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Representing Spirit

Heathenry, New-Indigenes and the Imaged Past

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Blain, J., Wallis, R.J. (2006). Representing Spirit. In: Russell, I. (eds) Images, Representations and Heritage. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-32216-7_4

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