{"podcast":{"title":"Therapeutic Astrology Podcast","slug":"therapeutic-astrology-podcast-6383524","podcast_index_feed_id":6383524,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/473925/rss","website_url":"http://therapeuticastrologer.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/1/0/1/a101f7daeb1881e516c3140a3186d450/podendeligpt.png","author":"Mannah Guldager","episode_count":162,"summary":"Therapeutic Astrology Podcast by Mannah (TAP) is place to learn og and feel into healing methods, psychological insights and the mystery pointed to by forgotten languages of the soul. My name is Mannah, and I aim to inspire you to a rich life on all levels of experience. As you listen, let the existential questions breathe into your inner realms where Wholeness is always present. Tap in with us for psychological insights, existential exploration, astrology, spiritual healing and living with purpose! We are in good company with thought leaders, authors, and healers of our time - or sometimes of past times as I may read the authors alive in solo episodes. In common my variety of guests have a wish to stop fragmentation and care for a greater view of this embodied spiritual life. My own primary path is through Evolutionary Astrology, and in each episode I spend a few moments to tap into my guests birth chart. Let's TAP in together - no matter where you are, you have a place to call Whole. My website: https://www.therapeuticastrologer.com Mannah, Trauma Therapist & Astrologer Copenhagen, May of 2023","last_synced_at":"2026-06-28T10:18:26.309269+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/therapeutic-astrology-podcast-6383524"},"episode":{"title":"#154 - David Stokes: Masquerade At The Crossroads of Good And Evil - Holism and Spirit Work in Mental Health and Addiction","slug":"154-david-stokes-masquerade-at-the-crossroads-of-good-and-evil-holism-and-spirit-work-in-mental-health-and-addiction","published_at":"2026-06-03T17:19:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/therapeutic-astrology-podcast-6383524/154-david-stokes-masquerade-at-the-crossroads-of-good-and-evil-holism-and-spirit-work-in-mental-health-and-addiction","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/therapeutic-astrology-podcast-6383524","url":"https://512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24.libsyn.com/154-david-stokes-masquerade-at-the-crossroads-of-good-and-evil-holism-and-spirit-work-in-mental-health-and-addiction","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/davidstokesmp3.mp3?dest-id=4018260","summary":"\"If patients stay in the system long enough, they learn to control all words and gestures linked to fantastical thinking, delusions, grandiosity, and hallucination. Through hard experience they learn the fruit of their best thinking is not approved of by the professionals involved in their care. They learn Orwellian doublethink, a capacity to believe in two opposing points at the same time. They discover the skill of believing the reality their mind often presents them with, while at the same time fitting in with the actual reality reinforced by mental health workers.\" (....) \" The scale of suffering of our mentally disordered is rarely investigated as a factor of the disconnections between who we are now and those who went before us .\" David Stokes has written a truly exceptional book, where I feel he says all the things we are not supposed to say - when working in publically funded social work at least. \"Masquerade At The Crossroads of Good And Evil - Holism and Spirit Work in Mental Health and Addiction\" is published this year, 2026, at Aeon Books. A much needed book!! This is a shorter interview, as the audio was really poor, but I have edited it so it is a lot better for you to listen to now. I'm hoping to meet David again for a follow up. But enjoy this shorter interview on what the Crossroads is, what the Masquerade is, and how to incorporate a holistic approach into social work, not by suggesting anything spiritual to clients, but by meeting their own aspirations. Find the incredible special and thoughtprovoking and caring book here: https://spirit.aeonbooks.com/author/david-stokes/23787 Mannah here: https://www.therapeuticastrologer.com/ youtube version of this interview https://youtu.be/oYd5MxocABE","meta_description":"\"If patients stay in the system long enough, they learn to control all words and gestures linked to fantastical thinking, delusions, grandiosity, and hall…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1935,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/therapeutic-astrology-podcast-6383524/episodes/154-david-stokes-masquerade-at-the-crossroads-of-good-and-evil-holism-and-spirit-work-in-mental-health-and-addiction/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/therapeutic-astrology-podcast-6383524/154-david-stokes-masquerade-at-the-crossroads-of-good-and-evil-holism-and-spirit-work-in-mental-health-and-addiction.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}