Spiritualism and mediumship are often regarded as the product of
lingering superstition in the Victorian era, and as having limited
relevance in modern Anglo-American society. Scholarship to date
which has considered Spiritualism as a distinct religious tradition
has focussed on analysing the phenomenon in terms of spirit
possession only. This volume analyses the development of shamanism
(communication with the spiritual world) as a concept within North
American English-speaking scholarship, with particular focus on
Mircea Eliade's influential cross-cultural presentation of
shamanism. By re-examining the work of Sergei Shirokogoroff, one of
Eliade's principal sources, the traditional Evenki shamanic
apprenticeship is compared and identified with the new Spiritualist
apprenticeship. The author demonstrates that Spiritualism is best
understood as a traditional shamanism, as distinct from
contemporary appropriations or neo-shamanisms. He argues that
shamanism is the outcome of an apprenticeship in the management of
psychic experiences, and which follows the same pattern as that of
the apprentice medium. In doing so, the author offers fresh
insights into the mechanisms that are key to sustaining mediumship
as a social institution.
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