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People who have power, who think negatively of others and seek to injure them, are practicing a kind of voodoo, a lower sorcery.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
Author
Entrepreneur
San Diego
California
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Buddhism
Seek
Others
Sorcery
Power
Voodoo
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Negatively
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Injure
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