Science, Spiritualism and Nineteenth-Century New Zealand

Authors

  • Shaun Broadley

Keywords:

Science, Spiritualism, New Zealand, Nineteenth-Century, Paranormal, Religion, Cult

Abstract

  

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2020-06-11