Conclave 3d: Magical Realism with the Trash Shaman (’The Shout’ Part 4)

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The Cinemania Society, a not-so-secret society of movie geeks, convenes to scrutinize, criticize, analyze, satirize, brutalize, and otherwise vamp on the weirdest films in cinema.

In the final part of our third conclave, the Society interviews The Trash Shaman, a real-life student of the occult who has had experiences with people escaping cults, and charismatic con-men of the type Alan Bates portrays in "The Shout."    

In this episode:

• We meet the Trash Shaman
• Fiction is compared with lived experience  
• The Four Phases of Charismatic Con-Men
• Light Shamanism versus Dark Shamanism
• How empathy can get weaponized
• The Amygdala: the 500lb Gorilla
• The Prefrontal Cortex: the 98lb weakling
• Hijacking the placebo effect
• Occultism and psychology 
• Some words of warning

FEATURING:

Ethan Ireland, formerly of Smosh (seasons 2009-2012)

Andre Luc Martinez, of Genshin Impact and Onyx Equinox.

Andy Slack, comic artist / internet comedian of Dune Sietchposting & Star Trek Shitposting

Zacharia Berks

…and Special Guest "The Trash Shaman." https://trashaman.blogspot.com/?m=1

Trigger warnings include descriptions of violence, psychological abuse, cultic abuse, misogyny, rape, racism, white saviorism, cultural relativism, bad representations of mental illness, body horror.

WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT. STRONG LANGUAGE & ADULT THEMES.