112: Practical Mental Health in Spirituality, Philosophy & Esoterica (feat. Joe Rupe of 'Lighting the Void')

About this episode

The episode explores the intersection of mental health, spirituality, and philosophy with guest Joe Rupe.

Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy, folks! My head was jumbled, my body was in a lot of pain, and I wasn't really sure what my next move was after this near-death experience at the beginning of the year -- so I took a bit of a longer, unexpected, and unannounced break. Some of it was out of frustration, a lot of it was out of total exhaustion, and even more of it was rooted in a level of surrender and acceptance. Some real serenity prayer sort of stuff on a very Jungian level, but it was all worth it. I'm feeling pretty damn solid now. Joe Rupe, host of Lighting the Void helps me get into all this, unpacking some of his mental health experiences and some of my recent ones, along with analyzing mental in the fringe spiritual, new age, conspiracy theory and fortean communities. People are always getting into these head-spaces and schools-of-thought for one reason or another, yet so many of them fail to ask themselves what these ideas and beliefs do for them on a daily practical level. People analyzing "real" alien species on internet forums, reading the "latest leaks" from Q, or trying to hex their neighbors are likely not considering the fundamental idea…

People in this episode

Host: Anthony Tyler

Guest: Joe Rupe

Topics covered

• mental health
• spirituality
• philosophy
• Jungian psychology
• esoterica
• self-acceptance

Keywords

• mental health
• spirituality
• Jungian psychology
• esoterica
• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
• inner child
• Great Mother
• Great Father

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lighting the Void

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