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Names: Asprem, Egil, editor. | Strube, Julian, editor.
Title: New approaches to the study of esotericism / edited by Egil Asprem, Julian Strube.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2021. | Series: Supplements to method & theory in the study of religion, 2214-3270 ; volume 17 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2020048069 | ISBN 9789004446441 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004446458 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Occultism–Research–Methodology.
Classification: LCC BF1439 .N49 2021 | DDC 130–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020048069
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ISSN 2214-3270
ISBN 978-90-04-44644-1 (hardback)
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