Paul Entwhistle presented –“Thoughts from Aldous Huxley –Through The Doors and Beyond”.
Paul always puts a lot of preparation into his work. We all found it a very interesting afternoon.
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Chair: Dr. Steve Taylor, Leeds Beckett University, author of Spiritual Science and The Leap, chair of Transpersonal Section of the BPS Eventbrite organizer: […]