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Oct 2021
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Episode 34: Mark Vernon

RUPERT SPIRA
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In this episode, Rupert Spira and Mark Vernon talk about the significance of the direct path, how it is found in Christianity, and what its links to psychotherapy, freedom and God are.

Mark Vernon is a psychotherapist and author of Dante's Divine Comedy: A Guide for the Spiritual Journey. 

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