Manifesting Spirits

Manifesting Spirits is an ethnographic study of a contemporary trance mediumship development circle in suburban Bristol. The book has a particular emphasis on the ways in which extraordinary experiences had in s ances lead to expanded notions of self and consciousness for both mediums and sitters, and the processes by which spirits are manifested in s ance situations. Overall, the book makes strides toward the development of a nonreductive anthropology of the paranormal that embraces complexity and pushes beyond established models.