33.20 - MU Podcast - The Fractured Self

Mysterious Universe

8th Kind

Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Spirituality

4.5 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Few psychiatrists have ventured beyond the confines of Western clinical thinking. Dr. Ralph Allison was one of the rare exceptions. While treating patients diagnosed with multiple personality disorder, he began to encounter alters that were far more than psychological fragments. These were fully formed, autonomous entities with their own histories, intentions, and, in some cases, violent desires. Some existed to protect. Others sought total control. A few wanted their host dead. In our Plus+ extension, we explore the surreal world of bizarre hauntings, where shadowy dwarfs creep through bedroom doors, water-dwelling trolls stir beneath the surface, and mischievous gnomes blur the line between folklore and intrusion. Minds In Many Pieces Ralph B. Allison A Dictionary of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures The Things in the Fog Zoom Creature FSR The Middle Kingdom: The Faerie World of Ireland Goblins, Shadows, and Unholy Things A Plague of Goblins in Argentina Encounters with the Unknown LinksPlus+ Extension The extension of the show is EXCLUSIVE to Plus+ Members. To join, click HERE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.5	Click or tap the banner to find out more. Welcome to Mysterious Welcome to Mysterious Universe, Season 33, Episode 20.
0:58.7	Coming up on the show, we've got When Your Alter dates an Alter,
1:02.1	John Keel's Soft Objects and the Gas Gnomes,
1:05.8	and the Split Personality Mind Palace.
1:08.8	I'm your host Benjamin Grundy.
1:09.7	Joining me is Aaron Wright.
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1:17.5	when your alter dates an altar. Yeah, so you know in multiple personality disorder, they say you've got your main personality, but you've got alters. Right, and they all step into the spotlight at certain
1:22.0	points, and your consciousness kind of goes to the wayside. Yeah, you withdraw into this dark psyche and lose control of the body.
1:29.6	The altar steps forward. And the thinking that's developed over the time of treating these patients with
1:34.6	this disorder is that the altars are born from moments of severe trauma.
1:40.3	Yes.
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