113. Shady Spirituality: Red Flags, Narcissism, White Supremacy, & Cults in the Industry with Katya Weiss-Andersson

Moonbeaming

Sarah Faith Gottesdiener

Healing, Business, Money, Art, Religion & Spirituality, Mysticism, Feminism, Witchcraft, Mental Health, Witch, Psychology, Health & Fitness, Magic, Moon, Energy Work, Spirituality, Boundaries, Tarot, Visual Arts, Creativity, Arts

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

What is it about New Age Spirituality™ that gives us the ick? How do so many people get caught up in cult-like communities, or actual cults? This week, Sarah’s unpacking the red flags within pop-culture spirituality, the New Age realm, and holistic wellness spaces. She’s joined by Katya Weiss-Andersson, an herbalist, astrologer, yoga practitioner, and plant-based chef who has an insider’s perspective into the pitfalls of contemporary wellness and spirituality. You can hear more from Katya on her podcast “Love and Light Confessionals," keep up with her on Instagram at love.and.light.confessionals, and check out her website, katyaweissandersson.com, to book astrology and tarot readings. Sarah and Katya’s eye-opening conversation covers: - Communal love bombing and the promise of ego validation - The dangers of the prosperity gospel in cults and MLMs - Re-creating power structures based on Whiteness, cis-ness, and wealth You can catch bonus Moonbeaming episodes and support our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/themoonstudio We’ve got a free mini-course for you, so sign up for our newsletter: https://moon-studio.co/pages/newsletter Visit our shop: https://moon-studio.co/ Follow Sarah on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gottesss/ Buy The Moon Book: https://moon-studio.co/collections/paper-goods/products/signed-the-moon-book

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Moon Beaming. We're a show for the skeptical mystics, the pragmatic dreamers,
0:07.3	and everyone else in between. On Moon Beaming, we talk about life. That's what we talk about. Life,
0:14.4	it's the only game in town, it's what we've got, it's for living, and we tend to do this
0:19.8	through archetypes, through the occult, through magic, through the unorthodox,
0:28.8	I suppose, you could say, I'm your host. My name is Sarah Faith Gautestiner. I'm an artist,
0:34.2	designer, business owner, dog, mom, living in Los Angeles, and I'm really, really glad you're here.
0:40.8	I'm super honored you're here. I feel really blessed to be able to do this work. And today,
0:48.4	we've got a special guest who is here to discuss their research, their work, in all things shady,
0:57.5	in the spiritual industry. If I started talking about the issues in the new age, in the wellness
1:07.3	space within the worlds of witchcraft, spirituality, astrology, I'd be here forever, and it's all I
1:16.1	would talk about. And you wouldn't like listening to the podcast anymore. So I don't really do it
1:25.6	too much. On my Patreon, a while ago, I recorded a really raw, personal episode going over my experiences,
1:40.2	like from my life, like what I experienced, and kind of catalogued the lack of ethics I saw,
1:51.2	or again, literally experienced in this space that moved into downright harm, right? It's like
2:02.1	this spectrum. So patrons, you can listen to that on Patreon. You'll have to scroll down,
2:10.0	because it was a couple of years ago. And I get personal. That's like heads up. I get personal,
2:16.4	some people don't like it, some people don't like hearing personal stories in the truth. I share
2:20.9	things from my actual factual life that have led to great disappointment, heartbreak, and disillusionment.
2:32.0	If I'm being honest, season three, I think it was episode 45, there was a great conversation
2:42.0	with Susan Ate and Shana Bryant. This is another great episode on this topic. So you can check
2:49.6	that out too. If you want more of this kind of topic of like problematic stuff in the wellness
2:58.6	worlds in the spiritual worlds in the which worlds, right? For the most part, I don't make these kinds
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