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Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic
I had a friend who had trained as a shaman and took me on a visit to the underworld (not bad) to get a spirit animal....it stuck with me. For me I don’t think I stuck to dominant themes so much as the unknown, things my brain was still not 100% on. Sandra ingerman has some great books and videos on shamanism and its entirely neutral there is no evil. Maybe check one out and see if you can redirect the psychosis?
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This is so interesting to me. I have done random research binges about spirituality when I have been awake for long periods of time as I needed to pass the time. (I refuse to just lay in bed when I cannot sleep, my mind will devour me if I do that.) I liked many conceptions of the underworld that I learned about, the themes of transformation/cycles of life, death, and rebirth are utterly fascinating.
I wonder if a part of what makes psychosis so frightening is the mind trying to resolve the universal fear of the unknown ... I wonder if what I conceptualize as "evil" is what I cannot understand and thus what is unknown to me.
I like your idea of redirecting the psychosis. Far too many simply want to focus on eliminating it ... and that option is not feasible for me. But directing it in a less frightening way is at least in theory far more realistic.