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Bonus Sample: Swan Song Series 5 | Michelle Remembers: Themes & Framing

Bonus Sample: Swan Song Series 5 | Michelle Remembers: Themes & Framing

FromConspirituality


Bonus Sample: Swan Song Series 5 | Michelle Remembers: Themes & Framing

FromConspirituality

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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Aug 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In the second of three episodes on Michelle Remembers, we recap its Catholic contexts, and Lawrence Pazder's quest to transcend the limitations of psychiatry through mystical nightmares. We then explore the front matter: how Pazder introduces his project (and himself), and the ambivalent endorsement of Remi de Roo, Archbishop of Victoria. In Pazder's many clerical alliances, a crucial theme is established: the rapprochement between psychiatry and the priesthood, in which the former submits to the latter to restore the reality of the supernatural. We also look at the pre-emptively defensive  intro penned by the publisher, Thomas B. Congdon Jr. He claimed to have verified the substance of the book through interviews, and thought that Pazder and Smith were very earnest and forthcoming people when he hosted them for editorial meetings. Okay sure.Remi De Roo - WikipediaThomas B. Congdon, Editor of Best Sellers Like 'Jaws,' Dies at 77 - The New York TimesThe Beginning of a Community - Virtual Museum-Canadian Polish Historical Society 
Released:
Aug 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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