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Howl in the WildernessPREVIEW: Piers Kaniuka | Re-Imagining Addiction Recovery | HITW 112This is a preview of a longer episode. To listen to the full conversation and gain exclusive access the first 100 episode archive, join the pack over at patreon.com/howlinthewilderness Send a one time contribution to http://paypal.me/brianjamessoulShow Links:http://brianjames.cahttp://instagram.com/brianjames.soulworkWatch and subscribe on YouTube: http://youtube.com/@howlinthewildernessDescription:On this episode I speak with Author, Recovery Activist, and Researcher Piers Kaniuka about reimagining addiction, recovery, and community in the 21st c...2023-05-3058 min
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)Episode 256: Piers Kaniuka and Charles Shaw: The Poverty of Soul/Connection & Ego Death in Healing/Trauma/PTSD/AddictionPiers Kaniuka is at the forefront of reimagining addiction, recovery and community. He is the author of Real People, Real Recovery: Overcoming Addiction in Modern America. Piers is also the former chair of the department of Transpersonal Psychology at Burlington College and is a core faculty member in the Contemplative Spiritual Direction certificate program at the Alcyon Center in Seal Cove Maine. For more information about Piers, his work and his podcast "Resistance Recovery," please see: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1236683136534727/ Charles Shaw is an author, filmmaker, journalist and activist who was featured in episo...2023-04-181h 11
Resistance RecoverySophia in ExileJoin host Piers Kaniuka and author and scholar Michael Martin as they discuss his new book Sophia in Exile. Recorded on December 11, 2021.Michael Martin, Ph.D. is a philosopher, poet, musician, songwriter, editor, and biodynamic farmer. He spent sixteen years as a Waldorf teacher and Master Teacher, and taught at the university and college level for over seventeen years. He began biodynamic farming in 1990 and currently raises dairy goats, bees, and other animals while managing a market garden with his wife and some of his nine children. His poetry and scholarship have appeared in many journals and...2021-12-2857 min
Resistance RecoveryTransforming DemonsJoin Resistance Recovery host Piers Kaniuka and Are Thoresen as they discuss his book Transforming Demons: The True Story of how a Seeker Resolves his Karma From Ancient Atlantis to the Present-day.Are Thoresen was born in Norway in 1952. A doctor of veterinary medicine, he has also studied anthroposophic medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, osteopathy and agriculture. Since 1981 he has run a private holistic practise in Sandefjord, Norway, for the healing of small animals and horses, as well as people. He has lectured widely, specializing in veterinary acupuncture, and has published dozens of scholarly articles. In 1984 he started to...2021-12-2152 min
Resistance RecoveryOwen Barfield and the Secret History of ChristianityJoin Resistance Recovery host Piers Kaniuka and Mark Vernon as they discuss his book A Secret History of Christianity: Jesus, the Last Inkling, and the Evolution of Consciousness. Recorded on November 21, 2021.Mark Vernon is a writer, psychotherapist, and journalist who began his professional life as a priest in the Church of England. He has a PhD from Warwick University in philosophy, degrees in theology from Oxford University and Durham University, and a physics degree from Durham University.He writes regularly for The Guardian, The Philosophers' Magazine, TLS, Financial Times and New Statesman, alongside a range...2021-12-141h 08
Resistance RecoveryMitch Horowitz's Occult AmericaJoin host Piers Kaniuka and researcher and author Dr. James Ryan as they discuss Mitch Horowitz's book Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation (Bantam, Sept 2009). This episode was recorded on September 23, 2020.As the Washington Post wrote about author Mitch Horowitz he "treats esoteric ideas & movements with an even-handed intellectual studiousness". He is the editor-in-chief of Tarcher/Penguin and is a PEN Award-winning historian that has been censored in China. Visit him online at www.MitchHorowitz.com and buy his book here.About the book:It touched lives as d...2021-12-071h 13
Resistance RecoveryPolitics & PedophiliaPiers and author researcher Philip Fairbanks discuss his book Pedogate Primer: the politics of pedophilia in episode #54. Recorded on October 2, 2021Philip Fairbanks is a writer with 20 years publishing experience covering entertainment media, news reporting. His work has appeared in the peer-reviewed journal of art Afterimage, CUNY's graduate newspaper The Advocate, UK's Morning Star newspaper, Australia's New Dawn magazine, Ghettoblaster magazine, New Noise magazine, Paranoia magazine, The Goldwater and several other print and online publications. He has spent years researching and covering online child grooming, the Jeffrey Epstein case, MK-Ultra, the Finders cult and several other topics that...2021-11-231h 27
Resistance RecoveryRobert Sardello & Integral Spiritual Psychology VIJoin host Piers Kaniuka and author and researcher Robert Sardello for the sixth and final installment of their Integral Spiritual Psychology series. Recorded on September 24, 2021.One of the six founding Fellows of the Dallas Institute, Dr. Robert Sardello is co-founder and co-director of The School of Spiritual Psychology, which began in 1992, and co-editor of Goldenstone Press. He has written Money and the Soul of the World (with Randolf Severson), Facing the World with Soul, Love and the Soul (re-issued as Love and the World), Freeing the Soul from Fear, The Power of Soul: Living the Twelve Virtues, Silence...2021-11-161h 13
Resistance RecoveryThe Religion of the ApostlesIn episode #52 Piers and Rev. Andy Stinson discuss Stephen De Young's book The Religion of the Apostles: Orthodox Christianity in the First Century. Recorded on October 7, 2021.Father Dr. Stephen De Young traces the lineage of Orthodox Christianity back to the faith and witness of the apostles, which was rooted in a first-century Jewish worldview. The Religion of the Apostles presents the Orthodox Christian Church of today as a continuation of the religious life of the apostles, which in turn was a continuation of the life of the people of God since the beginning of creation....2021-11-091h 06
Resistance RecoveryTalking Eric VoegelinIn this episode (#51) Piers and JF Martel (of Weird Science) discuss Eric Voegelin. Recorded on October 27, 2021.Eric Voegelin (1901-1985) was an Austrian political philosopher. Voegelin published scores of books, essays, and reviews in his lifetime. His work does not fit any standard classification, as it addresses issues ranging from politics to religion and ancient philosophy. Many believe he is the most significant political philosopher of the 20th century.Jean-François Martel is a writer on art, culture, religion, and philosophy.His essays have appeared in online journals such as Canadian Notes & Queries, Reality Sandw...2021-11-021h 11
Resistance RecoveryRobert Sardello & Integral Spiritual Psychology VJoin host Piers Kaniuka and author and researcher Robert Sardello for the fifth installment of their Integral Spiritual Psychology series. Recorded on September 3, 2021.One of the six founding Fellows of the Dallas Institute, Dr. Robert Sardello is co-founder and co-director of The School of Spiritual Psychology, which began in 1992, and co-editor of Goldenstone Press. He has written Money and the Soul of the World (with Randolf Severson), Facing the World with Soul, Love and the Soul (re-issued as Love and the World), Freeing the Soul from Fear, The Power of Soul: Living the Twelve Virtues, Silence, and A Few Step...2021-10-261h 02
Resistance RecoveryTalking Resistance RecoveryIn this episode Piers and Dr. James Ryan discuss the origins of Resistance Recovery, its purpose, and direction. They explore the 12 Steps, the Dislocation Theory of Addiction, and the treatment industry. Recorded on September 3, 2021.Dr. James Ryan is a writer and researcher who has just completed his dissertation in composition at the University of Wisconsin Madison. He is also a boardgame designer and the curator of the 12 Step blog, Step Study. You can learn more by visiting http://stepstudy.org.Resistance Recovery (RR) is reimagining addiction, recovery, and community in the 21st century. Piers Kaniuka...2021-10-191h 16
Resistance RecoveryCaring for Souls in a Neoliberal AgeJoin host Piers Kaniuka and scholar and psychotherapist Bruce Rogers-Vaughn for a discussion of Bruce's book Caring for Souls in a Neoliberal Age. Recorded on September 1, 2021.Bruce Rogers Vaughn is Associate Professor of the Practice of Pastoral Theology and Counseling at Vanderbilt Divinity School, US. He brings 30 years of experience in clinical pastoral psychotherapy to his teaching and research. He is also President and Co-founder of the Pastoral Center for Healing, US, where he continues his clinical practice. To learn more about his work visit his website at https://www.brucerogersvaughn.com.Resistance Recovery (RR...2021-10-121h 15
Resistance RecoveryRobert Sardello & Integral Spiritual Psychology IVJoin host Piers Kaniuka and author and researcher Robert Sardello for the fourth installment of their Integral Spiritual Psychology series. Recorded on August 20, 2021.One of the six founding Fellows of the Dallas Institute, Dr. Robert Sardello is co-founder and co-director of The School of Spiritual Psychology, which began in 1992, and co-editor of Goldenstone Press. He has written Money and the Soul of the World (with Randolf Severson), Facing the World with Soul, Love and the Soul (re-issued as Love and the World), Freeing the Soul from Fear, The Power of Soul: Living the Twelve Virtues, Silence, and A Few Step...2021-10-0555 min
Resistance RecoveryKenosis, Selfhood, and DeificationHost Piers Kaniuka and author and scholar Dr. Eugene Webb discuss Kenosis, Selfhood, and Deification. Recorded on November 28, 2020.Professor Emeritus Eugene Webb was Professor of Comparative Religion and Associate Director of the Jackson School of International Studies.Professor Webb is the author of seven books, including two on the novels and plays of Samuel Beckett, as well as The Dark Dove: The Sacred and Secular in Modern Literature (1975), Eric Voegelin: Philosopher of History (1981), Philosophers of Consciousness (1988), and The Self Between: From Freud to the New Social Psychology of France (1993), WorldView and Mind: Religious Thought and...2021-09-281h 08
Resistance RecoveryJeffrey Kripal's Authors of the Impossible: the Paranormal and the SacredJoin host Piers Kaniuka and author and researcher Dr. James Ryan as they discuss Jeffrey Kripal's book Authors of the Impossible: the Paranormal and the Sacred. Recorded on January 27, 2021.Most scholars dismiss research into the paranormal as pseudoscience, a frivolous pursuit for the paranoid or gullible. Even historians of religion, whose work naturally attends to events beyond the realm of empirical science, have shown scant interest in the subject. But the history of psychical phenomena, Kripal contends, is an untapped source of insight into the sacred. By tracing that history thru the last two centuries of Western...2021-09-211h 36
Resistance RecoveryRobert Sardello & Integral Spiritual Psychology IIIJoin host Piers Kaniuka and author and researcher Robert Sardello for the third installment of their Integral Spiritual Psychology series. Recorded on August 20, 2021.One of the six founding Fellows of the Dallas Institute, Dr. Robert Sardello is co-founder and co-director of The School of Spiritual Psychology, which began in 1992, and co-editor of Goldenstone Press. He has written Money and the Soul of the World (with Randolf Severson), Facing the World with Soul, Love and the Soul (re-issued as Love and the World), Freeing the Soul from Fear, The Power of Soul: Living the Twelve Virtues, Silence, and A Few Ste...2021-09-1455 min
Resistance RecoveryPerennial PhilosophyJoin host Piers Kaniuka and author scholar Dana Sawyer as they discuss the Perennial Philosophy. Recorded on August 11, 2021.Dana Sawyer is a Professor of Religion and Philosophy at the Maine College of Art, and for more than 20 years taught in the graduate program of the Bangor Theological Seminary. He is the author of two critically acclaimed spiritual biographies, of Aldous Huxley (2002) and Huston Smith (2014), and has written on a wide range of topics related to consciousness expansion, Tibetan Buddhism, Hindu mysticism, psychedelic experience, and alternative philosophies. Besides teaching at the academic level, Prof. Sawyer is a popular...2021-09-071h 03
Resistance RecoveryMeditations on the TarotJoin host Piers Kaniuka and author and farmer Michael Martin for a conversation on the book Meditations on the Tarot: a Journey into Christian Hermeticism. Recorded on April 10, 2021."A thinking, praying Christian of unmistakable purity reveals to us the symbols of Christian Hermeticism in its various levels of mysticism, gnosis, and magic, taking in also.....certain elements of astrology and alchemy...By way of the Major Arcana the author seeks to lead mediatively into deeper, all-embracing wisdom of the Catholic Mystery."- Hans Urs von Balthasar from his Forward to the German Edition...2021-08-311h 13
Resistance RecoveryRobert Sardello & Integral Spiritual Psychology IIJoin host Piers Kaniuka and author and researcher Robert Sardello for the second installment of their Integral Spiritual Psychology series. Recorded on July 30, 2021.One of the six founding Fellows of the Dallas Institute, Dr. Robert Sardello is co-founder and co-director of The School of Spiritual Psychology, which began in 1992, and co-editor of Goldenstone Press. He has written Money and the Soul of the World (with Randolf Severson), Facing the World with Soul, Love and the Soul (re-issued as Love and the World), Freeing the Soul from Fear, The Power of Soul: Living the Twelve Virtues, Silence, and A Few Ste...2021-08-2457 min
Resistance RecoveryByung-Chul Han's What is Power?Join host Piers Kaniuka and writer, researcher, and activist Melanie Best for the 40th episode of the Resistance Recovery Podcast. In this episode Piers and Melanie discuss Byung-Chul Han's book What is Power? Recorded on December 20, 2021.Byung-Chul Han is a Korean-born German philosopher. His most recent book, Capitalism and the Death Drive, is published by Polity. A professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies at the University of the Arts in Berlin, Han’s books include The Burnout Society, The Expulsion of the Other, and The Disappearance of Rituals. The Guardian has described him as “a wunderkind of a newly re...2021-08-171h 07
Resistance RecoveryJudith von Halle's Coronavirus Pandemic: Anthroposophical PerspectivesIn this episode Resistance Recovery founder and host Piers Kaniuka and pastor and activist Rev. Andy Stinson discuss Judith von Halle's book Coronavirus Pandemic: Anthroposophical Perspectives. Recorded on March 5, 2021.What lies at the root of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the worldwide pandemic it has caused, affecting the health and livelihoods of untold millions of people? What are the deeper, spiritual realities behind COVID-19 and the global turmoil it has left in its trail?In an effort to answer these queries Judith von Halle composed two letters in March 2020 based on her spiritual–scientific research. Jud...2021-08-101h 05
Resistance RecoverySimone Weil for the 21st CenturyJoin host Piers Kaniuka and author and scholar Eric O. Springsted for a discussion of his recent book, Simone Weil for the 21st Century. Recorded on July 14, 2021.Eric O. Springsted is a long time scholar of the thought of Simone Weil. He is the co-founder of the American Weil Society and served as its president for thirty-three years. After a career as a teacher, scholar, and pastor, he is retired and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is the author and editor of over a dozen previous books. You can learn more at http://www.americanweilsociety...2021-08-031h 03
Resistance RecoveryRobert Sardello & Integral Spiritual Psychology IJoin host Piers Kaniuka and author and researcher Robert Sardello for the first conversation on Integral Spiritual Psychology. Recorded on July 9, 2021.One of the six founding Fellows of the Dallas Institute, Dr. Robert Sardello is co-founder and co-director of The School of Spiritual Psychology, which began in 1992, and co-editor of Goldenstone Press. He has written Money and the Soul of the World (with Randolf Severson), Facing the World with Soul, Love and the Soul (re-issued as Love and the World), Freeing the Soul from Fear, The Power of Soul: Living the Twelve Virtues, Silence, andA Few Steps on the St...2021-07-2754 min
Resistance RecoveryWar and the SoulJoin host Piers Kaniuka, Rev. Andy Stinson and author and activist Dr. Edward Tick as they discuss Trauma, Warriorhood, and Dream Healing. Recorded on October 14, 2020.Dr. Tick has been working to heal the invisible wounds of war and violent trauma for over forty years. He is honored for his groundbreaking work in the spiritual, holistic, and community-based healing of veterans and other survivors of severe violence who suffer Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and moral injury. He has published breakthrough books in this field, including the award-winning War and the Soul. His work introduced the ancient concept of s...2021-07-201h 20
Resistance RecoveryBig Book Conversations IVJoin host Piers Kaniuka and writer and researcher Dr. James Ryan for the fourth installment of the Big Book Conversations series. In this episode Piers and James discuss spiritual practice, service, and steps 10-12. Recorded on July 6, 2021.Dr. James Ryan is a scholar in long term recovery with a deep interest in AA History. To get a better sense of his work please visit http://stepstudy.org.Resistance Recovery (RR) is reimagining addiction, recovery, and community in the 21st century. Piers Kaniuka, MTS, MS has worked with thousands of addicts and alcoholics in his 25+ years i...2021-07-131h 08
Resistance RecoveryJungian Psychology and the 12 StepsIn the 34th episode of the Resistance Recovery Podcast host Piers Kaniuka and Counselor and Researcher Corey Gamberg discuss Jungian Psychology and the 12 Steps. Recorded on June 28, 2021.Corey Gamberg is a Counselor and Researcher who works with drug addicts and is a long time student of depth psychology. He is a graduate of the Contemplative Spiritual Direction program at the Alcyon Center on Mt. Desert Island, Maine and of the Haden Institute in Western North Carolina. You can connect with Corey by visiting https://www.linkedin.com/in/corey-gamberg-771101148.Resistance Recovery (RR) is reimagining addiction...2021-07-061h 15
Resistance RecoveryExtreme Mental States and the Legacy of John Weir PerryJoin Resistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and Michael Cornwall as they discuss the legacy of John Weir Perry. Recorded on June 19, 2020.Michael Cornwall is a Jungian/Laingian psychotherapist who went through his own intense experience of transformative madness without medication or treatment that formed his vocation. For over 30 years he has specialized in providing psychotherapy for people in psychotic states in medication-free sanctuaries and community settings. He completed his doctoral study of Diabasis House, the Jungian early episode, medication free psychosis sanctuary founded by Michael’s mentor, Dr. John Weir Perry. Michael is an Es...2021-06-291h 08
Resistance RecoveryAnthroposophy and the Cultural MomentWelcome to Episode #32 of the Resistance Recovery Podcast. In this episode Resistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and biodynamic farmer and teacher Barbara Booth discuss Anthroposophy and the 'Cultural Moment'. Recorded on October 3 ,2020. Barb has gardened, farmed and taught school since the 1970s in several different countries, continents, climates and cultures. Her vocational interests have often brought her to the intersection of poverty, racism, education, and agriculture. After serving in West Africa in the Peace Corps in the late 70s, she lived, worked and trained in biodynamic agriculture at Kimberton Hills Camphill Village in the 80...2021-06-221h 29
Resistance RecoveryBig Book Conversations IIIJoin Resistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka for the 31st episode of the Resistance Recovery Podcast. In this episode Piers and writer researcher Dr. James Ryan hold the third conversation in their Big Book Conversation series. Piers and James discuss the Fourth Step, the meaning of selfishness, and the relationship between inventory and trauma. Recorded on June 5, 2021.James Ryan is a scholar in long term recovery with a deep interest in AA History. To get a better sense of his work please visit http://stepstudy.org.Resistance Recovery (RR) is r...2021-06-151h 11
Resistance RecoveryColumbia, Cocaine, and Death SquadsJoin host Piers Kaniuka and Dr. Oliver Villar as they discuss the political economy of the Columbian cocaine trade in Episode 30. Recorded on May 20, 2021. Oliver was born in Mendoza, Argentina and has lived in Sydney for most of his life. In 2008 he completed his PhD on the political economy of contemporary Columbia in the context of the cocaine drug trade at the University of Western Sydney (UWS), offering a radical critique of the ‘war on drugs’, the ‘war on terrorism’ and the global drug trade. Ten years of research culminated in his and Drew Cottle's...2021-06-0859 min
Resistance RecoveryThe Meaning of AddictionJoin Resistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka, Bruce Alexander, and Kent Dunnington as they discuss the meaning of addiction and the novel challenges of recovery in the 21st century. Recorded on May 13, 2021.Bruce K. Alexander is a psychologist and professor emeritus from Vancouver, BC, Canada. He has taught and conducted research on the psychology of addiction at Simon Fraser University since 1970. He retired from active teaching in 2005. Alexander and SFU colleagues conducted a series of experiments into drug addiction known as the Rat Park experiments. You can learn more about Bruce Alexander's work and publications...2021-06-011h 06
Resistance RecoveryBig Book Conversations IIJoin Resistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and writer researcher James Ryan for the second installment in the Big Book Conversations series.In this episode Piers and James discuss the third step, the nature of conversion, and the biblical roots of the 12 Steps. Recorded on May 1, 2021.James Ryan is a scholar in long term recovery with a deep interest in AA History. To get a better sense of his work please visit http://stepstudy.org.Resistance Recovery (RR) is reimagining addiction, recovery, and community in the 21st century...2021-05-251h 02
Resistance RecoveryRene Girard and Mimetic Desire in the age of CovidResistance Recovery founder Piers Kaniuka and Brian Francis Culkin discuss his book Rene Girard and COVID-19. Recorded on May 6, 2021.Brian Francis Culkin is a writer, cultural theorist, film director, and novelist. His website is http://brianculkin.com.Resistance Recovery (RR) is reimagining addiction, recovery, and community in the 21st century. Piers Kaniuka, MTS, MS has worked with thousands of addicts and alcoholics in his 25+ years in the field. Discover RR's new paradigm of addiction recovery by visiting http://resistancerecovery.com.Join the Resistance: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1236683136534727/ Visit the RR You...2021-05-181h 11
Resistance RecoveryPsychiatry and the Western Mass Recovery Learning CommunityResistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and Sera Davidow, Director of the Western Mass Recovery Learning Community discuss trauma, big pharma, and mental health activism. Recorded on September 23, 2020.The Wildflower Alliance is home to the Western Mass Recovery Learning Community and is a grassroots Peer Support, Advocacy, and Training organization with a focus on harm reduction and human rights.Sera Davidow has been a part of the Wildflower Alliance since its visioning process, serving as Director since it became funded in 2007. There, she has gained over a decade of experience in...2021-05-111h 08
Resistance RecoveryThe War on Drugs, the CIA, and Organized CrimeJoin Resistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and intrepid author and researcher Douglas Valentine as they discuss the matrix of the CIA, law enforcement, and organized crime. This is the 25th episode of the Resistance Recovery podcast. Recorded on July 24, 2020. "Doug Valentine belongs to that precious remnant of journalists and historians with the wisdom to see our time, the integrity and courage to write about it, and the literary grace to bring it all chillingly alive." Roger Morris, author of Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician, 1991Douglas...2021-05-041h 17
Resistance RecoveryThe Mass Ave ProjectResistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka, Domingos DaRosa, and Justin Downey discuss the work of the Mass Ave Project. Recorded on April 24, 2021.The Mass Ave Project serves the addicted and homeless community on Mass Avenue in Boston. Justin Downey is a co-founder and a person in long-term recovery. Domingos DaRosa is a community activist and is running for Boston City Council. Resistance Recovery (RR) is reimagining addiction, recovery, and community in the 21st century. Piers Kaniuka, MTS, MS has worked with thousands of addicts and alcoholics in his 25+ years in...2021-04-2750 min
Resistance RecoveryBill W, LSD, and the Roots of the Psychedelic SubcultureResistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and author and researcher Don Lattin discuss Don W., LSD, and the roots of the Psychedelic Subculture. Recorded on March 25, 2020.Don Lattin is an author and award winning journalist who has written three books about psychedelics. They are: THE HARVARD PSYCHEDELIC CLUB -- How Timothy Leary, Andrew Weil, Ram Dass, and Huston Smith Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America; DISTILLED SPIRITS -- Getting High, then Sober, with a Famous Writer, a Forgotten Philosopher, and a Hopeless Drunk; and CHANGING OUR MINDS - Psychedelic Sacraments an...2021-04-201h 06
Resistance RecoveryDislocation Theory and Resistance RecoveryResistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka discusses the state of Dislocation Theory and Resistance Recovery with renowned psychologist Dr. Bruce Alexander.Recorded June 21, 2020."Global society is drowning in addiction to drug use and a thousand other habits. This is because people around the world, rich and poor alike, are being torn from the close ties to family, culture, and traditional spirituality that constituted the normal fabric of life in pre-modern times. This kind of global society subjects people to unrelenting pressures towards individualism and competition, dislocating them from social life.People adapt to this...2021-04-1357 min
Resistance RecoveryBig Book Conversations IJoin Resistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and writer researcher James Ryan for the first in the Big Book Conversations series.In this episode Piers and James discuss the founding of AA, the meaning behind the word "recovered", and the conspicuous absence of the concept of the "dry drunk" in the Big Book.James Ryan is a scholar in long term recovery with a deep interest in AA History. To get a better sense of his work please visit http://stepstudy.org.Resistance Recovery (RR) is reimagining addiction, recovery, and community...2021-04-0655 min
Resistance RecoveryThomas Merton and SophiologyResistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and scholar and author Christopher Pramuk discuss Thomas Merton and Sophiology. Recorded on March 6, 2021.Christopher Pramuk is an associate professor of theology and the University Chair of Ignatian Thought and Imagination at Regis University in Denver. He is the author of two award-winning studies of Thomas Merton, as well as Hope Sings, So Beautiful: Graced Encounters Across the Color Line, a meditation on race relations in society and church.Resistance Recovery (RR) is reimagining addiction, recovery, and community in the 21st century. Piers Kaniuka, MTS...2021-03-301h 05
Resistance RecoveryTrauma and Psychedelic PsychotherapyIn Episode 19 Piers and Spiritual Director Amy Lane discuss Trauma, Psychedelic Psychotherapy, and Spirituality. Recorded on July 31, 2020.Amy is a certified Spiritual Director and member of Spiritual Directors International. She is a Psycho-Spiritual Addiction Recovery and Psychedelic Integration Coach and also holds a Certificate in Death & Grief Studies through the Center For Loss and Transition. You can learn more about Amy's work by visiting http://www.insightsjh.com.Resistance Recovery (RR) is reimagining addiction, recovery, and community in the 21st century. Piers Kaniuka, MTS, MS has worked with thousands of...2021-03-231h 16
Resistance RecoveryReverie and Participation Mystique in Jungian PsychologyIn Episode 18 Piers and author and Jungian analyst Dr. Mark Winborn discuss reverie and participation mystique. Recorded on March 13, 2021.Dr. Mark Winborn is a Jungian analyst and clinical psychologist with over 30 years of clinical experience. He has also written numerous articles and four books, including Interpretation in Jungian Analysis: Art and Technique (2019). You can learn more at http://drmarkwinborn.com.Resistance Recovery (RR) is reimagining addiction, recovery, and community in the 21st century. Piers Kaniuka, MTS, MS has worked with thousands of addicts and alcoholics in his 25+ years in...2021-03-1656 min
Resistance RecoveryThe 12 Steps, the Chapter 2 Movement, and Resistance RecoveryPiers and author and researcher James Ryan discuss the 12 Steps, the Chapter 2 Movement, and Resistance Recovery in Episode 17. Recorded on July 14, 2020.James Ryan is a doctoral candidate at the University of Wisconsin/Madison in Composition; his dissertation is a study of the role played by writing in recovery. In long term recovery himself James is the curator of Step Study, a website dedicated to the history and practice of the 12 Steps. He is also a designer of board games. Explore his work at https://stepstudy.org.Resistance Recovery (RR) is...2021-03-091h 41
Resistance RecoveryPsychiatry, Big Pharma, and Mental Health ActivismIn Episode 16 Piers and author and activist Robert Whitaker discuss Psychiatry, Big Pharma, and Mental Health Activism. Recorded on November 30, 2020.Robert Whitaker is an American journalist and author who has won numerous awards as a journalist covering medicine and science, including the George Polk Award for Medical Writing and a National Association for Science Writers’ Award for best magazine article. In 1998, he co-wrote a series on psychiatric research for the Boston Globe that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. His first book, Mad in America, was named by Discover magazine as one...2021-03-0256 min
Resistance RecoveryJung and ChristianityEpisode 15 has Piers and educator Dr. James R. Newell discuss Jung and Christianity. Recorded on February 10, 2021.James Newell is a counselor, educator, and professional musician who teaches for the Depth Psychology Alliance. James earned his PhD in History and Critical Theories of Religion from Vanderbilt University. His dissertation focused on music in Islam, specifically Sufi devotional music. You can learn more about his work by visiting http://symbolsoftransformation.com.Resistance Recovery (RR) is reimagining addiction, recovery, and community in the 21st century. Piers Kaniuka, MTS, MS has worked with...2021-02-231h 12
Resistance RecoveryThe Future of Psychedelic PsychotherapyIn Episode 14 Piers and psychedelic researcher and activist Brett Greene discuss the future of psychedelic psychotherapy. Recorded on February 6, 2021.Brett Greene is Chief Innovation Officer of Cybin, a leading biotechnology company focused on psychedelic therapeutics. Brett was co-founder of Psymposia a non-profit media organization that offers perspectives on drugs, politics, and culture. He also was the founder of Adelia Therapeutics a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing psychedelic therapeutics. You can find him on LinkedIn.Resistance Recovery (RR) is reimagining addiction, recovery, and community in the 21st century. Piers Kaniuka...2021-02-161h 00
Resistance RecoverySpirituality and the Near Death ExperienceIn this episode (#13) Piers and author Peter Panagore discuss Spirituality and the Near Death Experience. Recorded on January 20, 2021.Peter Panagore lives in Boothbay Harbor, Maine and is a husband, father, grandfather, a two-time near-death experiencer, storyteller, ordained pastor, writer, best-selling book author, entrepreneur, public speaker, tv talent, producer, and more. He earned his Master of Divinity at Yale University with a focus on the classics of western mysticism. To learn more about his work please visit https://www.peterpanagore.love.Resistance Recovery (RR) is reimagining addiction, recovery, and community i...2021-02-091h 04
Resistance RecoveryRadical Inclusion and the Camphill MovementIn Episode 12 Resistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and Heartbeet Lifesharing Community founder Hannah Schwartz discuss Camphill Communities and Radical Inclusion. Recorded on January 13, 2021.At the Heartbeet Lifesharing Community fresh flowers and beautiful art fill the homes with a warm, therapeutic environment that supports the well-being of each individual and the community. Domestic and life skills are cultivated through meal preparation and shared upkeep of the homes. A typical home at Heartbeet consists of 3-4 special needs adults, two long term coworkers, some with children, and 2-4 short term volunteers, all working as a team. To...2021-02-0243 min
Resistance RecoveryIndigenous Wisdom and the Needs of Our TimeResistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and author and activist Sherri Mitchell discuss Indigenous Wisdom and the needs of our time. Recorded on October 26, 2020.Sherri Mitchell was born and raised on the Penobscot Indian reservation (Penawahpskek). She speaks and teaches around the world on issues of Indigenous rights, environmental justice, and spiritual change.Sherri is the Founding Director of the Land Peace Foundation, an organization dedicated to the global protection of Indigenous land and water rights and the preservation of the Indigenous way of life. Prior to forming the Land Peace Foundation, Sherri...2021-01-2648 min
Resistance RecoveryNear Death Experiences, Christianity, and the 12 StepsResistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and Howard Storm discuss Near Death Experiences, Christianity, and the 12 Steps. Recorded on September 16, 2020.On June 1, 1985 while dying in a hospital in Paris, France Howard Storm had a Near Death Experience that involved being tormented in hell, calling out to Jesus, being saved, given a life review, and having all his questions answered. From that experience he ceased being an atheist and is now a Christian pastor. He has written four books based on his experience and has participated in over thirty overseas mission trips and countless missions in...2021-01-191h 11
Resistance RecoveryRecovery and the Beatitude CommunityResistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and author and activist Aaron White discuss Recovery, Christian Spirituality, and the Beatitude Community. Recorded on December 30, 2020.Aaron White (MTS, Tyndale Seminary) lives and ministers in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. He serves as the Vancouver representative for the International Association for Refugees and as a national leader of 24-7 Prayer Canada. He previously worked with the Salvation Army for over twenty years. You can learn more about Aaron and his work at https://www.247prayercanada.com/.Resistance Recovery (RR) is reimagining addiction, recovery, and community...2021-01-121h 04
Resistance RecoveryAddiction, Habit, and Christian SpiritualityResistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and Kent Dunnington discuss addiction, habit, humility, and Christian spirituality. Recorded on August 12, 2020.To learn more about Kent's work and publications visit https://www.biola.edu/directory/peopl....Resistance Recovery (RR) is reimagining addiction, recovery, and community in the 21st century. Piers Kaniuka, MTS, MS has worked with thousands of addicts and alcoholics in his 25+ years in the field. Discover RR's new paradigm of addiction recovery by visiting http://resistancerecovery.com.Visit the RR YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.co...2021-01-0557 min
Resistance RecoveryIllness and TranslocationResistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and healer and author Are Thoresen discuss Illness, Translocation, and the Christ. Recorded on December 2, 2020.To learn more about Are's publications visit https://www.rudolfsteinerbookcentre.c....Resistance Recovery (RR) is reimagining addiction, recovery, and community in the 21st century. Piers Kaniuka, MTS, MS has worked with thousands of addicts and alcoholics in his 25+ years in the field. Discover RR's new paradigm of addiction recovery by visiting http://resistancerecovery.com.Visit the RR YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RE...2020-12-2951 min
Resistance RecoveryParapolitics and SynchromysticismJoin Piers Kaniuka for a discussion with Recluse, aka Steven Snider, on Parapolitics and Synchromysticism. Recluse is the curator of the VISUP blog and the hit podcast The Farm. Steven is a researcher extraordinaire and the author of Strange Tales of the Parapolitical and a Special Relationship.To listen to the The Farm Podcast visit https://www.thefarmpodcast.com and to buy Steven's book A Special Relationship go to https://thefarmpodcast.store. And to read the VISUP blog visit https://visupview.blogspot.com.Resistance Recovery (RR) is reimagining addiction...2020-12-221h 20
Resistance RecoveryThe Religious Philosophy of Simone WeilResistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and Lissa McCullough discuss the thought and legacy of Simone Weil. Recorded on August 19, 2020.Lissa McCullough is author of The Religious Philosophy of Simone Weil (I.B. Tauris, 2014). She lives in Los Angeles and teaches philosophy at California State University Dominguez Hills. After completing a master’s degree at Harvard Divinity School and a doctorate at the University of Chicago, she taught religious studies at New York University, Hanover College, and Muhlenberg College. She is editor of Conversations with Paolo Soleri (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012) and The Call to Radical Th...2020-12-151h 26
Resistance RecoverySophiology, Anthroposophy, and Christian SpiritualityResistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and author and scholar Michael Martin discuss Sophiology, Anthroposophy, and Christian Spirituality. Recorded on November 7, 2020.Michael Martin, Ph.D. is a philosopher, poet, musician, songwriter, editor, and biodynamic farmer. He spent sixteen years as a Waldorf teacher and Master Teacher, and taught at the university and college level for over seventeen years. He began biodynamic farming in 1990 and currently raises dairy goats, bees, and other animals while managing a market garden with his wife and some of his nine children. His poetry and scholarship have appeared in many journals...2020-12-081h 00
Resistance RecoveryHenry Corbin and the Religious ImaginationResistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and author and researcher Tom Cheetham discuss Henry Corbin and the Religious Imagination. Recorded on November 11, 2020.Tom Cheetham, PhD, is the author of five books on the imagination in religion, psychology and the arts, and one book of poetry. He is a Fellow of the Temenos Academy in London and Adjunct Professor of Human Ecology at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine. He lectures regularly in Europe and the US.To learn more about Tom's work visit https://www.tomcheetham.com.2020-12-011h 27
Resistance RecoveryConsciousness and ImaginationResistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and Gary Lachman discuss consciousness, the imagination, and contemporary culture. Recorded on August 5, 2020."Lachman writes about philosophical and mystical ideas with exceptional grace, forcefulness and clarity."—The Washington PostGary Lachman is the author of twenty-one books on topics ranging from the evolution of consciousness to literary suicides, popular culture and the history of the occult. He has written a rock and roll memoir of the 1970s, biographies of Aleister Crowley, Rudolf Steiner, C. G. Jung, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Emanuel Swedenborg, P. D. Ouspensky, and...2020-11-241h 10
Resistance RecoveryEarth, Heart, and FreedomResistance Recovery Founder Piers Kaniuka and author and researcher Robert Sardello discuss Earth, Heart, and Freedom. Recorded on September 5, 2020.Robert Sardello is a major figure in America's rediscovery of soul, reacquainting thousands with its importance and vitality. Thomas Moore hails him as one of our most creative and original thinkers, while James Hillman praises him for breaking open startling new realms of meaning. Sardello's probing, provocative books and his seminars and "soul retreats" through his School of Spiritual Psychology, have earned him widespread respect and attention. In The Power of Soul, he shows us...2020-11-171h 03
Collateral DamageCollateral Damage Season 2. Ep. 35. (Special Guest - Piers Kaniuka)Full episodes available - http://www.cdpodcast.comMike and Maureen meet with Piers Kaniuka, Director Of Spiritual Life at Green Mountain Recovery Centers, to discuss his journey into working with individuals and families to help them find spirituality in recovery.About PiersPiers Kaniuka, MA, MTS, serves as Director of Spiritual Life at Granite Recovery Centers in NH. For over 20 years he has utilized spiritual, educational, and wellness practices for those in early recovery from drug addiction. Piers is cofounder of the Liberation Institute, a non-profit dedicated to bringing recovery and yoga...2020-04-0900 min