Originally given at 18th Joint Postgraduate Religion & Theology Conference, University of Bristol, Saturday 9th March 2013.
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References:
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Bednarowski, M.F. (1980). ‘Outside the Mainstream: Women’s Religion and Women Religious Leaders in Nineteenth Century America.’ Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 207-232.
Berlotti, T. & Magnani, L. (2010). “The Role of Agency Detection in the Invention of Supernatural Beings: An Abductive Approach.” In L. Magnani et al. (eds.) (2010). Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology. pp. 239-262.
Blum, D. (2007). Ghost Hunters: The Victorians and the Hunt for Proof of Life After Death. London: Arrow Books.
Bowie, F. (2012). ''Devising Methods for the Ethnographic Study of the Afterlife: Cognition, Empathy and Engagement.' In J. Hunter (ed.) (2012). Paranthropology: Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal. Bristol: Paranthropology.
Bowie, F. (In Press). ‘Building Bridges, Dissolving Boundaries: Towards a Methodology for the Ethnographic Study of the Afterlife, Mediumship and Spiritual Beings.’
Byrne, G. (2010). Modern Spiritualism and the Church of England, 1850-1939. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press.
Di Nucci, C. (2009). Spirits in a Teacup: Questioning the Reality of Life After Death has led one Housewife Along an Adventurous Path Towards Discovery. (www. lulu.com).
Doyle, A.C. (1926 [2006]). The History of Spiritualism, Vol. 2. Fairford: The Echo Library.
Eliade, M. (1989). Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. London: Arkana.
Gauld, A. (1982). Mediumship and Survival: A Century of Investigations. London: Granada Publishing Ltd.
Geertz, C. (1974). ‘From the Native’s Point of View’: On the Nature of Anthropological Understanding.’ Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 26-45.
Hallowell, A.I. (2002 [1960]) ‘Ojibwa Ontology, Behaviour, and World View.’ In G. Harvey (ed.) (2002). Readings in Indigenous Religions. London: Continuum.
Hawking, S. (1988). A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes. London: Bantam Books.
Hufford, D.J. (1982). The Terror That Comes in the Night: An Experience-Centred Study of Supernatural Assault Traditions. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Hufford, D.J. (1995). ‘Beings Without Bodies: An Experience-Centred Theory of the Belief in Spirits.’ In. B. Walker (ed.) (1995). Out of the Ordinary: Folklore and the Supernatural. Logan: Utah State University. (pp. 11-45).
Hunter, J. (2011). 'Talking With the Spirits: Anthropology and Interpreting Spirit Communicators.' Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, Vol. 75.3, No. 904, pp. 129-142.
Hunter, J. (2012). Talking With Spirits: Personhood, Performance and Altered States of Consciousness at a Contemporary Spiritualist Home-Circle. Unpublished M.Litt Dissertation, University of Bristol.
Hunter, J. (2013). ‘Numinous Conversations: Performance and Manifestation of Spirits in Spirit Possession Practices.’ In A. Voss & W. Rowlandson (eds.) (2013). Daimonic Imagination: Uncanny Intelligence. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press. (Forthcoming).
Inglis, B. (1989). Trance: A Natural History of Altered States of Mind. London: Grafton Books.
Keen, M. (2001). ‘The Scole Investigation: A Study in Critical Analysis of Paranormal Physical Phenomena.’ Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 167-182.
Lamont, P. (2005). The First Psychic: The Peculiar Mystery of a Notorious Victorian Wizard. London: Abacus.
Lewis, I. M. (1971). Ecstatic Religion: An Anthropological Study of Spirit Possession and Shamanism. London: Penguin Books Ltd.
Lilliard, A. (1998). ‘Ethnopsychologies: Cultural Variations in Theories of Mind.’ Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 123, No. 1, pp. 3-32.
McTaggart, L. (2001). The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of Life. London: Harper Collins.
Melechi, A. (2008). Servants of the Supernatural: The Night Side of the Victorian Mind. London, William Heinemann.
Moreman, C.M. (2010). Beyond the Threshold: Afterlife Beliefs and Experiences in World Religions. London: Rowman & Littlefield.
Nelson, G.K. (1969). Spiritualism and Society. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.
Pearsall, R. (2004). The Table-Rappers: The Victorians and the Occult. Stroud: Sutton Publishing.
Smith, K. (2012). ‘From Dividual and Individual Selves to Porous Subjects.’ The Australian Journal of Anthropology, No. 23, pp. 50-64.
Solomon, G & Solomon, J. (1999). The Scole Experiment: Scientific Evidence for Life After Death. London: Judy Piatkus.
Stemman, R. (2005). Spirit Communication: A Comprehensive Guide to the Extraordinary World of Mediums, Psychics and the Afterlife. London: Piatkus.
Taves, A. (1999). Fits, Trances and Visions: Experiencing Religion and Explaining Experience from Wesley to James. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Warner, M. (2008). Phantasmagoria: Spirit Visions, Metaphors, and Media into the Twenty-first Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Bednarowski, M.F. (1980). ‘Outside the Mainstream: Women’s Religion and Women Religious Leaders in Nineteenth Century America.’ Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 207-232.
Berlotti, T. & Magnani, L. (2010). “The Role of Agency Detection in the Invention of Supernatural Beings: An Abductive Approach.” In L. Magnani et al. (eds.) (2010). Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology. pp. 239-262.
Blum, D. (2007). Ghost Hunters: The Victorians and the Hunt for Proof of Life After Death. London: Arrow Books.
Bowie, F. (2012). ''Devising Methods for the Ethnographic Study of the Afterlife: Cognition, Empathy and Engagement.' In J. Hunter (ed.) (2012). Paranthropology: Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal. Bristol: Paranthropology.
Bowie, F. (In Press). ‘Building Bridges, Dissolving Boundaries: Towards a Methodology for the Ethnographic Study of the Afterlife, Mediumship and Spiritual Beings.’
Byrne, G. (2010). Modern Spiritualism and the Church of England, 1850-1939. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press.
Di Nucci, C. (2009). Spirits in a Teacup: Questioning the Reality of Life After Death has led one Housewife Along an Adventurous Path Towards Discovery. (www. lulu.com).
Doyle, A.C. (1926 [2006]). The History of Spiritualism, Vol. 2. Fairford: The Echo Library.
Eliade, M. (1989). Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. London: Arkana.
Gauld, A. (1982). Mediumship and Survival: A Century of Investigations. London: Granada Publishing Ltd.
Geertz, C. (1974). ‘From the Native’s Point of View’: On the Nature of Anthropological Understanding.’ Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 26-45.
Hallowell, A.I. (2002 [1960]) ‘Ojibwa Ontology, Behaviour, and World View.’ In G. Harvey (ed.) (2002). Readings in Indigenous Religions. London: Continuum.
Hawking, S. (1988). A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes. London: Bantam Books.
Hufford, D.J. (1982). The Terror That Comes in the Night: An Experience-Centred Study of Supernatural Assault Traditions. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Hufford, D.J. (1995). ‘Beings Without Bodies: An Experience-Centred Theory of the Belief in Spirits.’ In. B. Walker (ed.) (1995). Out of the Ordinary: Folklore and the Supernatural. Logan: Utah State University. (pp. 11-45).
Hunter, J. (2011). 'Talking With the Spirits: Anthropology and Interpreting Spirit Communicators.' Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, Vol. 75.3, No. 904, pp. 129-142.
Hunter, J. (2012). Talking With Spirits: Personhood, Performance and Altered States of Consciousness at a Contemporary Spiritualist Home-Circle. Unpublished M.Litt Dissertation, University of Bristol.
Hunter, J. (2013). ‘Numinous Conversations: Performance and Manifestation of Spirits in Spirit Possession Practices.’ In A. Voss & W. Rowlandson (eds.) (2013). Daimonic Imagination: Uncanny Intelligence. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press. (Forthcoming).
Inglis, B. (1989). Trance: A Natural History of Altered States of Mind. London: Grafton Books.
Keen, M. (2001). ‘The Scole Investigation: A Study in Critical Analysis of Paranormal Physical Phenomena.’ Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 167-182.
Lamont, P. (2005). The First Psychic: The Peculiar Mystery of a Notorious Victorian Wizard. London: Abacus.
Lewis, I. M. (1971). Ecstatic Religion: An Anthropological Study of Spirit Possession and Shamanism. London: Penguin Books Ltd.
Lilliard, A. (1998). ‘Ethnopsychologies: Cultural Variations in Theories of Mind.’ Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 123, No. 1, pp. 3-32.
McTaggart, L. (2001). The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of Life. London: Harper Collins.
Melechi, A. (2008). Servants of the Supernatural: The Night Side of the Victorian Mind. London, William Heinemann.
Moreman, C.M. (2010). Beyond the Threshold: Afterlife Beliefs and Experiences in World Religions. London: Rowman & Littlefield.
Nelson, G.K. (1969). Spiritualism and Society. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.
Pearsall, R. (2004). The Table-Rappers: The Victorians and the Occult. Stroud: Sutton Publishing.
Smith, K. (2012). ‘From Dividual and Individual Selves to Porous Subjects.’ The Australian Journal of Anthropology, No. 23, pp. 50-64.
Solomon, G & Solomon, J. (1999). The Scole Experiment: Scientific Evidence for Life After Death. London: Judy Piatkus.
Stemman, R. (2005). Spirit Communication: A Comprehensive Guide to the Extraordinary World of Mediums, Psychics and the Afterlife. London: Piatkus.
Taves, A. (1999). Fits, Trances and Visions: Experiencing Religion and Explaining Experience from Wesley to James. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Warner, M. (2008). Phantasmagoria: Spirit Visions, Metaphors, and Media into the Twenty-first Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press.