From the Indian Goddess to Icelandic Spirits

A candid conversation with Corinne Dempsey on her wide-ranging, fascinating research in religion, from the Indian Goddess in New York and Icelandic Spirit Work.

Books

• The Goddess Lives in Upstate New York: Breaking Convention and Making Home at a North American Hindu Temple
• Kerala Christian Sainthood: Collisions of Culture and Worldview in South India
• Bringing the Sacred Down to Earth: Adventures in Comparative Religion
• Bridges Between Worlds: Spirits and Spirit Work in Northern Iceland



Raj Balkaran is a scholar of Sanskrit narrative texts. He teaches at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and at his own virtual School of Indian Wisdom. For information see rajbalkaran.com.

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