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    Mystics & Scientists conference 2019

    A sample of the themes featured at the Mystics and Scientists conference held in April this year at the Univesity of Greenwich. Watch out for news of next year’s conference. Tickets for our Beyond the Brain 2019 conference are on sale now https://www.beyondthebrain.org/

    Published on August 20, 2019

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