Neotrance and the Psychedelic Festival

Dancecult

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-64

  John, Graham St ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

liminality; neotrance; neotribe; new spirituality; psychedelic festival; psytrance; religion; trance states

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858648036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19475403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12801/1947-5403.2009.01.01.03     Document Type: Article

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