Table of Contents:
  • A cognitive approach to ancient Greek animal sacrifice / Hugh Bowden
  • To the netherworld and back : cognitive aspects of the descent to Trophonius / Yulia Ustinova
  • Ancient Greek smellscapes and divine fragrances : anthropomorphizing the thropomorphizing the gods in ancient Greek culture / Esther Eidinow
  • Belief, make-believe and the religious imagination : the case of the Deus Ex Machinain Greek tragedy / Felix Budelmann
  • Chanting and dancing into dissociation : the case of the Salian priests at Rome / Maik Patzelt
  • The bacchants are silent : using cognitive science to explore the experience of the Oreibasia, Vivienne McGlashan
  • Who is the damiatrix? Roman women, the political negotiation of psychotropic experiences, and the cults of Bona Dea / Leonardo Ambasciano
  • Walls and the ancient Greek ritual experience : the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis / Michael Scott
  • Identifying symptoms of religious experience from ancient material culture : the example of cults of the Roman Mithras / Luther H. Martin
  • Bridging the gap : from textual representations to the experiential level and back / Anders Klostergaard Petersen Anders Klostergaard Petersen
  • A relevant mystery : intuitive and reflective thought in Gregory of Nyssa's representations of divine begetting in the Against Eunomius / Isabella Sandwel.