Environmentalism and Duane Elgin’s Concept of Voluntary Simplicity As Examples of Implicit Esotericism
Issue: Vol 19 No. 4 (2016)
Journal: Implicit Religion
Subject Areas: Religious Studies
DOI: 10.1558/imre.30628
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Author: Andrzej Kasperek
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