Redefining shamanisms : spiritualist mediums and other traditional shamans as apprenticeship outcomes /: spiritualist mediums and other traditional shamans as apprenticeship outcomes. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Gordon Wilson.
• Other Names: Wilson, David Gordon
• Contents: Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; A Spiritualist church service: Questions arising; Mediums and shamans: Different traditions?; Shamanism: A formal definition; How to explore mediumship?; 2 Spiritualism: A modern movement; Outlining Spiritualism; Spiritualism: Believing in modernity; Conclusion; 3 Understanding mediumship; The acknowledged medium: His role and craft; Varieties of mediumistic experience and practice; Trance and mediumistic consciousness; The mediumistic apprenticeship. Conclusion: Apprenticeship and the maintenance of tradition4 Case study I: Portobello Spiritualist Church, Edinburgh; Introduction; The members and structure of the Church; Church activities; The Church within the British Spiritualist movement; The Portobello apprenticeship; Conclusion; 5 Shamanism: The development of a model; Introduction; Overview: From performer to technique; Mircea Eliade; Responses to Eliade; Conclusion; 6 Case study II: The Evenki; Introduction; Evenki lands and society; Shamanism among the Evenki; Apprenticeship in Evenki shamanism; Conclusion: Comparisons and causes. 7 An apprenticeship model of shamanic practiceThe model; Testing the model: Other shamanisms; Testing the model: Apprenticeship and boundaries; Apprenticeship and cognition; Appendix: Principles of Spiritualist organizations; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Continuum International Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 201/.44; Spiritualism; Shamanism; Apprenticeship programs; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Shamanism; Apprenticeship programs; Shamanism; Spiritualism; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441126443; 1441126449; 9781283950664; 1283950669
• Related ISBNs: 9781441159502; 1441159509; 9781441158765
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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