Navigating Spiritual Awakenings Without Preparation

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Being cracked open without readiness can lead to panic and a failed spiritual experience, causing individuals to resist, make incorrect conclusions, and potentially spiral into negative outcomes. People thrown into shamanic circumstances without proper preparation may feel overwhelmed, misunderstood, and socially isolated. The absence of tools and support during such awakenings can have detrimental effects, leading to fear, confusion, and feelings of being ostracized or institutionalized.

In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Joseph Matheny, multidisciplinary artist and explorer of both the wilderness and the esoteric. Joe was an old friend of Robert Anton Wilson (Joe was also Bob's chauffeur for a while), and he was talking to Bob a lot when the book Reality Is What You Can Get Away With was published, and part of the efforts in trying to get the screenplay produced.

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Links...

• Joseph Matheny's website:
https://josephmatheny.com/

• Exploring Ong's Hat:
https://chasingshadowschronicle.substack.com/p/exploring-ongs-hat

• Incunabula Research Center.:
https://deoxy.org/irc/

• Robert Anton Wilson's "The I in the Triangle":
https://archive.org/details/THEIINTHETRIANGLE

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Host Mike Gathers: https://linktr.ee/mgathers23

Producer/Engineer Richard Rasa: http://www.pelorian.com/rasa.html