Originally published: Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1972.

Speaking in Tongues: A Cross-Cultural Study of Glossolalia

Goodman, Felicitas D.

Religion & Spirituality

University of Chicago Press

"Quite an interesting book... " ―Religious Studies Review
"It is by far superior to anything else on demons we have seen in the past few years." ―The American Rationalist
"... Goodman is to be commended for a stimulating and wide-reaching treatment of a compelling and much-debated subject." ―Journal of Folklore Research
Rich in detail derived from the author's fieldwork and the anthropological literature, this work paints a picture of possession as one of the usually positive and most widespread of human religious experiences. It also details the ritual of exorcism, which is applied when things go wrong.

How about Demons?: Possession and Exorcism in the Modern World (Folklore Today)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Indiana University Press

"The book is clearly written for the general reader and includes many descriptions of trance experiences. It may serve as a good introduction to the nature and appeal of the shamanic revival in modern Western cultures." ―Theological Book Review
"... a case study in experiential anthropology that offers a unique mix of autobiography, mythology, experiential research, and archaeological data to support a challenging thesis―that certain body postures may help induce specific trance states." ―Shaman’s Drum
"This is a spellbinding and exceptionally readable book by an extraordinary woman." ―Yoga Journal
"And suddenly the understanding of my own vision washed over me like a mighty wave... For life or for death, I was committed to that mighty realm of which I was shown a brief reminder, the world where all was forever motion and emergence, that realm where the spirits ride the wind." ―from the Prologue
Goodman reexamines our notions of the nature of reality by studying the ritual postures of native art assumed by her subjects during trance states. For readers desiring to discover this world of ancient myths, she has included a practical guide on how to achieve such ecstatic experiences.

Where the Spirits Ride the Wind: Trance Journeys and Other Ecstatic Experiences

Anthropology

"An important book which deserves the careful attention of serious students of religion." ―Religious Studies Review
Anthropologist and spiritual explorer Felicitas Goodman offers a "unified field theory" of religion as human behavior. She examines ritual, the religious trance, alternate reality, ethics and moral code, and the named category designating religion.

Ecstasy, Ritual, and Alternate Reality: Religion in a Pluralistic World

From her own visionary experiences, noted anthropologist Felicitas Goodman has woven together an adventure story of a special kind—with a ghost as the protagonist. It is a tale of death and dying, yet full of light and joy, a heartwarming celebration of the immortality of the human soul. The story is told by the ghost herself, who is on a quest for a permanent home in the alternate reality of Pueblo-Indian mythology, whose inhabitants include animal spirits such as Old Man Coyote, Grandfather Bear, Sister Snake and Spider Woman.

My Last Forty Days: A Visionary Journey among the Pueblo Spirits

Literature & Fiction

United States

Maya Apocalypse: Seventeen Years with the Women of a Yucatan Village

Maya Apolcalypse is the record of fieldwork that, as often happens, ended up quite differently from the way it was originally planned. In conducting a research project about speaking in tongues (glossolalia), Felicitas Goodman recorded this non-ordinary behavior among English- and Spanish-speaking members of Pentecostal congregations. A Mexican Apostolic Pentecostoal minister introduced Goodman to the preacher in a Maya village in Yucatan. The congregation she came to know in 1969 experienced a 'crisis cult' in response to a prediction of the end of the world, which was to take place on September 1, 1970. Goodman subsequently spent a part of every year until 1986 with the women of the congregation. Maya Apocalypse is a record of that fieldwork, which eventually covered not only the events in the temple, both ordinary and extraordinary, but also the lives of the women who acted as informants, especially Doña Eus, to whom this work is affectionately dedicated.

Offers a unified field theory of religion as human behavior. This book examines ritual, the religious trance, alternate reality, ethics and moral code, and the named category designating religion.

Ecstasy, Ritual and Alternate Reality: Religion in a Pluralistic World

"The book is clearly written for the general reader and includes many descriptions of trance experiences. It may serve as a good introduction to the nature and appeal of the shamanic revival in modern Western cultures." â€”Theological Book Review"... a case study in experiential anthropology that offers a unique mix of autobiography, mythology, experiential research, and archaeological data to support a challenging thesisâ€”that certain body postures may help induce specific trance states." â€”Shaman's Drum"This is a spellbinding and exceptionally readable book by an extraordinary woman." â€”Yoga Journal"And suddenly the understanding of my own vision washed over me like a mighty wave... For life or for death, I was committed to that mighty realm of which I was shown a brief reminder, the world where all was forever motion and emergence, that realm where the spirits ride the wind." â€”from the PrologueGoodman reexamines our notions of the nature of reality by studying the ritual postures of native art assumed by her subjects during trance states. For readers desiring to discover this world of ancient myths, she has included a practical guide on how to achieve such ecstatic experiences.

New Age & Spirituality

Occult & Paranormal

From her own visionary experiences, noted anthropologist Felicitas Goodman has woven together an adventure story of a special kind—with a ghost as the protagonist. It is a tale of death and dying, yet full of light and joy, a heartwarming celebration of the immortality of the human soul. The story is told by the ghost herself, who is on a quest for a permanent home in the alternate reality of Pueblo-Indian mythology, whose inhabitants include animal spirits such as Old Man Coyote, Grandfather Bear, Sister Snake and Spider Woman.

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Speaking in Tongues: A Cross-Cultural Study of Glossolalia

How about Demons?: Possession and Exorcism in the Modern World (Folklore Today)

Where the Spirits Ride the Wind: Trance Journeys and Other Ecstatic Experiences

Ecstasy, Ritual, and Alternate Reality: Religion in a Pluralistic World

My Last Forty Days: A Visionary Journey among the Pueblo Spirits

Maya Apocalypse: Seventeen Years with the Women of a Yucatan Village

Ecstasy, Ritual and Alternate Reality: Religion in a Pluralistic World

Where the Spirits Ride the Wind: Trance Journeys and Other Ecstatic Experiences

How about Demons?: Possession and Exorcism in the Modern World (Folklore Today)

My Last Forty Days: A Visionary Journey among the Pueblo Spirits