Sensorivm : the senses in Roman polytheism
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Sensorivm : the senses in Roman polytheism
（Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, v. 195）
Brill, c2021
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Summary: "SENSORIVM: The Senses in Roman Polytheism explores how a range of cults and rituals were perceived and experienced by participants through one or more senses. The present collection brings together papers from an international group of researchers all inspired by 'the sensory turn'. Focusing on a wide range of ritual traditions from around the ancient Roman world, they explore the many ways in which smell and taste, sight and sound, separately and together, involved participants in religious performance. Music, incense, images and colors, contrasts of light and dark played as great a role as belief or observance in generating religious experience. Together they contribute to an original understanding of the Roman sensory universe, and add an embodied perspective to the notion of Lived Ancient Religion. Contributors are Martin Devecka; Visa Helenius; Yulia Ustinova; Attilio Mastrocinque; Maik Patzelt; Mark Bradley; Adeline Grand-Clément; Rocío Gordillo Hervás; Rebeca Rubio ..."
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Contents of Works
- Introduction / Antón Alvar Nuño, Jaime Alvar Ezquerra, and Greg Woolf
- Faces of death : Lucretius, religio, and vision at Rome / Martin Devecka
- Lucretius and the body-environment approach / Visa Helenius
- Hirpi Sorani and modern fire-walkers : rejoicing through pain in extreme rituals / Yulia Ustinova
- Empowered tongues / Attilio Mastrocinque
- Favete linguis and the experience of the divine : a cognitively grounded approach to sensory perception in Roman religion / Maik Patzelt
- The triumph of the senses : sensory awareness and the divine in Roman public celebrations / Mark Bradley
- Sensorium, sensescapes, synaesthesia, multisensoriality : a new way of approaching religious experience in antiquity? / Adeline Grand-Clément
- Day and night in the agones of the Roman Isthmian games / Rocío Gordillo Hervás
- Multisensory experiences in Mithraic initiation / Rebeca Rubio
- Imperial mysteries and religious experience / Elena Muñiz Grijalvo
- Pro consensu et concordia civium : sensoriality, imperial cult, and social control in Augustan urban orientations / David Espinosa-Espinosa, A. César González-García, and Marco V. García-Quintela
- Finding religion in reported sensorial experiences : a case study of Propertius 4.6 / Jörg Rüpke
- Sensory experiences in the Cybelic cult : sound stimulation through musical instruments / Rosa Sierra del Molino and Israel Campos Méndez
- Isis' footprints : the petrosomatoglyphs as spatial indicators of human-divine encounters / Valentino Gasparini
- Assiduo sono and furiosa tibia in Ovid's Fasti : music and religious identity in narratives of processions in the Roman world / Nicole Belayche
- Total sensory experience in Isiac cults : mimesis, alterity, and identity / Antón Alvar Nuño, Jaime Alvar Ezquerra, and Clelia Martínez Maza
Description and Table of Contents
Description
SENSORIVM: The Senses in Roman Polytheism explores how a range of cults and rituals were perceived and experienced by participants through one or more senses.
The present collection brings together papers from an international group of researchers all inspired by 'the sensory turn'. Focusing on a wide range of ritual traditions from around the ancient Roman world, they explore the many ways in which smell and taste, sight and sound, separately and together, involved participants in religious performance. Music, incense, images and colors, contrasts of light and dark played as great a role as belief or observance in generating religious experience.
Together they contribute to an original understanding of the Roman sensory universe, and add an embodied perspective to the notion of Lived Ancient Religion.
Contributors are Martin Devecka; Visa Helenius; Yulia Ustinova; Attilio Mastrocinque; Maik Patzelt; Mark Bradley; Adeline Grand-Clement; Rocio Gordillo Hervas; Rebeca Rubio; Elena Muniz Grijalvo; David Espinosa-Espinosa; A. Cesar Gonzalez-Garcia, Marco V. Garcia-Quintela; Joerg Rupke; Rosa Sierra del Molino; Israel Campos Mendez; Valentino Gasparini; Nicole Belayche; Anton Alvar Nuno; Jaime Alvar Ezquerra; Clelia Martinez Maza.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Notes on Editors
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Anton Alvar Nuno, Jaime Alvar Ezquerra, and Greg Woolf
1 Faces of Death: Lucretius, Religio, and Vision at Rome
Martin Devecka
2 Lucretius and the Body-Environment Approach
Visa Helenius
3 Hirpi Sorani and Modern Fire-Walkers: Rejoicing through Pain in Extreme Rituals
Yulia Ustinova
4 Empowered Tongues
Attilio Mastrocinque
5 Favete linguis and the Experience of the Divine: A Cognitively Grounded Approach to Sensory Perception in Roman Religion
Maik Patzelt
6 The Triumph of the Senses: Sensory Awareness and the Divine in Roman Public Celebrations
Mark Bradley
7 Sensorium, Sensescapes, Synaesthesia, Multisensoriality: A New Way of Approaching Religious Experience in Antiquity?
Adeline Grand-Clement
8 Day and Night in the Agones of the Roman Isthmian Games
Rocio Gordillo Hervas
9 Multisensory Experiences in Mithraic Initiation
Rebeca Rubio
10 Imperial Mysteries and Religious Experience
Elena Muniz Grijalvo
11 Pro consensu et concordia civium: Sensoriality, Imperial Cult, and Social Control in Augustan Urban Orientations
David Espinosa-Espinosa, A. Cesar Gonzalez-Garcia, and Marco V. Garcia-Quintela
12 Finding Religion in Reported Sensorial Experiences: A Case Study of Propertius 4.6
Joerg Rupke
13 Sensory Experiences in the Cybelic Cult: Sound Stimulation through Musical Instruments
Rosa Sierra del Molino and Israel Campos Mendez
14 Isis' Footprints: The Petrosomatoglyphs as Spatial Indicators of Human-Divine Encounters
Valentino Gasparini
15 Assiduo sono and furiosa tibia in Ovid's Fasti: Music and Religious Identity in Narratives of Processions in the Roman World
Nicole Belayche
16 Total Sensory Experience in Isiac Cults: Mimesis, Alterity, and Identity
Anton Alvar Nuno, Jaime Alvar Ezquerra, and Clelia Martinez Maza
Index of Literary Sources (Beatriz Paneda Murcia)
Index of Epigraphic and Papyrological Sources (Beatriz Paneda Murcia)
General Index (Beatriz Paneda Murcia)
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