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I had recently discovered masturbation and applied myself to the act with the utmost diligence. I couldn’t seem to stop myself, and afterward would pray to God, begging his forgiveness. I had no idea that it was normal to have such urges, for no one ever explained such things to me.
Damien Echols is an American artist, author, teacher, and practitioner of magick. At eighteen, he was wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to Death Row. He was eventually released after almost eighteen years, and he writes and speaks on the spiritual practices that helped sustain him during his incarceration.
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