PAGANISM & PSYCHOLOGY. Psychological Research on Spells, Magic, Witchcraft with Dr Charmaine Sonnex

What can psychology tell us about Paganism? Does science study Magic Spells and their effect? Are Pagans happier? CONNECT & SUPPORT💖 - WEBSITE & NEWSLETTER 💌 https://drangelapuca.com/#newsletter - BECOME MY PATRON! 🎩 https://www.patreon.com/angelapuca - ONE-OFF DONATIONS 💰 https://paypal.me/angelasymposium - JOIN MEMBERSHIPS 👥 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPSbip_LX2AxbGeAQfLp-Ig/join - MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/@drangelapuca/featured - MY STORE 🛍 https://drangelapuca.com/store - MY MERCH 👕 https://drangelapuca.creator-spring.com/ - Video Trascripts https://www.innersymposium.study/ 💬 FOLLOW ME👣 - YouTube (@drangelapuca)🌟 - Instagram (drangelapuca) 📸 - TikTok (Angela's Symposium) 🎵 - Twitter (@angelapuca11) 🐦 - Facebook (Dr Angela Puca) 👥 00:00 Dr Charmain Sonnex covers the following topics: 1:52 Spellcasting and the Efficacy of Pagan Healing Spells 3:47 Research Methodology 6:50 Search for core concepts of Pagan Spell Casting 8:54 Double-Blind Methodology 10:00 How the healing spells worked 11:23 Timing of Healing Spells 12:40 How were the people to be healed selected? 14:20 Research Findings and conclusions to the study 17:20 Relationship between religious orientation, nature connectedness and happiness 18:12 The concept of Eudaimonia. What is Eudaimonia? 24:00 Can Pagan Practices foster Eudaimonia? 25:09 Self-acceptance. How Pagans’ connection to Nature allows to embrace all the elements of the self and the body (e.g. sex, body positivity, ageing) 26:30 Autonomy and Environmental Mastery. Paganism highlights the personal agency 27:39 Positive Relations in Paganism and Sense of Community 28:23 Interconnectedness whereby Magic works 28:41 Purpose in Life 31:14 Why do people believe in and practise Paganism? 33:31 What’s the current state of research in the field of Psychology on the matter of Paganism and Magical practices? 34:50 The ‘Coming Home’ Theory. People report encountering Paganism made them feel like they were coming home 35:53 The concept of Flow 36:12 The importance of studying Paganism from a scientific and psychological point of view CONNECT & SUPPORT💖 - SIGN UP TO MY NEWSLETTER 💌 https://arcaneacademia.grwebsite.co.uk/ - BECOME MY PATRON! 🎩 https://www.patreon.com/angelapuca - ONE-OFF DONATIONS 💰 https://paypal.me/angelasymposium - JOIN MEMBERSHIPS 👥 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPSbip_LX2AxbGeAQfLp-Ig/join - MY STORE 🛍 https://drangelapuca.com/store - MY MERCH 👕 https://drangelapuca.creator-spring.com/ - Or SUPER THANK me in the comments! 💬🌟 FOLLOW ME👣 - Instagram (drangelapuca) 📸 - TikTok (Angela's Symposium) 🎵 - Twitter (@angelapuca11) 🐦 - Facebook (Dr Angela Puca) 👥 REFERENCES Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1975). Beyond boredom and anxiety. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Ezzy, D. (2014). Sex, death and witchcraft: A contemporary pagan festival. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. Harrington, M. (2002). The long journey home; a study of the conversion profiles of 35 British Wiccan men. Revista de Estudos da Religião, 2, 18-50. Ryff, C. D. (1989). Happiness Is Everything or Is It? Explorations on the Meaning of Psychological Wellbeing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57, 1069-1081. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.57.6.1069 Music by Erose MusicBand. Check them out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onX96rAvouw