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Douglas Todd: Legacy grows of remarkable British Columbian 'who wrote more books than he read' People worldwide have been influenced by Sydney Banks, who taught about the importance of three classic principles: mind, thought and consciousness.

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17.03.2026

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Douglas Todd: This remarkable B.C. author's teachings have made him more influential than when he was alive

People worldwide have been influenced by Sydney Banks, who taught about the importance of three classic principles: mind, thought and consciousness.

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The late Salt Spring Island resident Sydney Banks was a welder at the giant Harmac Pacific pulp mill, with a Grade 9 education from Scotland.

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After a life-changing revelation during a personal crisis in the 1970s, he slowly began to be seen as a wisdom teacher. He wasn’t boasting when he once told me in his slight........

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