This episode seeks to explore the phenomenon of spiritual forces, demons, and disease. But not so much from the "are spirits real?" perspective but from the position of assuming they are real and thus an exploration of what are they and how they operate on the human being. For this exploration, we welcome Are Thoresen, a veterinarian, acupuncturist, and scholar of anthroposophy. Are is also recognized as an expert in spirit entities and demonic possession, with a particular focus on their role in illness and healing. (...FULL EPISODE BREAKDOWN BELOW...)
This episode seeks to explore the phenomenon of spiritual forces, demons, and disease. But not so much from the "are spirits real?" perspective but from the position of assuming they are real and thus an exploration of what are they and how they operate on the human being.
For this exploration, we welcome Are Thoresen, a veterinarian, acupuncturist, and scholar of anthroposophy. Are is also recognized as an expert in spirit entities and demonic possession, with a particular focus on their role in illness and healing.
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Of course, the ongoing skepticism of the "realness" of all this is present throughout this discussion as I, your host and interviewer, am not sold on the whole thing. At least not in the beginning, my heavy skepticism waning towards responsible ambivalence by the end of it all.
*** That said, I invite people to please keep their higher reasoning intact fo this interview as, real or not, getting obsessed with the presences of "demonic forces" and "battles between good an evil" can take us down dangerous roads psychologically. ***
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An introduction to Are’s work with spirits and the spiritual healing
The dangers of “translocation” of sprits in healing
"We are an expression of the spiritual reality"
Icelandic elves
Belief doesn’t necessarily make something real
“the spiritual world is not energy”
How spirit entries are created
What qualifies some spirits as demons
The different between translocating and transforming demons in the healing process
Bacteria and fungi are/have spirits
Are spirits/demons “intelligent”?
“I consciousness” and protecting yourself from spirits/demons
What it feels like to be in “I consciousness”
How to see spirits
What psychedelics do to the body/mind insofar as encounters with sprits
Why psychedelics, eventually, hold you back
If disassociation / loosing “I consciousness” is dangerous to the soul, what about the positive benefits of ego dissolution and mystical encounters with psychedelics?
How to tell the difference between benevolent and malevolent spirits and how to tell the difference
What does any of this even matter if it can be proven one way or another?
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