fire walking

noun

variants or firewalking

: the ceremony or ordeal of walking barefooted through fire, over a bed of embers, or over hot stones

firewalk noun

or fire walk

plural firewalks or fire walks

To observe a firewalk is a dramatic experience, but one does not need to invoke mystical powers to explain it.

—Rita L. Atkinson et al., Introduction to Psychology, 1987

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