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Bridges between Worlds - Spirits and Spirit Work in Northern Iceland (Paperback)
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Bridges between Worlds - Spirits and Spirit Work in Northern Iceland (Paperback)
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Bridges between Worlds explores Icelandic spirit work, known as
andleg mal, which features trance and healing practices that span
earth and spirit realms, historical eras, scientific and
supernatural worldviews, and cross-Atlantic cultures. Based on
years of fieldwork conducted in the northern Icelandic town of
Akureyri, Corinne G. Dempsey excavates andleg mal's roots within
Icelandic history, and examines how this practice steeped in
ancient folklore functions in the modern world. Weaving personal
stories and anecdotes with engaging accounts of Icelandic religious
and cultural traditions, Dempsey humanizes spirit practices that
are so often demonized or romanticized. While recent years have
seen an unprecedented boom in tourist travel to Iceland, Dempsey
sheds light on a profoundly important, but thus far poorly
understood element of the country's culture. Her aim is not to
explain away andleg mal but to build bridges of comprehensibility
through empathy for the participants who are, after all, not so
different from the reader.
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