Pema Chödrön and the Sublation of Mental Illness

The focus of today’s essay is on an idea I’m calling the sublation of mental illness. In many ways, this will be a follow up to an essay I published in January of 2020: “Satanism, Mental Health, and the Search for Happiness.” I consider that one of my best essays, and it took on a special meaning for me over the two years following its publication as my everyday struggle with mental illness transformed into a struggle with mental illness in the context of a catastrophic global pandemic. Transcript (with citations) available at https://asatanistreadsthebible.com