An assessment of contextual mediation in trance states of shamanic journeys

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-65

  Houran, James ^a,b   Lange, Rense ^a   Crist Houran, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAGIC; MALE; MYSTICISM; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RELIGION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MAGIC; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MYSTICISM; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; SHAMANISM; SPIRITUALISM;

EID: 0031203575     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.85.1.59     Document Type: Article

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