جگوارهای سپیده‌دم: واسطه‌گری روحی در دره دو آمانه‌سر برزیل

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 of the Amanhecer 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. "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"-- Provided by publisher Contents Figures Acknowledgements Note on Translation Introduction Chapter 1 Ways to Embody the Divine in Brazil Chapter 2 The Vale do Amanhecer Chapter 3 Jaguars of the Dawn: The Transhistorical Self Chapter 4 Spirits in Transition: The Multidimensional Self Chapter 5 Disobsessive Healing Chapter 6 Mediumship Chapter 7 Learning Spirit Mediumship: Ways of Knowing Chapter 8 Spiritual Routes Chapter 9 Therapeutic Trajectories Conclusion Appendix Glossary References Index Drawing upon over a decade of extensive fieldwork in temples in Brazil and Europe, this ethnography explores how mediums understand their experiences and how they learn to establish relationships with their spirit guides.