This week, we dive into reciprocity, revenge, and "eye for an eye" - where does evil fall in those ideas? Is it evil to be looking out for a friend when they have evil enacted upon them? How far reaching is this deep lore, really? Thank you for joining us as we wrap up the logic of evil, and join us next time as we tackle something new!

Music by Stephen Newman.

It's always going to come back to Dungeons & Dragons here on Deep Lore of the Mind, and this week is no different. We begin this discussion of evil by using the alignment chart in D&D, and explaining how even though it all manifests in different ways, it all still follows the logic of evil. We tend to put things in nerd terms so Diamalynne can understand. Thank you for joining us!

Music by Stephen Newman.

This week has some pretty dark stories in it - we're talking about how evil has its own internal logic that many people end up participating in. We also talk about the varying degrees in which evil manifests, all the way from a high school mean girl to a brutal serial killer. This week we take the vibe down, it's been too nice in here lately. Thank you for joining us!

Music by Stephen Newman.

This week we have an old friend of Doctor D's on the podcast - author, artist, survivor, and all around badass Keira Shae! We explore topics such as what Deity means to each of us, how constricting dogmatism can be, and we touch again on the topic of "only you can make you happy."

Here is the link to Keira's memoir, go support her!

https://a.co/d/6bdYZCM

Music by Stephen Newman.

This week Diamalynne starts by calling herself out a little bit, but I swear it pertains to the episode topic. We cover eight different ego defenses, brought to you by Freud. There are some hefty stories as examples this episode, and Doc and Diamalynne get particularly mad about one of them. The lore runs deep with this one, so buckle in. Thank you for joining us!

Music by Stephen Newman.

Are you proud of me? I didn't even make the classic Skeksis noise one time. This episode does get kind of gross with descriptions of expulsions, thanks to Doc's colorful and imaginative use of words. But, we're talking about Freud's stages of development for a large part of it, so that's inherently kind of gross. What else was he to do, water it down? No thank you to that. Anyway, thanks for being here with us!

Music by Stephen Newman.

Today we're bouncing our wet noodles between the ideas of Mind and World. Doc takes us through an individualistic Freudian approach of how we process the world, then he talks through a fella named Binswanger's ideas of a more empathetic way of relating. We talk more about noodles at various times through this episode. Thank you for joining us!

Music by Stephen Newman.

AMY'S BACK!! I manipulated the paperwork to bring Amy back to your ears, and we pulled out multiple volumes of the Deep Lore for this one. Finally, we have a qualified therapist on the podcast to listen to! Just kidding, Doc really did earn that doctorate. Anyway, this one gets a little silly, but there's a point to it I promise. Thank you for joining us!

In Utah and needing a therapist? Amy is available for new clients:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/amy-sygnatowicz-springville-ut/1251111

Oh honey, we're getting spiritual today! Doctor D and Diamalynne take a look at how the overarching force of a god may influence the level to which we are able to make choices. Can you spot which type of agency we are partial to? Thank you for joining us today!

Music by Stephen Newman.

We talked so much about ice cream that I chose not to think about any of the deep lore we talked about, I just thought about that sweet Sweet Ash ice cream. Wait, did I choose to think about ice cream or was I forced into thinking about it because it was presented to me? All I know is that I could really go for some ice cream right now. Thank you for joining us!

Music by Stephen Newman.