Shamanism and the confusion of consciousness with phenomenological content

North American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 485-500

  Rock, Adam J ^a   Krippner, Stanley ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SAYBROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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