Bridges between worlds : spirits and spirit work in Northern Iceland

Bridges between worlds : spirits and spirit work in Northern Iceland / Corinne G. Dempsey.

This book explores the tradition of Icelandic spirit work, known as andleg mal, as practiced in the northern town of Akureyri. Based on firsthand accounts of these spirit encounters, Corinne Dempsey describes how andleg mal's beliefs and practices span not only earth and spirit but Icelandic hi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dempsey, Corinne G. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Spiritualism > Iceland > History.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Parapsychology > General.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spiritualism.
Spiritualism
Iceland
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Keeping track: a glossary of characters
  • Bridging worlds with andleg mál
  • Roots and layers of andleg mál
  • Science and skepticism, belief and blasphemy
  • Skyggnigáfa: the gift that keeps on giving
  • Trance work
  • Healers and healing
  • Leaps of geography and faith.

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