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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1. VerfasserIn: Pierini, Emily (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford Berghahn 2020
In:Jahr: 2020
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Brasilien / Vale do Amanhecer / Geistheilung / Volkskultur / Religiöses Leben / Spiritismus
IxTheo Notationen:AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion
AZ Neue Religionen
KBR Lateinamerika
weitere Schlagwörter: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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Zusammenfassung:"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"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physische Details:x, 278 Seiten, Illustrationen
ISBN:1789205654