Psychology
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The Siren’s Call: The Treachery of Alcoholism
A personal account of the gradual traps of alcohol dependence, its stages and the struggle for sobriety, with a self-check questionnaire, a logic puzzle and reflections on reclaiming control.
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Ayahuasca — ‘Spirituality’ with a Taste of Drug Addiction
A critical reflection on ayahuasca, psychedelics and alcohol as routes to spiritual experience. The author contrasts intoxication and escape with maturity, responsibility and sober inner work.
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Just a Placebo?
The author questions whether “placebo” is an adequate explanation for bioenergetic practices. Reflections on faith, suggestion, ritual, Kashpirovsky, Chumak and the alleged influence of consciousness.
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Ritual without Excess Form: Perfectionism and Meaning
On pathological and optimised perfectionism in ritual magic, the psychological types and why will matters more than ceremonial paraphernalia.
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Meditation Is Simple
Meditation does not require stopping your thoughts. A simple exercise in perception, sensations and conscious immersion.
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The Sixteen Associations Method: Working with Inner Beliefs
An exercise based on Jung’s word-association test: reduce sixteen spontaneous associations to a single word and use the result to explore underlying beliefs.