Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey Into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism

Nazis loved yoga. Rudolf Steiner set the stage for COVID denialism. Modern social justice warriors have a fondness for Hindu nationalism. Antivax activists are stuck in 19th century Gothic novels. Yoga, as the religion of neoliberalism, has actively depoliticized large swaths of the white middle class, making yoga moms vulnerable to fascism. Who’s responsible for these outrages? Conspiritualists? Who are they and what’s their evil plan? 

No, our book is not a conspiracy theory. There’s no one piloting this plane. And yet, the patterns we’ve tracked on this podcast and in our book at times suggest something organized and coherent. Do we take this too far? At point does the intricacy of our research mimic the paranoia of what we’re researching? This week, we take a look.

Our Recent Op-Eds:

New age wellness takes a reactionary turn (The Boston Globe)

The Conspirituality of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Time)

Opinion: Danielle Smith’s alternative health proclamations are key to her populist messaging (The Globe and Mail)

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