Ep153: Kundalini & The Occult - Mary Shutan

In this episode I am joined by Mary Shutan: author, occultist, and spiritual teacher.

Mary shares her journey from a traumatic early childhood to adoption into an upper-middle class family, and how spiritual overwhelm in her teenage years, and a subsequent kundalini awakening, drove her to in-depth study of spiritual themes.

Mary details her own kundalini experience, including challenging side effects, kundalini traps, and the role of sacrifice on the spiritual path.

Mary also discusses her love of reading and magical realism, recounts her time as a ritual magician working with the dark feminine, advises on encounters with entities and extra-terrestrials, and describes the different types of spiritual protection employed by institutions and public figures.

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Topics include:

00:00 - Intro
01:03 - Prolific publications
01:41 - Mary’s writing process
02:35 - Upper-middle class upbringing as an adoptee
04:56 - Early childhood trauma
08:28 - Spiritual overwhelm during teenage years
13:03 - Magical realism and Mary’s writing influences
17:29 - Spiritual truths in fiction
18:41 - Pan’s Garden, elementals, and Clive Barker
20:34 - Magic in art
22:37 - Mary’s kundalini awakening
26:04 - What is kundalini?
28:04 - Challenging side-effects of Mary’s kundalini awakening
32:35 - Active vs passive surrender
34:49 - Common misconceptions about kundalini
37:59 - What triggers kundalini awakening?
40:58 - Spontaneous kundalini awakenings
42:46 - Direct methods to awaken kundalini
45:40 - Kundalini traps
48:07 - Sacrifice on the spiritual path
49:48 - Losing martyrdom and other identity markers
52:31 - Years in ritual magic and occultism
55:31 - Misogyny in Western Occultism and the dark feminine
59:01 - How to know if an occult ritual has worked
01:01:29 - Are occultists hired by governments and celebrities?
01:07:12 - Types of spiritual protection employed by institutions and public figures
01:09:09 - Mary’s near death experience
01:12:23 - Working with non-corporeal teachers and other entities
01:14:39 - Voluntary possession practices
01:18:06 - Encounters with extra-terrestrials
01:20:25 - Adi Da’s ‘Knee of Listening’
01:22:38 - Working with Mary

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To find out more about Mary Shutan, visit:
- http://maryshutan.com/

For more interviews, videos, and more visit:
- www.guruviking.com

Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James