Magia sexualis: Sex, secrecy, and liberation in modern western esotericism

Journal of the American Academy of Religion

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 695-731

  Urban, Hugh ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; GROUP DYNAMICS; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; PERSONAL SPACE; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL VALUES; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 61949420854     PISSN: 00027189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfh064     Document Type: Article

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