Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the linguistic and interactional features of the work done by practitioners of a deviant occupation, spiritual reading. Based on 42 transcriptions of such readings, we uncover the common elements of grammatical form and propositfonal content and the way readers use setting, self, and talk to make their visionary utterances more forceful. The successful accomplishment of a reading typically requires that the client be an active participant and that reader and client share a “common religion.”
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