“What the schizophrenic drowns in the shaman swims in.” The difference is the absence of swimming lessons.

Brian Spittles

New Thinking • Apr 2, 2024 • Brian Spittles, PhD, is an academic researcher and member of the Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium which aims to integrate clinical, scientific, and spiritual paradigms to improve therapeutic outcomes. His research includes consciousness studies, transpersonal psychology, psychosis, mental health recovery, quantum physics, mysticism, and indigenous knowledge/healing systems. He is author of Psychosis, Psychiatry, and Psychospiritual Considerations: Engaging and Better Understanding the Madness and Spiritual Emergence Nexus. The Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium website is theeprc.org. Brian shares that the features of a spiritual emergency and psychospiritual emergence have much in common with what is known as psychosis and are frequently indistinguishable. Indigenous cultures view these experiences as normal and part of the mysteries of being human. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:50 Psychosis history 00:07:44 Discerning psychospiritual vs. psychopathological 00:14:06 Shamanism framework 00:18:46 Biological correlates 00:23:30 Stanley Dean: Metapsychiatry 00:28:47 Religious and spiritual values 00:40:50 Spiritual Emergency: Stanislav and Christina Grof 00:57:45 Beyond labels 01:00:50 Conclusion Edited subtitles for this video are available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Swedish. #spirituality#psychosis#mentalhealth#consciousness New Thinking Allowed CoHost, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, is a licensed occupational therapist, intuitive healer, and health coach based in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the author of Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance With Relationships, Health, and Spirituality. Her website is https://emmyvadnais.com/ (Recorded on February 22, 2024)