Wetiko Audiobook Libro.fm

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Explores how wetiko covertly operates both out in the world and within our minds and how it underlies every form of selfdestruction both individual and collective

Reveals how wetikos power lies in our blindness to it and examines how people across the ages have symbolized wetiko to help see it and heal it

Examines the concept of wetiko as it appears in the teachings of the Kabbalah Hawaiian Kahuna shamanism mystical Christianity and the work of C G Jung

In its Native American meaning wetiko is an evil cannibalistic spirit that can take over peoples minds leading to selfshness insatiable greed and consumption as an end in itself destructively turning our intrinsic creative genius against our own humanity Revealing the presence of wetiko in our modern world behind every form of destruction our species is carrying out both individual and collective Paul Levy shows how this mindvirus is so embedded in our psyches that it is almost undetectableand it is our blindness to it that gives wetiko its power Yet as Levy reveals in striking detail by recognizing this highly contagious mind parasite by seeing wetiko we can break free from its hold and realize the vast creative powers of the human mind

Levy explores how artists philosophers and spiritual traditions across the ages have been creatively symbolizing this deadly pathogen of the psyche so as to help us see it and heal it He examines the concept of wetiko as it appears in the teachings of the Kabbalah Hawaiian kahuna shamanism Buddhism and mystical Christianity and through esoteric concepts like egregores demons counterfeiting spirits and psychic vampires He reveals how visionary thinkers such as C G Jung Sri Aurobindo Philip K Dick Colin Wilson Nicolas Berdyaev and Rene Girard each point to wetiko in their own unique and creative way He explores how the projection of the shadow selfscapegoating is the underlying psychological mechanism fueling wetiko and examines wetiko in the context of the Covid19 pandemic showing that we can reframe the pandemic so as to receive the lessons and opportunities embedded in it

Revealing how the power of imagination can cure the wetiko mindvirus Levy underscores how important it is for each of us to bring forth the creative spirit within us which helps shed the light of consciousness on wetiko taking away its power over us while simultaneously empowering ourselves