The resolution of conflict through song in Greek ritual therapy
essay 1991 Danforth, Loring M.

GreeksEurope > Southeastern Europe
The ANASTENARIA is a ritual involving trance and possession that is performed in several villages and towns in Greek Macedonia. Basically this ritual is a form of psychotherapy that has often ...

Power through submission in the Anastenaria
article 1983 Danforth, Loring M.

GreeksEurope > Southeastern Europe
This is a paper on a woman's healing cult and ritual called ANASTENARIA. In the ritual women are possessed by St, Constantine, walk on fire, and perform curing rites. In Greece's patricentric ...