'We are all one, we are all gods': Negotiating spirituality in the conscious partying movement

Journal of Contemporary Religion

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-355

  Beck, Giles ^b   Lynch, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Birkbeck College ^*

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EID: 69449088925     PISSN: 13537903     EISSN: 14699419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13537900903080444     Document Type: Review

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