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Description
Arguing that altered states of consciousness are not spontaneous ruptures of grace but
intentional, embodied methods, this book explores the question, 'what if ecstasy is not a
loss of control, but instead a form of knowledge?'
Moving between Eleusinian mystery rites, Afro-Brazilian possession ceremonies and
Amazonian shamanism, to Mediterranean tarantism, Anastenaria firewalking and
Santo Daime, the book reveals how ritual, rhythm, movement, and myth operate as
sophisticated pedagogies - ancient technologies of transmission developed across
cultures and centuries.
Written from both observation and participation, and drawing on immersive research
with Indigenous, Afro-Diasporic, and women-led communities, Marianna Kokkinaki
repositions ecstasy as a radical curriculum - one that awakens ecological consciousness
and restores relational ways of being at a moment of urgent global crisis.
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Table of Contents
1. The Forest of Origins: Shamanism and the Art of Flight
2. Dionysos or the Body of Ecstasy
3. Trial by Fire or Anastenaria
4. AntidotumTarantulae or The Arch of Hysteria
5. Tammurriata or The Cult of the Seven Madonnas
6. Across the Atlantic: The Birth of Afro-Diasporic Religions
7. Vodou or Mounting the Horse
8. Candomblé or Litany of the Saints
9. Umbanda or The Art of Cure
10. Santo Daime and Umbandaime
11. Epilogue – The Spiral of Return (or Beyond Ecstasy)
Index
Product details
| Published | Aug 06 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 248 |
| ISBN | 9781350612792 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 15 bw illus |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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