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Divine mania : alteration of consciousness in ancient Greece
- Author
- Ustinova, Yulia, author.
- Title
- Divine mania : alteration of consciousness in ancient Greece / Yulia Ustinova.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
- Description
- xvi, 395 pages ; 24 cm
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Prophetic mania
- 2. Telestic mania and near-death experiences
- 3. Bakcheia
- 4. Mania on the battlefield and on the march
- 5. Nympholepsy
- 6. Poetic mania
- 7. Erotic mania
- 8. The philosopher's mania and his path to truth
- Epilogue. Perspectives on the divine mania
- Index.
- Subject headings
- Altered states of consciousness--Greece.
- ISBN
- 9781138298118 hardback alkaline paper 1138298115 hardback alkaline paper 9781315098821 electronic book