Acknowledgements .............................................. vii
1 Introduction ................................................. 1
2 Spiritualism: A modern movement ............................. 29
3 Understanding mediumship .................................... 49
4 Case study I: Portobello Spiritualist Church, Edinburgh ..... 83
5 Shamanism: The development of a model ...................... 117
6 Case study II: The Evenki .................................. 145
7 An apprenticeship model of shamanic practice ............... 195
Appendix: Principles of Spiritualist organizations ............ 215
Notes ......................................................... 219
Bibliography .................................................. 239
Index ......................................................... 251
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