Strategie kontaktu z sacrum w sytuacji niepewności i zagrożenia (na podstawie chrześcijańskich źródeł z obszaru późnoantycznego Egiptu)
Strategies of contact with the sacred in situations of insecurity and danger (based on Christian sources from late ancient Egypt)

Author(s): Przemysław Piwowarczyk
Subject(s): Psychology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: monasticism; “holy man”; ancient magic; ancient Egypt
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the strategies that people in late ancient Egypt used when they could not cope with danger by themselves. They resorted to the mediation of an ascetic monk (“holy man”) or used ritual power. Holy men are well documented in hagiographic literature as well as in papyrus materials. The latter also provide numerous examples of incantations used by Christians. What both practices have in common is the belief that ordinary people need the help of a mediator to contact God.

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