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An in-depth exploration of the practice, relevance, and purpose of spirit marriage around the world
• Presents interviews with ten contemporary practitioners of spirit marriage, exploring how the relationship developed and the opportunities and challenges
• Discusses the author's own spirit marriage, including her awakening as an erotic mystic and her encounters with her Faery beloved
• Explains how to cultivate a spirit marriage, sharing precautions and practices to spiritually prepare yourself and navigate the potential challenges of spirit marriage
Exploring the phenomenon of the spirit spouse or spirit lover--an entity to which a human is psychically bonded--Megan Rose, Ph.D., examines the practice and purpose of spirit marriage around the world, presenting transcultural evidence of this form of sacred union in anthropological research, religious literature, mythology, folklore, and the oral tradition. She shares her in-depth interviews with ten contemporary practitioners of spirit marriage, including a Faery Seer, a Shakta Tantric, a West African Shrine Keeper, a New Orleans Voodoo Mambo, Haitian Vodou practitioners, and a ceremonial magician. Through these respectful interviews, the spirit-marriage practitioners tell their stories of initiation and of having a spouse who is both otherworldly and able to assist in waking- world activities. They offer intimate insight into this growing global practice and its larger evolutionary purpose. We learn about their experiences of first contact, the decision to marry, how the relationship is upheld by their community, and the impact on their other relationships. We also learn about the risks and challenges as well as one example of divorcing a spirit.
Sharing her personal experience, the author discusses in detail her own spirit marriage, including the erotic nature of being "spirit filled" and her encounters with her Faery beloved. She explains how to cultivate a spirit marriage, sharing precautions and practices to spiritually prepare yourself, interpret your paranormal encounters, and navigate the potential challenges of spirit marriage.
Presenting the first study of the transcultural, shamanistic practice of spirit marriage, this book shows how bonded relationships with spirits are needed now more than ever to assist with spiritual evolution.
Contents
Foreword by Orion Foxwood
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Feminizing and Decolonizing Our Perceptions of Reality
PART I
The Past
1 Hidden in Plain Sight
2 History, Folklore, and Religion
3 The Occult and Psycho-Spiritual Practice
PART II
The Present
4 Contemporary Stories of Spirit Marriage
5 The Faery Seer
6 The Shakta Tantric
7 The West African Shrine Keeper
8 The Washington, DC, Witchdoctor
9 The New Orleans Voodoo Mambo
10 The Haitian Vodou Practitioners
11 The Ceremonial Magician
12 The Erotic Mystic: Journey to My Divine Self
13 The Erotic Mystic: Encounters with My Faery Beloved
PART III
The Future
14 Cultivating a Spirit Marriage
15 Practices and Precautions
Conclusion: Normalizing the Paranormal
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
