{"product_id":"bridges-between-worlds-spirits-and-spirit-work-in-northern-iceland-9780190883393","title":"Bridges Between Worlds: Spirits and Spirit Work in Northern Iceland","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBridges between Worlds \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eexplores Icelandic spirit work, known as \u003cem\u003eandleg m?l\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003eandleg m?l\u003c\/em\u003e's roots within Icelandic history, and examines how this practice steeped in ancient folklore functions in the modern world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving 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 \u003cem\u003eandleg m?l \u003c\/em\u003ebut to build bridges of comprehensibility through empathy for the participants who are, after all, not so different from the reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorinne G. Dempsey\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Director of International and Global Studies, and Rose Marie Beston Chair for International Studies at Nazareth College. She is author of \u003cem\u003eBringing the Sacred Down to Earth: Adventures in Comparative Religion\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2011), \u003cem\u003eThe Goddess Lives in Upstate New York: Breaking Convention and Making Home at a North American Hindu Temple\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2005), and \u003cem\u003eKerala Christian Sainthood: Collisions of Culture and Worldview in South India\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2001).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491574550802,"sku":"9780190883393","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1d093525-a3fe-4b0e-b7f0-d745b5f63298.jpg?v=1730543860","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bridges-between-worlds-spirits-and-spirit-work-in-northern-iceland-9780190883393","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}