Ecstatic Religion: An Anthropological Study of Spirit Possession and Shamanism
- ISBN-10
- 0140212779
- ISBN-13
- 9780140212778
- Series
- Ecstatic Religion
- Category
- Religion / General
- Pages
- 221
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1971
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Author
- I. M. Lewis
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