Chapter 8
The Spiritualist Interests of Bishop Ghenadie Petrescu (1836–1918)
In: Esotericism and Deviance
Author:
Ionuț Daniel Băncilă
Ionuț Daniel Băncilă
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Abstract
Transnational Spiritualism skillfully navigated the broad social gap between public display and concealment. One case of a careful crafted strategy to entertain the social bound of friendship, even if being part of a social group, which could (potentially) disdain this option, is offered by the Romanian Orthodox Bishop Ghenadie Petrescu. As a conscious option for a potentially deviant set of actions, in a context of conflicting loyalties, the strategic deviance of Bishop Ghenadie is an invitation to consider deviance not as mere social stygma, but as a result of various strategies to creatively manage conflicting social commitments.