The Channeling Zone: American Spirituality in an Anxious Age

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  • Author : Michael F. Brown
  • Binding : Hardcover
  • EAN : 9780674108820
  • ISBN : 0674108825
  • Label : Harvard University Press
  • Languages : Original Language: English, Published: English
  • Manufacturer : Harvard University Press
  • Number Of Pages : 252
  • Package Dimensions : 1.00 inches (Height) x 8.40 inches (Length) x 0.95 pounds (Weight) x 5.80 inches (Width)
  • Product Group : Book
  • Publication Date : 1997-03-15
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • SKU : 4261277905
  • Studio : Harvard University Press

Channeling is an old practice dressed up in a new name. Every culture has its conduits to the afterlife. In late 20th-century America, it seems those conduits tend to be primarily female, middle-class, and in touch with their inner Sufi warriors. Starting in the early '80s with JZ Knight and her 9,000-year-old Sufi guide, Ramtha, channeling in its most recent, new-age persona entered the mainstream consciousness. Earlier, in the days of good old-fashioned seances, people visited mediums to get in touch with the deceased; now they go to hear variations on 12-step affirmations. In his book The Channeling Zone, Michael F. Brown, a professor of anthropology and Latin American studies at Williams College, offers an insightful look at the religious, commercial, and psychological aspects of channeling. Professor Brown bills himself as a "participant-observer" in his study, a role that permits him to explore some aspects of the subject at greater depth. His book details the phenomenon of channeling without attempting either to debunk or support it. Although Brown provides an artful analysis of a controversial practice, some readers may find it frustrating that he describes channeling's rather self-absorbed messages at length but seldom submits them to rigorous examination.

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