Radio Mind: Protestant Experimentalists on the Frontiers of Healing

Klassen, Pamela E.

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“…In some mainstream religions (e.g., orthodox Protestantism) belief in psychic phenomena like 'mindreading' is rejected as being occult (Emmons & Sobal, 1981;Rice, 2003). In contrast, in other religious denominations (e.g., Evangelicals) belief in and practice of psychic phenomena (e.g., such as hearing the voice of God or engaging in 'spiritual warfare') is actually encouraged (Klassen, 2007) and these groups may likely agree with the notion that the human mind is porous.…”

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Development of a Porous Theory of Mind scale and the relation with paranormal beliefs

Elk¹,

Maij²,

Rutjens³

2020

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We report the results of an empirical investigation of the extent to which supernatural believers endorse a porous conception of the mind, i.e., the belief that one’s thoughts can be directly perceived by others. We developed a porous theory of mind (PToM) scale, tested its factor structure by using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, and showed the relation of PToM with supernatural beliefs in three studies in the Netherlands and one study with North-American participants. We found that endorsement of a PToM is positively related to paranormal beliefs. We also showed that the endorsement of a porous view of the mind differs between people from different religious backgrounds (i.e., Protestants vs. Catholics; spiritualists vs. religious believers). The finding that supernatural believers endorse a porous conception of the mind fits well with recent work in the field of the anthropology of religion and the psychology of paranormal beliefs. We propose that our PToM scale provides a parsimonious measurement tool (i.e., consisting only of 4 items) that circumvents socially desirable responding, while providing direct insight in the endorsement of paranormal beliefs.

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Development of a Porous Theory of Mind scale and the relation with paranormal beliefs

Elk¹,

Maij²,

Rutjens³

2020

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Development and Validation of a Porous Theory of Mind Scale

2020

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We report the results of an empirical investigation of the extent to which supernatural believers endorse a porous conception of the mind, i.e., the belief that one’s thoughts can be directly perceived by others. We developed a porous theory of mind (PToM) scale, tested its factor structure by using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, and showed its relation with supernatural beliefs in three studies in the Netherlands and one study with North-American participants. We found that endorsement of a PToM is positively related to paranormal beliefs. We also showed that the endorsement of a porous view of the mind differs in meaningful ways between people from different religious backgrounds (i.e., Protestants vs. Catholics; spiritualists vs. religious believers). The finding that supernatural believers endorse a porous conception of the mind fits well with recent work in the field of the anthropology of religion and the psychology of paranormal beliefs. We propose that our PToM scale provides a parsimonious measurement tool (i.e., consisting only of 4 items) that circumvents socially desirable responding, while providing direct insight in the endorsement of paranormal beliefs.

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“…The actual fragrance and its accompanying scent matters; indeed, none of this would be possible without the medium of the captured waste fragrance. The media turn, Matthew Engleke (, 371) explains, occurred as anthropologists and scholars of religion began to conceive of religion “as mediation” (see also Meyer and Moors ; Klassen ; Meyer ; Morgan ). They shifted their attention from debates over religious belief and practice (Needham ; Asad , ; Ruel ), instead now attuning to the things that make belief possible, be they cassette tapes (Hirschkind ), veils (Abu‐Lughod ; Mahmood ), books (Engelke ), radio (Schulz ), or even dreams (Mittermaier ).…”

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“It smells like a thousand angels marching”: The Salvific Sensorium in Rio de Janeiro’s Western Subúrbios

Willis¹

2018

Cult. Anthropol.

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The density of the fragrance lands on our lips. They curl. We smell it as we breathe, the odors lodging themselves in our nostril membranes, coating the delicate scroll-shaped bones that make up the human nose. Milene, a devout Pentecostal believer (crente), purrs a short prayer in response to the rising fumes. Half of Milene's body disappears into a big blue fifty-five-gallon barrel of thick liquid fragrance. She draws a large scoop with a spouted jug she has cut from the bottom third of an old plastic bottle and then appears again. She pours the liquid gently through a funnel, also repurposed, down some green plastic tubing. The viscous, bright white substance seems to move rather idly down the tube, and at times Milene has to coax it by jiggling the hose or whispering it a little prayer of encouragement. The plastic tubing is feeding the fragrance into a reused two-liter soda bottle that we have already filled with one part water and one part bleach. The first steps-filling up the bottles with bleach and water-are easier, as bleach and water are cheap and plentiful. It's the fragrance we don't want to lose a drop of. Milene is careful and practiced in her movements and, this morning, we do not lose any of the fragrance in transfer. Its strong fumes swirl, burning my eyes and nose. The smell coats our tongues, where fragrance mingles with spit, so that we taste it.

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Radio Mind: Protestant Experimentalists on the Frontiers of Healing

Cited by 9 publications

References 44 publications

Development of a Porous Theory of Mind scale and the relation with paranormal beliefs

Development of a Porous Theory of Mind scale and the relation with paranormal beliefs

Development and Validation of a Porous Theory of Mind Scale

“It smells like a thousand angels marching”: The Salvific Sensorium in Rio de Janeiro’s Western Subúrbios

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