Machine generated contents note: 1.Roots and Layers of Icelandic Andleg Mal -- 2.Science and Skepticism, Belief and Blasphemy -- 3.Skyggnigafa: The Gift That Keeps on Giving -- 4.Trance Work -- 5.Healers and Healing -- 6.Leaps of Geography and Faith.
Summary
This work explores the tradition of Icelandic spirit work, known as andleg mal, as practiced in the northern town of Akureyri. Based on firsthand accounts of these spirit encounters, Corinne Dempsey describes how andleg mal's beliefs and practices span not only earth and spirit but Icelandic histories and cross-Atlantic cultures.