The Dreams and Visions of Aelius Aristides : : A Case-Study in the History of Religions / / John Stephens.
An analysis of the religious experiences of the Greco-Roman sophist, Aelius Aristides. As a member of the cult of Asclepius, Aristides recorded his nocturnal dreams, waking visions and spiritual healings in a diary entitled the Sacred Tales. A study of this diary sheds light on the spiritual environ...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Perspectives on Philosophy and Religious Thought
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (168 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Part One: Religio-Historical Considerations
- Chapter One: Aristides and his Book of Dreams
- Chapter Two: The Literary Dimension of the Text
- Chapter Three: The Problem of Individuality in the Sacred Tales: Comparing the Sacred Tales with Other Selected Ancient Christian and Pagan Autobiographical Documents
- Chapter Four: Dreams and Miracles in the Sacred Tales
- Chapter Five: Aristides and the Religious Climate of Late Antiquity
- Part Two: Psychological Considerations
- Chapter Six: Analysis of the Manifest Contents of Aristides’ Dreams
- Chapter Seven: A Functional Analysis of the Personal Religion of Aelius Aristides
- Chapter Eight: An Analysis of the Latent Contents of Aristides’ Dreams
- Chapter Nine: Concluding Remarks
- Bibliography
- Index