At the pleasure of the gods: experiences of the sensitive in rituals in Ancient Greece.
Anacharsis| N° d'inventaire | 26286 |
| Format | 12.5 x 20 |
| Détails | 416 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9791027904532 |
In ancient Greece, the gods were omnipresent, from the clouds to the smallest sprig of rosemary. Rituals flourished. Calling upon the deities was both common and extraordinary—and always potentially dangerous.
We know the procedures used in these fragile moments of the "sacrificial kitchen"; we are less informed about the range of senses that had to be awakened at the crucial moment of the encounter with the gods.
Adeline Grand-Clément here embarks on an investigation that closely captures the participants' feelings, meticulously seeking to grasp the way in which darkness or light, colors, smells, touch, sounds, or landscapes shaped specific sensory spaces, considered effective because they were suited to satisfying the pleasure of the gods. It is an entire embodied universe that is then revealed in layers, gestures and words, objects, plants and animals, food and ingested liquids. The testimony of a relationship with the world and its infinite components: an aesthetic, from which it remains possible to make one's own honey.
In ancient Greece, the gods were omnipresent, from the clouds to the smallest sprig of rosemary. Rituals flourished. Calling upon the deities was both common and extraordinary—and always potentially dangerous.
We know the procedures used in these fragile moments of the "sacrificial kitchen"; we are less informed about the range of senses that had to be awakened at the crucial moment of the encounter with the gods.
Adeline Grand-Clément here embarks on an investigation that closely captures the participants' feelings, meticulously seeking to grasp the way in which darkness or light, colors, smells, touch, sounds, or landscapes shaped specific sensory spaces, considered effective because they were suited to satisfying the pleasure of the gods. It is an entire embodied universe that is then revealed in layers, gestures and words, objects, plants and animals, food and ingested liquids. The testimony of a relationship with the world and its infinite components: an aesthetic, from which it remains possible to make one's own honey.