As a spiritual leader who is also vaccinated and believes in magic (because I experience it every day) combined with a whole lot of practicality, I’ve been very concerned about leaders in our field, spreading crazy conspiracy theories that other spiritual seekers seem to lap up without discernment. My take is that most people who believe in these types of things (who claim to be leftist by the way), haven’t yet healed from the spiritual abuse they experienced growing up as evangelicals or in oppressive cultures. The desire to break out, to live on your own terms, to create your own reality, is so strong, they forget we live in a collective and have responsibility to each other.

I recently read something that suggested many spiritual progressives went so far around the bend that they met conservative evangelicals on the other side…