7: The Fool's Golden Rule (Espiritismo and Spiritual Churches)

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Jun 13, 202262:44Society & Culture

This week, Jamie goes to a ghost museum, high fives a Jigsaw doll, and takes a look at two religious movements that pulled from American Spiritualism, took what they needed, and left the rest. Dr. Carlos Camacho stops by...

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