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Breaking the death habit : the science of everlasting life

by Leonard Orr

An introduction to one of the originators of the New Age movement and founder of rebirthing, tracing a spiritual journey from the 1950s and the development of ideas on breath awareness and alternative philosophies.

Accession 11540 ISBN 9781883319687 Publisher Frog Limited
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