This book is a successful attempt of bringing back the often forgotten stories of religious ecstasy. A rich and vivid account of sacred rites across cultures, which reasserts our interconnectedness as humans.

Aleksandra Gracjasz, Antwerp University, Belgium

Readers curious about embodied sacred practices and ecstatic expressions of spirituality, including indigenous spiritualities and global Pentecostal-charismatic religions, will welcome this wide-ranging book. Kokkinaki reminds us that a meaningful exploration of religious ecstasy can never be fully accessed through discursive knowledge alone.

Linda M. Ambrose, Laurentian University, Canada

A fascinating new approach to the understanding of religions through history and over the whole world. It argues that an element that is universal can be shown as fundamental.

Jean La Fontaine, London School of Economics, UK