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pluralstories"This is a love story—a love story disguised as a piece of scholarly research."
Blurb: "Megan Rose, Ph.D., examines the practice and purpose of spirit marriage around the world, presenting transcultural evidence of this form of sacred union. [...] She shares her in-depth interviews with ten contemporary practitioners of spirit marriage, including a Faery Seer, a Shakta Tantric, a West African Shrine Keeper, a New Orleans Voodoo Mambo, Haitian Vodou practitioners, and a ceremonial magician," along with her own spirit marriage.
Why is it worth your time?: This is an unusual entry for this catalog, since it is anthropological research from a religion and magic perspective, but it is easy enough to read and crammed with personal stories of spirit marriage, along with possession, channelling, and indwelling, and that seems super-relevant. If you have been itching to read about metaphysical or religious experiences of pluralish phenomena and love, this book fills a big hole in a lot of plurals' education. Megan Rose is herself in a spirit marriage, and she states at the start that she will not spend the book arguing about the reality or truth of her subjects' (or her own) experiences--and indeed, she does not.
Plural Tags: creator speaks from experience, abuse not mentioned, mindsharing, otherworld, dreamfolk, nonhumans [gods, spirits, lwa, fairy], the dead, romantic relationships, teamwork, community, and metaphysical/spiritual
Content Warnings: Much discussion of religion, mentions of religious oppression but nothing too intense. That said, this can be an emotionally intense read, just because of its subject material.
Access Notes: Available in paper and ebook forms.
Blurb: "Megan Rose, Ph.D., examines the practice and purpose of spirit marriage around the world, presenting transcultural evidence of this form of sacred union. [...] She shares her in-depth interviews with ten contemporary practitioners of spirit marriage, including a Faery Seer, a Shakta Tantric, a West African Shrine Keeper, a New Orleans Voodoo Mambo, Haitian Vodou practitioners, and a ceremonial magician," along with her own spirit marriage.
Why is it worth your time?: This is an unusual entry for this catalog, since it is anthropological research from a religion and magic perspective, but it is easy enough to read and crammed with personal stories of spirit marriage, along with possession, channelling, and indwelling, and that seems super-relevant. If you have been itching to read about metaphysical or religious experiences of pluralish phenomena and love, this book fills a big hole in a lot of plurals' education. Megan Rose is herself in a spirit marriage, and she states at the start that she will not spend the book arguing about the reality or truth of her subjects' (or her own) experiences--and indeed, she does not.
Plural Tags: creator speaks from experience, abuse not mentioned, mindsharing, otherworld, dreamfolk, nonhumans [gods, spirits, lwa, fairy], the dead, romantic relationships, teamwork, community, and metaphysical/spiritual
Content Warnings: Much discussion of religion, mentions of religious oppression but nothing too intense. That said, this can be an emotionally intense read, just because of its subject material.
Access Notes: Available in paper and ebook forms.
Tags:
- 1+:abuse:not mentioned,
- 1+:creator speaks from experience,
- 1+:otherworld,
- 1+:people:dreamfolk,
- 1+:people:nonhumans,
- 1+:people:the dead,
- 1+:relationships:community,
- 1+:relationships:intimate,
- 1+:relationships:romantic,
- 1+:relationships:teamwork,
- 1+:type:possession,
- 1+:type:spiritual,
- access:lb local copy,
- access:screenreadable,
- audience:adults,
- genre:autobio/personal,
- genre:history,
- length:long,
- medium:writing,
- time:2020s
