August Turak interview: the Quest for Enlightenment

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Nov 4, 20230:00Religion & Spirituality

August “Augie” Turak was the first student of Richard Rose and played an key role in introducing me to the spiritual search through his founding of the Self Knowledge Symposium. Thus, I was happy for the oppo...

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