Brief List of Everything in the Catalog
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pluralarchivesAdams, Monni. Designs for Living. (1982). This is a book overwhelmingly about African art design, but it briefly mentions various spirit relationships (including possession) in passing, which may be of interest. Dig around in the citations. Peoples/regions discussed include the Baule (Cote d'Ivoire), Ibibio (Nigeria), and Yoruba (Nigeria).
Asrai-d. Multiplicity [the Livejournal community]. (2001-2016). Once the biggest, most active multiplicity community on Livejournal. Fifteen years of interactions between multiples, soulbonders, midcontinuums/medians, gateway systems, spiritual systems, natural multiples, and so on. Data loss minor, but locked and closed.
Athenaivanidx. Athena, Ivan, and the Integral. (2008-2013). Personal blog of Eastern Orthodox autistic multiple. No data loss.
Cheu Tock Hong. The Nine Emperor Gods: A Study of Chinese Spirit Medium Cults. (1988). "During the first nine days of the ninth lunar month, Chinese in Malaysia and Singapore will celebrate the Festival of the Nine Emperor Gods. This book offers an interesting survey about the survival of such traditional customs among ethnic Chinese."
DeBernardi, Jean. The Way That Lives in the Heart: Chinese Popular Religion and Spirit Mediums in Penang, Malaysia. (2006). "a richly detailed ethnographic analysis of the practice of Chinese religion in the modern, multicultural Southeast Asian city of Penang, Malaysia. The book conveys both an understanding of shared religious practices and orientations and a sense of how individual men and women imagine, represent, and transform popular religious practices within the time and space of their own lives."
HMS Beagle. Voyage of the Beagle. (2010-2011?). The personal sites of HMS Beagle, including articles about the plural community and multiples in the media, along with other resources. Complete data loss.
Kurai. Untitled Soulbonding Site. (2000-2009). Personal website with forum, personal essays, and (most famously) "the list" of soulbonders acting as an informal web ring. Data loss variable, but minor for the main site.
Little, Candace "Candy". D.I.D. A Legitimate Diagnosis. (2004-2015). Personal website of a Christian woman with DID. Includes pages with resources, her story, poetry, photos of her family and pets, and links to her book. Data loss variable, but minor for the main site.
Nichole. The Soulbonding Database. (2003?-2005). Archive of soulbonding experiences, made when Kurai's soulbonding list went down. Data loss major.
Rose, Megan. Spirit Marriage. (2022). "Megan Rose, Ph.D., examines the practice and purpose of spirit marriage around the world, presenting transcultural evidence of this form of sacred union. [...] 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," along with her own spirit marriage.
Speaking for Our Selves. Speaking For Our Selves. (1985-1987). Possibly the first newsletter for people with MPD. Major data loss.
Suryani, Luh Ketut and Jensen, Gordon D. Trance and Possession in Bali: A Window on Western Multiple Personality, Possession Disorder, and Suicide. (1993). "This book deals with Balinese psycho-social experiences in trance-possession states during traditional healing, religious ceremonials, dance, drama and gamelan performances, as well as in several mental disorders. It concludes that trance-possession in Bali is the same, phenomenologically, as multiple personality disorder (MPD) in the West. It also presents criteria for the diagnosis of possession in any culture, a new theory of possession, and multifold comparisons of trance-possession in Bali with MPD in the West."
Van Duijl, Marjolein; Cardeña, Etzel; and De Jong, Joop T. V. M. "The validity of DSM-IV dissociative disorders categories in south-west Uganda." (2005). "This study evaluates the fit of the DSM-IV classification and concepts of these disorders with local concepts, experiences and local presentations in south-west Uganda."
Various. Asylum. (2000). E-zine. "Original writing around all matters, issues, concerns and life for Multiple People." Medium data loss.
Various. H.O.P.E. (Human/Otherworldly/Paranormals/Exchange). (1999-2002). Sketchy coalition group for various oddballs, including pagans, otherkin, queer people, plurals, polyamourous people, people with paranormal abilities, hackers, and goths. Data loss variable, but minor for the main site.
Various. Pavilion Hall/Lancers. (2002). Attempted coalition group for "non-disordered" multiples, medians, and singlets. Coined "median." Medium data loss.
Vicki(s). The Wonderful World of the MidContinuum. (1997-2001). A website collating experiences of people who were "not multiple enough," and coiner of the use of "plural" as an umbrella term for more-than-one experiences. Minor data loss.
Wasnak, Lynn. Many Voices. (1989-2012). Newsletter. Longest-running continuous archive of medical plural community I know of. No data loss.
Asrai-d. Multiplicity [the Livejournal community]. (2001-2016). Once the biggest, most active multiplicity community on Livejournal. Fifteen years of interactions between multiples, soulbonders, midcontinuums/medians, gateway systems, spiritual systems, natural multiples, and so on. Data loss minor, but locked and closed.
Athenaivanidx. Athena, Ivan, and the Integral. (2008-2013). Personal blog of Eastern Orthodox autistic multiple. No data loss.
Cheu Tock Hong. The Nine Emperor Gods: A Study of Chinese Spirit Medium Cults. (1988). "During the first nine days of the ninth lunar month, Chinese in Malaysia and Singapore will celebrate the Festival of the Nine Emperor Gods. This book offers an interesting survey about the survival of such traditional customs among ethnic Chinese."
DeBernardi, Jean. The Way That Lives in the Heart: Chinese Popular Religion and Spirit Mediums in Penang, Malaysia. (2006). "a richly detailed ethnographic analysis of the practice of Chinese religion in the modern, multicultural Southeast Asian city of Penang, Malaysia. The book conveys both an understanding of shared religious practices and orientations and a sense of how individual men and women imagine, represent, and transform popular religious practices within the time and space of their own lives."
HMS Beagle. Voyage of the Beagle. (2010-2011?). The personal sites of HMS Beagle, including articles about the plural community and multiples in the media, along with other resources. Complete data loss.
Kurai. Untitled Soulbonding Site. (2000-2009). Personal website with forum, personal essays, and (most famously) "the list" of soulbonders acting as an informal web ring. Data loss variable, but minor for the main site.
Little, Candace "Candy". D.I.D. A Legitimate Diagnosis. (2004-2015). Personal website of a Christian woman with DID. Includes pages with resources, her story, poetry, photos of her family and pets, and links to her book. Data loss variable, but minor for the main site.
Nichole. The Soulbonding Database. (2003?-2005). Archive of soulbonding experiences, made when Kurai's soulbonding list went down. Data loss major.
Rose, Megan. Spirit Marriage. (2022). "Megan Rose, Ph.D., examines the practice and purpose of spirit marriage around the world, presenting transcultural evidence of this form of sacred union. [...] 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," along with her own spirit marriage.
Speaking for Our Selves. Speaking For Our Selves. (1985-1987). Possibly the first newsletter for people with MPD. Major data loss.
Suryani, Luh Ketut and Jensen, Gordon D. Trance and Possession in Bali: A Window on Western Multiple Personality, Possession Disorder, and Suicide. (1993). "This book deals with Balinese psycho-social experiences in trance-possession states during traditional healing, religious ceremonials, dance, drama and gamelan performances, as well as in several mental disorders. It concludes that trance-possession in Bali is the same, phenomenologically, as multiple personality disorder (MPD) in the West. It also presents criteria for the diagnosis of possession in any culture, a new theory of possession, and multifold comparisons of trance-possession in Bali with MPD in the West."
Van Duijl, Marjolein; Cardeña, Etzel; and De Jong, Joop T. V. M. "The validity of DSM-IV dissociative disorders categories in south-west Uganda." (2005). "This study evaluates the fit of the DSM-IV classification and concepts of these disorders with local concepts, experiences and local presentations in south-west Uganda."
Various. Asylum. (2000). E-zine. "Original writing around all matters, issues, concerns and life for Multiple People." Medium data loss.
Various. H.O.P.E. (Human/Otherworldly/Paranormals/Exchange). (1999-2002). Sketchy coalition group for various oddballs, including pagans, otherkin, queer people, plurals, polyamourous people, people with paranormal abilities, hackers, and goths. Data loss variable, but minor for the main site.
Various. Pavilion Hall/Lancers. (2002). Attempted coalition group for "non-disordered" multiples, medians, and singlets. Coined "median." Medium data loss.
Vicki(s). The Wonderful World of the MidContinuum. (1997-2001). A website collating experiences of people who were "not multiple enough," and coiner of the use of "plural" as an umbrella term for more-than-one experiences. Minor data loss.
Wasnak, Lynn. Many Voices. (1989-2012). Newsletter. Longest-running continuous archive of medical plural community I know of. No data loss.
