Yesterday, 02:15 PM
Dancing on burning coals is sure to bring intense psychological turmoil and a interesting ritual is Nestinarstvo, or Bulgarian fire dancing as it's more popularly known.
https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/nestinarstv...gari-00191
The fire-dancers perform barefoot on coals where they are able to foretell the future. Shifts in altered states of conciseness brings shifts in time and it would be interesting to know what deity or spirit plays or played a role in Nestinarstvo for a ritual always involves contact.
If we want more than simple scrying we have to look towards Dionysus, his rituals and the maenads. Intoxication plays a role but intoxication alone does not bring a manic state. That is where you need music and dancing.
Fasting is interesting because that brings a whole host of physical and psychological changes with turmoil.
I don't think this is news to anyone, literally every religion has some kind of ritual. What is not obvious is that some of these rituals includes physical components that brings forth entities through intense psychological turmoil.
https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/nestinarstv...gari-00191
The fire-dancers perform barefoot on coals where they are able to foretell the future. Shifts in altered states of conciseness brings shifts in time and it would be interesting to know what deity or spirit plays or played a role in Nestinarstvo for a ritual always involves contact.
If we want more than simple scrying we have to look towards Dionysus, his rituals and the maenads. Intoxication plays a role but intoxication alone does not bring a manic state. That is where you need music and dancing.
Fasting is interesting because that brings a whole host of physical and psychological changes with turmoil.
I don't think this is news to anyone, literally every religion has some kind of ritual. What is not obvious is that some of these rituals includes physical components that brings forth entities through intense psychological turmoil.
compassion, even when hope is lost
