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Book Description Publication Date February 1996 Pink was born in Nottingham England on April 1 1886 and became a Christian in 1908 at the age of 22 Though born to Christian parents prior to conversion he migrated into a Theosophical society an occult gnostic group popular in England during that time and quickly rose in prominence within their ranks
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