Jaguars of the dawn: spirit mediumship in the Brazilian Vale do Amanhecer
"The Brazilian Spiritualist Christian Order Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) is the place where the worlds of the living and the spirits merge and the boundaries between lives are regularly crossed. Drawing upon over a decade of extensive fieldwork in temples in Brazil and Europe, the aut...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York Oxford
Berghahn
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Brazil
/ Vale do Amanhecer
/ Spirit healing
/ Folk culture
/ Religious life
/ Spiritism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements KBR Latin America |
| Further subjects: | B
Mediums
Practice (Europe)
B Ordem Espiritualista Cristã (Brazil) B Channeling (Spiritualism) (Brazil) (Vale do Amanhecer) B Vale do Amanhecer (Brazil) Religious life and customs B Channeling (Spiritualism) (Europe) B Spiritual healing and spiritualism B Mediums Practice (Brazil) (Vale do Amanhecer) B Mind and body Religious aspects |
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| Summary: | "The Brazilian Spiritualist Christian Order Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) is the place where the worlds of the living and the spirits merge and the boundaries between lives are regularly crossed. Drawing upon over a decade of extensive fieldwork in temples in Brazil and Europe, the author explores how mediums understand their experiences and how they learn to establish relationships with their spirit guides. She sheds light on the ways in which mediumistic development in the Vale do Amanhecer is used for therapeutic purposes and informs notions of body and self, of illness and wellbeing"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1789205654 |