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The resolution of conflict through song in Greek ritual therapyessay 1991 • Danforth, Loring M.
Greeks • Europe > 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 been found effective in treating illnesses of a psychogeni...Power through submission in the Anastenariaarticle 1983 • Danforth, Loring M.
Greeks • Europe > 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 rural society, women must show deference to their spouses ...