Healing, disease, and placebo in Graeco-Roman Asclepius temples: a neurocognitive approach

"This book follows the evidence for Asclepius' supplicants from the moment in which they realized that they were sick until the healing experiences, which they might have had at the asclepieia. From a historical perspective, the main features of the Asclepius cult, as they were shaped main...

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Main Author: Panagiotidou, Olympia (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Sheffield, South Yorkshire ; Bristol, CT Equinox Publishing Ltd 2022
Series:Advances in the cognitive science of religion
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"This book follows the evidence for Asclepius' supplicants from the moment in which they realized that they were sick until the healing experiences, which they might have had at the asclepieia. From a historical perspective, the main features of the Asclepius cult, as they were shaped mainly in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, are examined"--
Physical Description:xiii, 213 Seiten 10 Illustrationen (schwarz-weiß)
ISBN:9781800501423
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