Charting the inward journey: Applying blackmore's model to meditative religious experiences

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 157-180

  Spickard, James V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

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EID: 33646500049     PISSN: 00846724     EISSN: 15736121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/0084672053598067     Document Type: Article

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