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Go to dear Franklin Jones.com and use the promo code Jones for one month free. To answer the questions I have about Franklin Jones, the guru that my family followed,

was eventually accused of being a cult leader. I know I have to do more than just read through old journals and talk to my parents.

I have to talk to his followers, people I grew up with, people I haven't seen or even thought about in years.

One of the people who knows the most about Jones

is actually my dad's best friend.

So I'm going to have cash you milk.

There's almond milk or cash you milk.

Oh, thank you. I'm fine with just playing the tea.

And I'm going to take Stevia or I have plenty if you want that.

This is perfect just like this.

This is great.

Thank you though. This is James Steinberg.

We meet at the group's bookstore in Northern California.

James is in his 60s now and looks

older than I remember. He's also the group's archivist, wrote multiple books about

Jones and what he calls the Guru Devote relationship. James joined Jones's group when he was 18. a There's pictures of him as an infant where you see a very extraordinary kind of quality about him.

That picture here, I'll show you this one here. This picture here.

I've seen this picture so many times. Jones is a baby sitting cross-legged on a blanket,

on a lawn, hair is wiped to the side, his eyes are partially closed.

At the age of two, decided to assume identification with an ego, walking, crawling along the floor floor and he saw a little puppy and he saw his

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