Modern medical yoga: Struggling with a history of magic, alchemy and sex

Asian Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 119-146

  Alter, Joseph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 34548533517     PISSN: 1573420X     EISSN: 15734218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15734218-00101007     Document Type: Article

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