Shamanic Journeying Imagery, Constructivism and the Affect Bridge Technique

Anthropology of Consciousness

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 50-71

  Rock, Adam J ^a   Baynes, Peter B ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affect bridge; Constructivism; Epistemology; Imagery; Shamanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149050654     PISSN: 10534202     EISSN: 15563537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ac.2005.16.2.50     Document Type: Article

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