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Original Articles

Trance and the Trickster: Hypnosis as a Liminal Phenomenon

Trance und Trickster

Stanley Krippner

Transe et ‘Guérisseurs’

Stanley Krippner

Trance y embusteros

Stanley Krippner

Pages 97-118 | Received 19 Aug 2004, Accepted 02 Sep 2004, Published online: 16 Feb 2007

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