1st Edition
Intimacy and Ritual A Study of Spiritualism, Medium and Groups
By Vieda Skultans
Copyright 1974
116 Pages
by
Routledge
116 Pages
by
Routledge
116 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1974 Intimacy and Ritual is a sympathetic study of spiritualist activities and their relation to the practitioners’ secular lives. The book, in particular, looks at the therapeutic function of spiritualism. Based on the author’s fieldwork as a ‘participant observer’ among spiritualists in a South Wales town, the research covers spiritualists services and meetings as well... Read more
Preface
1 Introduction
2. The Actors
3. Privacy and Pain
4. Healing Rituals
5. Church and Circle
6. Symbol and Explanation
7. Religious and Therapeutic Encounters
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Vieda Skultans
