Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen How Do We Respond to Evil? (Monthly Solo)
Feb 23, 2026
A reflective dive into what “evil” is and how we relate to it. Short readings and frameworks explore human cruelty versus supernatural ideas. Practical practices for staying lucid, protecting children, and stabilizing the field of consciousness are offered. Guidance emphasizes pausing, body awareness, and choosing responsibility over fear.
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Human Evil Arises From Disowned Shadow
- Evil often appears when we project and disown our shadow, making it feel like an external "it" rather than our responsibility.
- Elise Loehnen emphasizes human culpability and that denying our relation to shadow lets it operate unconsciously and harmfully.
Reduce Fear To Resist Manipulation
- Lower fear and denial to avoid being hijacked by evil's tactics, particularly its principal weapon: fear.
- Elise advises lifting out of fear so we're empowered to respond rather than paralyzed by terrorizing threats.
Peck Shows Evil Needs Human Belief To Work
- M. Scott Peck frames evil as opposition to the life force and self-deception that refuses responsibility.
- Peck observed exorcisms and concluded demonic power depends on human belief and embodiment to act.
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Intro
00:00 • 2min
Why I'm Speaking About Evil Now
01:34 • 4min
Fear, Denial, and Our Vulnerability
05:15 • 2min
Is Evil Human or Supernatural?
07:34 • 2min
M. Scott Peck on The People of the Lie
09:36 • 4min
Exorcism Observations and Satan's Power
13:08 • 5min
The Human Sadism Revealed
18:35 • 3min
Thomas Hubel: Collective Shadow and 'It-ness'
21:53 • 5min
Ad break
26:42 • 1min
What Should We Do With This Evil?
27:55 • 4min
Carla Schwiderski: Spiritual Responsibility
32:04 • 5min
Revelation as Call to Lucidity
36:35 • 5min
Pause, Breathe, and Body Awareness
41:46 • 17sec
Ad break
42:03 • 1min
Moving From Reaction to Lucid Presence
43:25 • 3min
Trials, Expiation, and the Curriculum of Spirit
46:17 • 5min
From Observer to Field Stabilizer
51:22 • 3min
Practical Service: Protecting Children and Home Fields
54:27 • 4min
Outro
58:02 • 2min
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I’m reflecting more deeply on evil in the present moment: What is evil? What’s our relationship to it? How do we increase our tolerance for acknowledging dark energies so that we can moderate and metabolize them—and keep ourselves and others safe? This episode is not meant to scare; my intention is really the opposite, as I don’t find fear to be helpful here. I’ll be sharing a few sources and ways of thinking—about evil and how we might respond to what’s currently playing out in the culture—that I do find incredibly helpful. There’s psychiatrist M. Scott Peck on exorcisms and the lie of evil, a framework of understanding from psychic medium Carissa Schumacher, a beautiful map for us to follow from energy healer Carla Schwiderski, and more.
As always, if you want to explore further, you can find links in the show notes on my Substack.
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