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(Epub Kindle) The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Mediums,
and Legends of Camp Etna !READ NOW!

(Epub Kindle) The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Mediums, and Legends
of Camp Etna !READ NOW!
(Epub Kindle) The
In-Betweens: The
Spiritualists,
Mediums, and
Legends of Camp
Etna !READ NOW!
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“Engaging.... [Ptacin] is on a quest to understand the peculiar
nature of belief, the power of faith – pure, unquestioning and even
unreasoning – to shape the way we see the world around us.... This is
a place and a story rooted in the very human hope that life is more than
a handful of years on a lonely planet. And that if we believe hard
enough we may find proof of that, shining in the shadows, just beyond
our reach.― -Deborah Blum, New York Times Book Review“Who doesnâ€t
like a good ghost story? And in Camp Etna, the 143-year-old Spiritualist
summer retreat located in the Maine hinterland just west of Bangor,
author Mira Ptacin has found a whopping good one.... Ms. Ptacinâ€s
depiction of Camp Etnaâ€s residents―a ‘quirky underworld of fringe
characters†and ‘their truthâ€â€•is both nonjudgmental and, pardon
the pun, dead-on.― -Marc M. Arkin, Wall Street Journal“A deft
account.... Ptacin nimbly traces the movement from the early days ―
when Spiritualism offered women (often via mediumship) a public voice
and sense of authority ― to its heyday as a ghostly carnival, into the
public backlash at the hands of skeptics like Harry Houdini, to the New
Age of crystal healing and the even newer age of high-tech ghost
hunting.― -Genevieve Valentine, NPR.org“Best to go into this book
open-minded. Leave a crack open for wonder – or belief – to slip
through.― -Elena Nicolau, Refinery29“Enchanting.... Ptacin locates
the roots of Spiritualism and traces the rise and decline of this femaledominated
world that challenged institutions of the 19th-century
patriarchy, offered comforting connection with the dead, and supported
both abolition and suffrage. Blending history and her firsthand
experience, Ptacin summons the spirits of this rich past and conveys the
emotional needs it has satisfied over the years.― -National Book Review
“A fascinating look at the history and cultural influence of Camp
Etna, the 143-year-old Spiritualist community in Maine.... Ptacin, who
is receptive to the spiritual experiences and stories of the community,
delivers her narrative evenhandedly and with genuine curiosity. This is
an eye-opening and informative peek into a little-known but influential
community.― -Publishers Weekly [starred review]“With mediums, rocking
healing, tables, divining, ghost hunting, and faith healing in the mix,
Ptacinâ€s history of the Spiritualist religion in America will
entertain practitioners and naysayers alike.... Ptacinâ€s writing is
educational, entertaining, and well-researched. Readers interested in

Spiritualism as a contemporary religion as well as the people who are
currently involved with programs, services and educational opportunities
at Camp Etna will find this of particular interest.― -Joyce McIntosh,
Booklist“The Maine-based author immersed herself in the community, and
her reportage reflects equal amounts of diligent journalism and wideeyed
fascination.... Both thrilling and unsettling.... In appropriately
affable and accessible prose, the author describes what separates
spiritualists from more common American religious traditions.... An eyeopening,
consistently fascinating, and engrossing profile of the modern
spiritualist movement.― -Kirkus Reviews“Writing about her time spent
in the company of the mediums of Camp Etna during its 141st summer in
operation, Ptacin reflects on spiritualism's place in an increasingly
secular culture, the changes and controversies in the camp's management,
and the nature of faith itself. But this is as much a meditation on
healing as a history of a spiritualist camp. With great empathy and
insight, Ptacin shows how spiritualist practices have aided the healing
process in the lives of its practitioners, followers, and in Ptacin
herself. A colorful, quirky, and ultimately moving look at a
misunderstood faith and the iron-willed women who continue to sustain
it.― -Library Journal“The In-Betweens is a truly fascinating history
of a little-known American community of Spiritualists. Iâ€d never heard
of Camp Etna before reading this book, and I canâ€t imagine how Iâ€d
missed it. This is a story of a deeply female, fiercely autonomous, openhearted
and searching group of spiritual seekers, whose ranks have
refused for well over a century to comply with any conventional ideas
about religion, power, and women. Ptacin approaches her subjects with a
mind that is both open and enthusiastic, without ever losing her keen
reporterâ€s edge. Itâ€s a brilliant work, and a fabulous read.― -
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of The Signature of All Things and Eat, Pray,
Love The author of the acclaimed memoirPoor Your Soul,