firewalking
Hot coal traversal
Firewalking is the practice of walking barefoot over hot coals or embers, typically as a religious ritual, spiritual test, or demonstration of mind-over-matter principles.
The activity appears in various cultures and has been adopted by motivational seminars as a confidence-building exercise: The retreat culminated in a firewalking ceremony.
Formal event marking occasions
- coalsBurned or burning carbon
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- riteCeremonial act or practice
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
trance · chanting · drumming · procession · invocation · preparation · blessing · officiant
Removal of contaminants
- faithTrust without proof
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- meditationFocused attention practice
enlightenment · sanctification · catharsis · renewal · rebirth · cleansing · holiness · piety
Complete lack of dread
- braveryBoldness before danger
- daringAdventurous courage
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
- resolveFirmness of purpose
determination · mental preparation · overcoming fear · commitment · grit · fortitude · nerve · willpower
Originating in a region
- tribalOf a clan
- HinduFollower of ancient Indian religion
- ShintoJapanese animistic tradition
- PolynesianOf Pacific island peoples
folklore · ancestry · customs · heritage · ethnography · mythology · festival · pilgrimage
Resistance to high temperatures
- pain thresholdWhen sensation becomes suffering
- ordealDifficult, painful experience
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- featRemarkable act of skill
extreme · stamina · resilience · hardship · challenge · exertion · duration · distance
Time substances touch
- physicsScience of matter and energy
- debunkingProving claims false
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- explanationStatement making something clear
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
initiation · trance · chanting · drumming · procession · invocation · preparation · blessing · officiant · participants
purification
Removal of contaminants
- faithTrust without proof
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
meditation · enlightenment · sanctification · catharsis · renewal · rebirth · cleansing · holiness · piety · transformation
fearlessness
Complete lack of dread
resolve · determination · mental preparation · overcoming fear · commitment · grit · fortitude · nerve · willpower · composure
indigenous
Originating in a region
Polynesian · folklore · ancestry · customs · heritage · ethnography · mythology · festival · pilgrimage · shamanism
heat tolerance
Resistance to high temperatures
- pain thresholdWhen sensation becomes suffering
- ordealDifficult, painful experience
- trialJudicial examination of claims
feat · extreme · stamina · resilience · hardship · challenge · exertion · duration · distance
contact time
Time substances touch
- physicsScience of matter and energy
- debunkingProving claims false
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- FijiFijian, village council, rugby sevens, taro
- shamanismshamans, shaman, spirit guide, medicine man, medicine woman
- ritualsritual, rite, ceremony, sacrament, blessing
- altered statestrance, altered states, hallucination, altered perception, consciousness expansion
- Chinese folk religionfolk religion, folk beliefs, ancestral worship, Chinese temples, joss sticks
- tribal ritualssun dance, rain dance, vision quest, rites of passage, corroboree
firewalkingpolar plunge
Swimming in frigid water
ice swimming · cold water immersion · cryotherapy · ice bath
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