by Andrew Jasko | Apr 17, 2019 | Psychology, Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse, Sexuality, Spirituality
Many religions teach ideologies that psychologically traumatize millions of people. Yet few helping professionals are trained to help people heal from religious trauma. Religious abuse can result in anxiety disorders, PTSD, spiritual suppression, sexual dysfunction,...
by Andrew Jasko | Apr 9, 2019 | Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse, Spirituality
The kind of apocalypse foretold in the Bible is really happening right now. No faith or deciphering of arcane prophecies is required of us. We need only step foot in Nature and listen to her cries, and the cries of scientists who cherish her, to see our extinction...
by Andrew Jasko | Mar 22, 2019 | Psychology, Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse, Spirituality
Nine years ago, I worked as an undercover missionary in India, converting Hindus and Muslims to Christianity under the pretense of charitable work. Now I’m going back to tell my story of de-conversion from Christianity and reconcile with the people I used to...
by Andrew Jasko | Mar 13, 2019 | Nondual Theology and Philosophy, Psychedelics, Psychology, Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse, Spirituality
The Tree of Life is a symbol central to many spiritual traditions. It is perhaps more relevant now than any other time in human history. We face a great ecospiritual crisis: the destruction of life on Planet Earth and human consciousness. Climate change, war, and the...
by Andrew Jasko | Feb 27, 2019 | Psychology, Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse, Spirituality
The Bible promotes a political strategy of division by othering everyone outside of the religion. Through divisive labeling, my neighbor morphs from a fellow human being into a distant other, the sinner, to whom I, the saint, no longer can relate with empathy: an...
by Andrew Jasko | Feb 11, 2019 | Psychology, Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse, Spirituality
The worldviews of biblical religiosity and materialistic isolationism arise from the psychological survival technique of splitting. When faced with overwhelming experiences, our psyche protects us by splitting the personality into two parts: the good me and the bad...
