The Guru Factor - Narcissism in Spiritual Communities

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts125/v4/cd/be/58/cdbe58ac-c0fe-d23f-65d1-09649bfd8e11/mza_11832886597445550332.jpg/600x600bb.jpg

Past Imperfect: The Alchemy of Transforming Trauma

Samantha Seager and Jude Claybourne

25 episodes

1 week ago

Have past events tainted your present experience? Do you want a new perspective? In Past Imperfect, Sam Seager and Jude Claybourne take an honest and personal look at recovery from trauma, addiction and narcissistic abuse from a refreshingly light perspective. We’re two friends who love each other, have experienced trauma and have (ultimately) felt enriched by it. We've found that moving the focus away from blame and towards taking responsibility for our own conscious growth can transform trauma from a crippling burden to a nourishing gift. Join us in our conversations and explorations

Mental Health

Health & Fitness

RSS

All content for Past Imperfect: The Alchemy of Transforming Trauma is the property of Samantha Seager and Jude Claybourne and is served directly from their servers with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.

Mental Health

Health & Fitness

https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/4857499/4857499-1633300446460-4c0e0d588e706.jpg

The Guru Factor - Narcissism in Spiritual Communities

Past Imperfect: The Alchemy of Transforming Trauma

52 minutes 26 seconds

4 years ago

The Guru Factor - Narcissism in Spiritual Communities

Inspired by Holy Hell, the fascinating documentary by Will Allen, we spend this episode talking about the guru factor, and about the film itself. What makes spiritual communities of seekers such fertile ground for narcissistic abuse? What are the red flags to watch out? As always, we also touch on our own experiences of this kind of abuse.

It's a juicy one. Please note that there are moments when the sound quality is compromised and there's some weird banging in the background. We hope you enjoy the episode anyway. As always, there's a level of humour despite a heavy topic.

TRIGGER WARNING: we discuss abuse within spiritual communities, cults, rape and sexual manipulation by a leader/"master".

Watch Holy Hell trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f2BG43JW0o - you can rent the full-length documentary on YouTube or Google for a few quid. And another clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwfJoHt_ywE

A link to the cult education forum https://forum.culteducation.com/read.php?12,47136,page=2 on Tara/MISA/Natha yoga and tantra school. https://metro.co.uk/2021/08/11/the-bachelor-australias-ashleigh-freckleton-escaped-a-cult-15076160/ There are also articles online by followers that claim that this organisation has been persecuted. My own personal experience supports the former perception - there'll be a link to our first past imperfect blog very soon with details. Make up your own mind about this.

Check out Oracle girl here: https://www.oraclegirl.org

Email us at pastimperfectpodcast@gmail.com with comments (and pictures/stories of your Kinder oracles!). Follow us on instagram @pastimperfectpodcast and on Twitter @PastImperfect2

Note: we are two fairly well informed people with opinions that we like to talk about. We're not expert voices telling things how they are, just how the are for us.

Visit Sammy's You Tube channel about narcissism: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTDyKjEoa7HPHNQet7fsk2Q

Music: New Dawn by Ruth Blake. Listen to her music at www.ruthblake.com

Logo image based on Psychopomp by Hollie Chastain. Check out her art and amazing collage book at www.holliechastain.com