Originally published in 1974 Intimacy and Ritual is a sympathetic
study of spiritualist activities and their relation to the
practitioners' secular lives. The book, in particular, looks at the
therapeutic function of spiritualism. Based on the author's
fieldwork as a 'participant observer' among spiritualists in a
South Wales town, the research covers spiritualists services and
meetings as well as interviews with spiritualists in their own
homes. The book gives an accurate account of spiritualist doctrines
and beliefs about the spirit world. The book postulates that spirit
possession always relates to illness and shows how this is often
the physical counterpart of social malaise. Throughout the study,
spiritualism is seen in terms of the coping techniques and the
rewards which it offers its members. The book shows that
spiritualism is more highly regarded as a problem-solving source
than the formal care-giving organizations, such as psychiatrist
hospitals and the social work agencies. Healing activities are
interpreted as a symbolic enactment of male and female roles
ideally conceived, and spiritualist messages offer symbols and
explanations of illness and misfortune.
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