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Professor's book examines experiences of visionaries
By Sarah Davis
Kansan staff writer
In her forthecoming book, "Encou-
nering Mary," Sandra Zimdars-
Swartz, associate professor of religious
studies, provides insight into the
experiences and interpretations of
visionaries who claim to have been
visited by apparitions of the Virgin
Mary.
Zimdzars-Swartz, currently the only person at the University of Kansas specializing in appariations, has been researching the subject since 1982.
"I've always been interested in theories of history," she said. "And I really got interested in appariums of Lourdes (France) for a conference."
Her book, due out the first week of May, is split into two parts. First, she examines the religious experiences of the visionaries and then looks at the experiences of those who have the experience by others involved, such as the community members.
"I look at the process from going from personal religious experience to theology and how that process works," she said.
"I look at how the different groups interact with the visionaries. There's a variety of communities who are interested in the visionary experience, and that what's I try to examine in the book."
Zimdars-Swartz investigated six main regions around the world where
'Mostly people feel like they've gotten special favors, like they've gotten healed.'
-Sandra Zimdars-Swartz associate professor of religious stud-
people have been involved in visionary experiences from the mid-19th century to the present: Lourdes and La Salette in France; Fatima, Portugal; San Damiano, Italy; Garabanova, and Medjugorje, Yugoslavia.
In these areas, people or visionaries have received messages, usually positive ones, from the Virgin Mary.
A 1988 case in Lubbock, Texas, that Zimdars-Swartz discusses in her book, involved a rossy group that received a message saying that the Virgin Mary would perform a miracle Aug. 15 that year.
On that day, people saw sun miracles, such as the sun as a holy communion and Jesus and Mary in the clouds.
Zindars-Swartz, along with her husband, traveled to Texas, as well as many other major sites in the country. She had never seen any apparitions.
Rather, she said, she was interested in others' experiences.
"The interesting thing is, do they attribute it to the Virgin Mary and why?" she said. "I find it a fascinating phenomenon.
"Mostly people feel like they've gotten special favors, like they've gotten healed."
Father Vince Krische, director of the St. Lawrence Catholic Center, said these kinds of experiences have a tremendous impact on many people.
"if something good comes out of it, then it's beneficial," he said. "They are very strong aware of what must be done to counteract those things in life which empty us of our inner peace."
He said that those who come back from the sites take the events seriously.
“There’s a lot of skepticism that builds up around these things.” Krische said. “But nobody ever comes back and says it’s a farce.”
Robert Minor, chairperson of the department of religious studies, said that Zimdars-Swartz's research in this area was becoming more of an interest to scholars who study these phenomena.
"I think she has established herself internationally as a researcher and scholar in visionary experience, those among those surrounding Mary," he said.
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