by Andrew Jasko | Mar 16, 2020 | Psychedelics, Psychology, Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse, Spirituality
This is a caution about the dangers of hyper-spiritualizing and spiritually-bypassing the coronavirus or any other calamity. Viewing COVID-19 primarily as the physical manifestation of a spiritual problem or encouraging magical spiritual solutions without preventative...
by Andrew Jasko | Dec 4, 2019 | Psychology, Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse, Spirituality
Many of the insecurities and negative relationship patterns we struggle with stem from the degree of security and attention we experienced in our connection to our primary caregivers as infants. This idea is known in psychology as attachment theory. Psychologists view...
by Andrew Jasko | Apr 19, 2019 | Psychology, Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse, Spirituality
An embodied existence comes with many unpleasant realities and limitations. No one is born wanting to die, get sick, or experience pain. Naturally, many religions envisioned spirituality as a way to transcend the afflictions of the body. They confused the site of...