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The prophecies of the worlds most famous seer, and more on. I apologize to him for not having been able to protect him from such an experience. Grant have especially large sections and not only does he expose the tricks these men used to pretend, but he discovers even their faith is. Critic james randi writes, todays faithhealers impose a heavy potential burden of guilt on their victims.
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