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High Magick: A Guide to the Spiritual Practices that Saved My Life on Death Row

At age 18, Damien Echols was sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit. "I spent my years in prison training to be a true magician," he recalls. "I used magick―the practice of reshaping reality through our intention and will―to stave off incredible pain, despair, and isolation.

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Damien Echols
2018
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Some People Find Jesus on Death Row. Damien Echols Found Magick

Free from prison, Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three details the spiritual lessons he learned on the inside.

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Tim Greiving
2018
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Damien Echols Says He Is Proof Arkansas Sends ‘Innocent People to Death’

To many, Mr. Echols’s celebrated release from death row in Arkansas in 2011 constitutes its own argument for abolishing capital punishment.

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Richard Fausset
2017
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FindCenter Quotes ImageThere is no time in prison, unless you create it for yourself. People on the outside seem to believe time passes slowly in prison, but it doesn’t. The truth is that time doesn’t pass at all. It’s an eternal vacuum, and each moment is meaningless because it has no context.

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Dogma-Free Meditation for Calming Your Mind

How to stay present and stop your mind from fixating.

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Damien Echols
2018
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Damien Echols: Innocent on Death Row—How I Survived 18 Years | Big Think

Damien Echols was a member of the West Memphis Three, a group of young men who were wrongfully convicted of murdering three children. He served nearly 20 years on death row before being exonerated and released.

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Damien Echols
2018
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Life After Death

In 1993, teenagers Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. were arrested for the murders of three eight-year-old boys in Arkansas. The ensuing trial was marked by tampered evidence, false testimony, and public hysteria.

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Damien Echols
2012
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The Prison Cell Meditation by Damien Echols | Big Think

Damien Echols was wrongfully imprisoned and put on death row for 18 years. He credits dogma-free meditation with helping him stay sane during that difficult time.

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Damien Echols
2018
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Yours for Eternity: A Love Story on Death Row

An explosive bestseller, Life After Death turned a national spotlight on Damien Echols, who was just eighteen when he was wrongly condemned to death. But one of the most remarkable parts of his story still remained untold.

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Damien Echols, Lorri Davis
2015
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