Eastern Mysticism and the Resocialization of Drug Users: The Meher Baba Cult
Eastern mystical movements operating in America recruit partly from young persons who have previously experimented with psychedelic drugs. This paper argues that these cults serve as a "half-way house" between the drug culture and reassimilation into conventional society. Since mystical ex...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[1969]
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 1969, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 308-317 |
| Further subjects: | B
Middle class
B Mysticism B Psychedelic drugs B Drug Culture B Hippie culture B Mystics B Religious sects B Asceticism B Hallucinogens B Cults |
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