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You need your reason to pass through the world and also to experience the nagual, because if you become all nagual, we'll lock you away in an institution.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
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