Firewalking

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Firewalking is a walking footwear action on a hot or rock coffers.

Firewalking has been practiced by many people and cultures in all parts of the world, with the earliest references dating from the Age of Iron Age India - c. 1200 BC. It is often used as a transitional rite, as a test of individual strength and courage, or in religion as a test of one's faith.

Modern physics has explained the phenomenon, concluding that the amount of time the foot is in contact with the ground is not sufficient to cause burns, combined with the fact that embers are not good heat conductors.

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Histori

Walking on fire has existed for several thousand years, with records dating from 1,200 BC. Cultures around the world, from Greece to China, use firewalking for healing rituals, initiation, and beliefs.

Firewalking is also done by:

• The Sawau Clan on the island of Beqa, 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) south of Viti Levu in the Fiji Islands. This phenomenon was examined in 1902 when it was already a tourist attraction, with "Possible Mystery Explanations" arriving at.
• Eastern Orthodox Christianity in parts of Greece (see Anastenaria) and Bulgaria (see nestinarstvo), during popular religious celebrations.
• Ethnicity throughout Polynesia and documented in scientific journals (with pictures and chants) between 1893 and 1953.

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Persistence and function

Social theorists have long argued that the performance of a very lucrative collective event such as firewalking persists because it serves as a basic socialization function, such as social cohesion, team building, and so on. Emile Durkheim attributes this effect to the idea of ​​the theory of collective frothing, in which collective passion produces a sense of togetherness and assimilation. A scientific study conducted during a fire-walking ritual in the village of San Pedro Manrique, Spain, shows a synchronized heart rhythm between the players of the shooter and the inactive audience. In particular, the degree of synchronicity also depends on social closeness. This study shows that there is a physiological basis for collective religious rituals, through the alignment of emotional states, which reinforces group dynamics and form a common identity among participants.

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Description

When two bodies of different temperatures meet, the hotter body cools, and the cooler body heats up, until they separate or until they meet at the temperature between the two. What the temperature is, and how quickly it is achieved, depends on the thermodynamic nature of the two bodies. Important properties are temperature, density, specific heat capacity, and thermal conductivity.

The square root of the thermal conductivity product, density, and specific heat capacity is called thermal effusivity, and tells how much heat energy is absorbed or released in a given amount of time per unit area when the surface is at a certain temperature. Since the heat taken by the colder body must be equal to the heat provided by the hotter, the surface temperature should be closer to the body temperature with greater thermal effusivity. The corpse referred to here is the human foot (which consists mainly of water) and the embers.

Because of these traits, David Willey, professor of physics at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, says he believes firewalking can be explained in terms of basic physics and not supernatural or paranormal. Willey notes that most fire-runs occur on coal measuring around 1,000 Â ° F (538 Â ° C), but he once noted a person running at 1,800 Â ° C (980 Â ° C) coals.

In addition, Jearl Walker has postulated that walking on hot coals with wet feet can protect the feet due to the effects of Leidenfrost.

Factors that prevent burning

• Water has a very high specific heat capacity (4,184 Jg ^-1 K ^-1 ), whereas the coals have a very low. Therefore, the temperature of the foot tends to change less than the coal.
• Water also has a high thermal conductivity, and on top of that, the rich blood flow in the legs will bring heat and spread it. On the other hand, the embers have poor thermal conductivity, so the hotter body consists only of the part of the embers close to the foot.
• When the coals are cold, their temperatures sink below the flash point, so they stop burning, and no new heat is generated.
• Firewalkers do not spend much time in embers, and they keep moving.

Risk of turning on

• People have burned their feet when they stayed in the fire for too long, allowing the thermal conductivity of embers to catch up.
• One is more likely to be burned as it runs past the embers as it runs pushing one's leg deeper into the embers, so that the top of the foot is burned.
• Foreign objects in embers can cause burns. The metal is very dangerous because it has high thermal conductivity.
• Embers that have not burned for long enough to burn feet faster. Coals contain water, which increases their heat capacity as well as their thermal conductivity. Water must have been evaporated when firewalk begins.
• Wet feet can cause embers attached to them, increasing the lighting time.

Firewalking is often held to imply that the feat needs the help of supernatural powers, strong faith, or the ability of the individual to focus on "the mind over matter".

Since the 20th century, this practice has often been used in corporate development seminars and self help relief teams and workshops as an exercise to build self-confidence.

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See also

• Eat fire
• Threshold

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References

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Further reading

• Kendrick Frazier, The Hundredth Monkey: And Another Paradigm of Paranormal - The author describes his participation in firewalking exercises, his observations, and possible explanations of the phenomenon

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External links

• Can you walk on hot coals with bare feet and not burning? from The Straight Dope
• Why Fire Walking Does not Burn: Science or Spirituality? from National Geographic

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