Dancing at the crossroads of consciousness: Techno-mysticism, visionary arts and Portugal's boom festival

Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 521-552

  St John, Graham ^a   Baldini, Chiara ^a  

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