Flights of the sacred: Symbolism and theory in Siberian shamanism

American Anthropologist

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 305-318

  Balzer, Marjorie Mandelstam ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030559360     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.1996.98.2.02a00070     Document Type: Article

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