Journal of Cognitive Historiography, Vol 1, No 2 (2014)

Dimitris Xygalatas, The Burning Saints: Cognition and Culture in the Fire- Walking Rituals of the Anastenaria (London: Routledge, 2012), 256pp. ISBN: 978-1-84553-976-4. £65.00 (hbk).

Justin E. Lane
Issued Date: 29 Apr 2015

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DOI: 10.1558/jch.v1i2.24616

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