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Chapter 7 Manning the High Seat: Seiðr as Self- Making in Contemporary Norse Neopaganisms 第七章占据高位:当代北欧新异教中的自我创造
Magic in the Modern World Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/9780271079899-008
M. Goodwin
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