Damien Echols

I had stuff that I was doing, like immersing myself in to the point where I didn't even think about the fact that I was in prison. And one of those things was Western hermeticism or ceremonial magic. You know, and it was when I was born. Practicing this, by the time I walked out, I was doing it for like eight hours a day sometimes.

I had stuff that I was doing, like immersing myself in to the point where I didn't even think about the fact that I was in prison. And one of those things was Western hermeticism or ceremonial magic. You know, and it was when I was born. Practicing this, by the time I walked out, I was doing it for like eight hours a day sometimes.

I had stuff that I was doing, like immersing myself in to the point where I didn't even think about the fact that I was in prison. And one of those things was Western hermeticism or ceremonial magic. You know, and it was when I was born. Practicing this, by the time I walked out, I was doing it for like eight hours a day sometimes.

And it feels like you're on this adventure where you're constantly having all these experiences and learning stuff. And it's like being on the quest for the Holy Grail to the point where I was content even when I was on death row. Not saying I didn't want out, didn't want my name cleared, didn't want to go home, but I was content even while I was there.

And it feels like you're on this adventure where you're constantly having all these experiences and learning stuff. And it's like being on the quest for the Holy Grail to the point where I was content even when I was on death row. Not saying I didn't want out, didn't want my name cleared, didn't want to go home, but I was content even while I was there.

And it feels like you're on this adventure where you're constantly having all these experiences and learning stuff. And it's like being on the quest for the Holy Grail to the point where I was content even when I was on death row. Not saying I didn't want out, didn't want my name cleared, didn't want to go home, but I was content even while I was there.

When I walked out of prison, that was one of the things, in addition to reading and losing my short-term memory, it was like I could not do the ritual work that I had been doing for hours a day that had held me together. Suddenly, I could not do it at all. And that was another big contributing factor to the disintegration that I went through.

When I walked out of prison, that was one of the things, in addition to reading and losing my short-term memory, it was like I could not do the ritual work that I had been doing for hours a day that had held me together. Suddenly, I could not do it at all. And that was another big contributing factor to the disintegration that I went through.

When I walked out of prison, that was one of the things, in addition to reading and losing my short-term memory, it was like I could not do the ritual work that I had been doing for hours a day that had held me together. Suddenly, I could not do it at all. And that was another big contributing factor to the disintegration that I went through.

What really started to stitch me back together was whenever I could slowly start returning to the ritual work and Pulling my attention away from the world on trying to figure out how to operate in the world, bringing my attention just back to doing the ritual work and doing that for hours a day. That was one of the things that started stitching me together.

What really started to stitch me back together was whenever I could slowly start returning to the ritual work and Pulling my attention away from the world on trying to figure out how to operate in the world, bringing my attention just back to doing the ritual work and doing that for hours a day. That was one of the things that started stitching me together.

What really started to stitch me back together was whenever I could slowly start returning to the ritual work and Pulling my attention away from the world on trying to figure out how to operate in the world, bringing my attention just back to doing the ritual work and doing that for hours a day. That was one of the things that started stitching me together.

The other thing was martial arts, karate. Karate and boxing were two huge steps in returning to any state of being normal.

The other thing was martial arts, karate. Karate and boxing were two huge steps in returning to any state of being normal.

The other thing was martial arts, karate. Karate and boxing were two huge steps in returning to any state of being normal.

I don't think it's a one-time thing. I think it, you know, you know that you're in serious shit whenever they arrest you. But you still keep thinking, you know, surely somebody is going to realize something's going wrong here and fix this. At any minute, somebody is going to step in and set this right.

I don't think it's a one-time thing. I think it, you know, you know that you're in serious shit whenever they arrest you. But you still keep thinking, you know, surely somebody is going to realize something's going wrong here and fix this. At any minute, somebody is going to step in and set this right.

I don't think it's a one-time thing. I think it, you know, you know that you're in serious shit whenever they arrest you. But you still keep thinking, you know, surely somebody is going to realize something's going wrong here and fix this. At any minute, somebody is going to step in and set this right.

You know, someone with an IQ of more than 15 is going to intervene in this situation and write it. And you keep waiting on that to happen. For years, you wait on that to happen. And for some men in there, I don't think it ever fully sits in. They go all the way up to the point of being strapped to that execution table thinking, okay, at any minute now, this is going to stop.

You know, someone with an IQ of more than 15 is going to intervene in this situation and write it. And you keep waiting on that to happen. For years, you wait on that to happen. And for some men in there, I don't think it ever fully sits in. They go all the way up to the point of being strapped to that execution table thinking, okay, at any minute now, this is going to stop.