Energy healers: Who they are and what they do

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-26

  Levin, Jeff ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bioenergy; energy healing; healers; Healing

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; BEHAVIOR; BIOENERGY; CONSCIOUSNESS; ENERGY; HEALING; HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 79951520543     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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