His current research is pivoting to look at cultic dynamics in conspirituality and eco-justice movements. He researches and writes on abuse in spiritual movements at his website, as well as for publications like GEN by Medium and The Walrus. His 2019 book, 'Practice and All is Coming: Abuse, Cult Dynamics and Healing in Yoga and Beyond,' is the first systematic analysis of pervasive cultism in the modern yoga world. Matthew Remski is a cult survivor and researcher. Matthew identifies how the apolitical is, in fact, very political, and how “doing your own research” is only half the story. Conspiracism becomes inevitable within various spiritual/health and wellness subcultures, communities, and cliques that emphasize the apolitical over the political, the project of the self over class consciousness. He walks us through the dynamics at play, and provides a material framework for understanding how these figures and ideas become so influential to begin with.įollowing the threads from the Satanic Panic to QAnon, and from QAnon to anti-wokeness, Matthew identifies a set of motivations and circumstances that sets the stage for moral panics and their destructive consequences. Based on personal experiences he’s had, some of which he shares in this interview, along with a deep research background into cultic dynamics and abuse in spiritual movements, Matthew has developed an ability to adeptly spot, analyze, and critique the charismatic, narcissistic, self-aggrandizing public personas that contaminate public discourse.
Matthew has taken it upon himself to jump into the fray of online “disaster spirituality” and the circles of culty health and wellness grifters-a psychologically and emotionally taxing beat to be on. We begin our discussion by delving into what Matthew describes as the “amoral attention economy” and how becoming “professionalized into the cursed news cycle” impacts one’s mental health.
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Conspirituality podcast co-host and journalist Matthew Remski returns to the podcast, bringing his ongoing analysis of online cultists, grifters, and conspiritualists to a discussion that relates to the book he co-authored with co-hosts Julian Walker and Derek Beres titled 'Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat,' forthcoming from Public Affairs/Random House in June. Step-by-step instructions on how to transform your church into the rugged wilderness found on the Decorating Places:Wilderness Escape DVD Hit enter to search or ESC to close.
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