One of my research participants had an interesting experience recently. Upon trying to get his Tarot workshop advertised he was excluded from a particular publication on the grounds that it did not cover anything to do with 'spirituality'.
Upon a quick flick through said publication he came across an advertisement for a 'church walk'. He was informed by the editors that churches had not been seen as 'spiritual' and had therefore been included. Fairly ironic given the fact that they remain one of the most widespread physical expressions of spirituality in the British landscape.
My participant felt discriminated against.
I am sure many church goers would also be horrified to know their sacred spaces had been deemed non-spiritual.
What does consititute a spiritual space and can we distinguish between mainstream and minority spiritual interests in today's society?
