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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Autore principale: Pierini, Emily (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Stampa Libro
Lingua:Inglese
Servizio "Subito": Ordinare ora.
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Pubblicazione: New York Oxford Berghahn 2020
In:Anno: 2020
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B Brasile / Vale do Amanhecer / Guarigione spirituale / Cultura popolare / Vita religiosa / Spiritismo
Notazioni IxTheo:AG Vita religiosa
AZ Nuove religioni
KBR America latina
Altre parole chiave: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
Accesso online: Indice
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Edizione parallela:Elettronico
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Riepilogo:"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"--
Descrizione del documento:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descrizione fisica:x, 278 Seiten, Illustrationen
ISBN:1789205654