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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Video version: www.guruviking.com/podcast/153-mary-shutan-kundalini-and-the-occult

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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 - Different 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