Subtle-body processes: Towards a non-reductionist understanding

Religion and the Subtle Body in Asia and the West: Between Mind and Body

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 249-266

  Samuel, Geoffrey ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203558249     Document Type: Chapter

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