Walking the Worlds Vol. 3 No. 1, Winter 2016

Walking the Worlds is a bi-annual journal devoted to the exploration of polytheism and polytheology from a variety of religious traditions ancient and modern. The topic for issue 5 is "Ecstatic Practices."

CONTENTS

Introduction by CATHAL P. PRATT

Heathen Magico-religious Traditions by K.C. HULSMAN

Ecstatic Practices and Brain Injuries by VIRGINIA CARPER

The Most Dangerous Ally by KENAZ FILAN

The Roots and the Vine: Discovering the Spirituality of Irish Mumming by CAROLINE TATEM

Deities of Dream Incubation in Late Antiquity: Two Overlooked Examples by P. SUFENAS VIRIUS LUPUS

The Shamanic Ecstasies of Becoming a Mother by DECEMBER FIELDS-BRYANT

Cleansing the Doors of Perception by H. JEREMIAH LEWIS

Varieties of Ecstasy in Medieval Irish Texts by P. SUFENAS VIRIUS LUPUS

Sleep as Altered State of Consciousness by SARAH KATE ISTRA WINTER

This Feminine Thing: Ecstasy and Identity in Catullus 63 by GALINA KRASSKOVA

Ecstasy and Trance in the Cult of Apollon by LYKEIA

Who Is Invoked By the Gods’ Names? by LUDWIG MAISEL