Secret “You rarely come upon a piece of writing that is the complete package drawing you in with every lesson, vivid personal story and simple wisdom you can use in your own life right away.” —Monica Steiner, ...

Focusing on the response of the Sawau tribe of the island of Beqa to the commodification of the vilavilairevo as their iconic practice, this essay collection ultimately illuminates how the Christian cultural dynamics and unprecedented ...

Contrasts two forms of firewalking and religious healing, and discusses the social role of both rituals

Based on long-term fieldwork, 'The Burning Saints' traces the historical development and sociocultural context of the Greek fire-walking rituals.

Miracles from the Fire is more than a memoir, it is a concise manual of how to achieve transformation and enlightenment.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.