Ego Boundaries, Shamanic-Like Techniques, and Subjective Experience: An Experimental Study

Anthropology of Consciousness

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-83

  Rock, Adam J ^a   Wilson, Jessica M ^b   Johnston, Luke J ^c   Levesque, Janelle V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Riverina Division of General Practice   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ego boundaries; Mood; Personality; Shamanic; Subjective experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249094994     PISSN: 10534202     EISSN: 15563537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-3537.2008.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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