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Conspirituality

Bonus Sample: Swan Song Series: Close to Home

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.02.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

We can't understand Teal Swan without understanding the Satanic Panic. And we can't really understand that historical disaster with out feeling our way into the mysteries of memory, fantasy, shame, and terror.Many of you will have heard about therapists interfering in a family constellation by insinuating the client has has memories of abuse to uncover, and that they can’t go forward in their lives without doing that work. This is the bread and butter of Swan's technique, with the result being that many of her close followers come to tell stories  about their childhoods that echo hers. Swan's own story of childhood abuse crystallized after she goes through treatment with a leading Satanic Panic therapist, Barbara Snow. Those are stories on the page. But today, to kick off the Swan Song Series, Julian shares  the moment-by-moment mechanics of how this disastrous parody of therapy turned his own life inside out, and alienated him from his family for a decade.Content warning for listeners: we’ll be talking about stories of child sexual abuse.Show NotesThe Gateway Michelle Remembers, covered by Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes Forrest Yoga students ask A. Forrest to stop using the Zia Nation symbol A. Forrest's ostensible mentor  -- -- --Support us on PatreonPre-order Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat: America | Canada Follow us on Instagram | Twitter: Derek | Matthew | JulianOriginal music by EarthRise SoundSystem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.

0:09.5

Welcome to an episode of a Conspirituality Podcast Bonus Collection,

0:14.0

the Swan Song series, a tour through the paradoxes of Teal Swan,

0:19.0

an influencer who embodies the tangled history and whiplash contradictions of our beat.

0:25.0

This collection will be accessible first through our Patreon feed,

0:29.0

but we will release each episode to the public over time in our regular feed

0:34.0

in addition to our Thursday episodes.

0:37.0

Topics will revolve around the method, the myth, the impacts and implications

0:42.0

of one of the most unsettling Conspirituality figures alive.

0:46.0

Content warnings always apply for this material.

0:49.0

Themes include suicide and child sexual abuse.

0:53.0

To our Patreon subscribers,

0:55.0

thank you for helping keep our platform ad-free and editorially independent.

1:00.0

And to everyone else, thanks for listening, including followers of Teal Swan.

1:06.0

We hope this is all useful to you as you consider your relationship to Teal's story and influence.

1:14.0

While I'm in that training, I have a romance with a woman from out of town who's in the training.

1:23.0

And what I remember as the sort of pivotal moment for me

1:28.0

that would probably send me off into an incredible Teal spin for probably two or three years

1:33.0

is that I'm talking on the phone with Anna Forest.

1:37.0

And I'm saying to her for the first time,

1:40.0

hey, I'm spending time with this young woman who's in the training.

1:44.0

It's really nice.

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