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Engaging the Anomalous is a collection of essays written by Jack Hunter between 2010-17. Together, the essays push toward the development of a non-reductive, participatory and experiential anthropology of the paranormal. Over the course of the book, Hunter surveys: • Trends in anthropology's engagement with the paranormal • The anthropology and neuroscience of spirit possession • The history of Spiritualism and the phenomena of physical mediumship • The overlaps between mediumistic practices and other mind-body phenomena Hunter also poses serious questions about consciousness, experience,…mehr

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Engaging the Anomalous is a collection of essays written by Jack Hunter between 2010-17. Together, the essays push toward the development of a non-reductive, participatory and experiential anthropology of the paranormal. Over the course of the book, Hunter surveys: • Trends in anthropology's engagement with the paranormal • The anthropology and neuroscience of spirit possession • The history of Spiritualism and the phenomena of physical mediumship • The overlaps between mediumistic practices and other mind-body phenomena Hunter also poses serious questions about consciousness, experience, spirits, mediumship, psi, the nature of reality, and how best to investigate and understand them. In addition, the book features a selection of illuminating interviews with the author, as well as an original Foreword by leading parapsychologist and trickster theorist George P. Hansen. Engaging the Anomalousis a bold contribution to Anomalistic literature.
Autorenporträt
Dr. Jack Hunter is an anthropologist exploring the borderlands of ecology, religion and the paranormal. He lives in the hills of Mid-Wales with his family. He is an Honorary Research Fellow with the Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre, University of Wales Trinity Saint David and a Research Fellow with the Parapsychology Foundation, New York. He is the founder and editor of "Paranthropology: Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal", the author of "Spirits, Gods and Magic: An Introduction to the Anthropology of the Supernatural" (2019) and "Engaging the Anomalous" (2018). He is the editor of "Strange Dimensions: A Paranthropology Anthology" (2015), "Damned Facts: Fortean Essays on Religion, Folklore and the Paranormal" (2016), and is co-editor with Dr. David Luke of "Talking With the Spirits: Ethnographies from Between the Worlds" (2014). To find out more about his work visit www.jack-hunter.webstarts.com