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How and why has QAnon, the domestic terrorist cult, infected the spiritual and wellness communities? Ash Riley and Brian Smith return for a panel discussion on the topic, as well as hitting on things like prosperity gospel, law of attraction, mental illness, racism, narcissism, grieving, empathy, and apophenia. Plus holding influencers accountable, pulling people back, and lots of resources! Visit BigSeance.com/184 for more info.

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In this episode:

Episode Teaser :00

Intro 1:01

Context and Background (USA Today) 1:42

Why QAnon Infected the Spiritual and Wellness Communities (InMySacredSpace.com) 3:52

A new \\u201cTriangle Table\\u201d discussion with Ash Riley of InMySacredSpace.com and Brian Smith, author of Grief 2 Growth and host and producer of the Grief 2 Growth Podcast at Grief2Growth.com. Ash and Brian appeared together recently in episode 172, where the topic was Spiritual Bypassing. 7:53

\\u201cHow can you go out and say that you\\u2019re this love and light person and then be involved with this group of people who are clamoring for public executions?\\u201d Ash gives an introduction to the discussion. 9:35

Vulnerability and the Authority Figure 13:20

\\u201cIt\\u2019s a very interesting look at psychology, sociology, and something that we all need to understand as we start to open ourselves up to certain things, to learn to still be discerning, and to know where to draw the lines and how to think for ourselves.\\u201d Brian Smith reflects on Ash\\u2019s article. 15:14

Individualism, Prosperity Gospel, The Secret, Law of Attraction, The Power of Positive Thinking, Narcissism and how they\\u2019re linked to spirituality. 16:35

Authority, vulnerability, and being new to spirituality. 23:47

Spiritual abuse and holding people accountable. 26:20

How to reach the people sucked in by QAnon. 29:34

Denial, delusion, and unhealed trauma. 32:02

Racism, Proud Boys, and Nazis in the QAnon community. 34:55

\\u201cEvangelicals will deny the racism aspect of it. They\\u2019ll say, \\u2018Of course I\\u2019m not racist. I have nothing to do with that. This can\\u2019t have anything to do with race.\\u2019 And the racists like it because, it\\u2019s a way of taking back our country. It\\u2019s the whole blood and soil thing.\\u201d - Brian Smith 36:53

Racism rooted in narcissism. 38:04

Self awareness and the Narcissistic Personality Scale. 39:10

Believing their own lies. 41:55

Mental illness in the spiritual community. 42:50

\\u201cWe are so quick to give up our power to someone else, whether it be a medium in the spiritual community or a pastor in a church, and we think that they have a special connection that we don\\u2019t have. And we need to learn to be more discerning that that person is just a human being, and they\\u2019ve got the same filters and biases and problems and things that we do.\\u201d - Brian Smith 46:42

Helping those who are grieving to open up spiritually, while also using discernment. 47:40

The 12 Step Program and why it works so well. 50:10

The need for critical thinking skills and the conspiracies that don\\u2019t make any sense. 53:45

Conspiracy theories as a subcategory of the paranormal community. 57:11

Magical thinking, Schizotypy, and Apophenia. 58:20

How to stop the bleeding. Holding influencers accountable. 1:02:39

How do we pull people back? You can\\u2019t fight them with facts. Build trust, create a personal connection, and share empathy. 1:06:35

Former QAnon support groups 1:12:55

What\\u2019s coming up for Ash Riley and where to find her. 1:15:22

More on Brian Smith and where to find him. 1:17:34

Paranerd Sarah Moon recommends we check out the Conspirituality Podcast. 1:18:41

A special THANK YOU to\\xa0Patreon supporters\\xa0at the Super Paranerd and\\xa0Parlor Guest level! 1:19:50

Outro 1:21:41

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Articles/Resources

The Conspirituality Podcast.

Have You Been the Victim of Spiritual Abuse?

Spirituality\\u2019s Relationship With Mental Illness

\\u201cSo many great, educated, functional people were brainwashed\\u201d: Can Trump\'s Cult of Followers be Deprogrammed?

Nazi Hippies: When the New Age and Far Right Overlap

The Science of Spiritual Narcissism

@NarcissismRecoveryCenter (Instagram)

RSA ANIMATE: The Divided Brain

A Game Designer\\u2019s Analysis Of QAnon

Recognizing And Understanding Synchronicity

Materialistic Spirituality

How Separation Consciousness Masks Itself In Spiritual Unity

@TheWellnessTherapist (Instagram)

Facts don\'t convince people in political arguments. Here\'s what does.

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For more on Ash Riley

Recent appearances on the Big Seance: Episode 132, Episode 172

InMySacredSpace.com

Facebook:\\xa0In My Sacred Space

Twitter:\\xa0@InMySacredSpace

Instagram:\\xa0@ashrising

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For more on Brian Smith

Previous appearances on the Big Seance: Episode 169, Episode 172

Grief2Growth.com

Grief 2 Growth\\xa0on Amazon

Grief 2 Growth Podcast

Grief 2 Growth on Facebook

Twitter: @Grief2Growth1

Instagram @Grief2Growth

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