Individualism and community in alternative spiritual "magic"

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 286-302

  Bloch, Jon P ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0344820163     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1387528     Document Type: Article

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