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Air Date - Thursday, 19 October 2023Spiritual Abuse – Why Some Gurus and Religious Leaders Get Seduced By Money, Sex, and Power with Connie ZweigWhy do some gurus and religious leaders get seduced by money, sex, and power? Why are we drawn to charismatic leaders? What do we unconsciously give away to them? Why are so many willing to surrender their spiritual authority?And how do we break free of denial, projection, and dependency and recover from spiritual abuse or betrayal by a teacher or group?In her latest book, Meeting the Shadow on the Spiritual Path: The Dance of Darkness and Light in Our Search for Awakening, Connie Zweig, Ph.D., reveals that within each of us is a spiritual longing that prompts us to unite with something greater than ourselves, to awaken to our unity with all of life. Yet, no matter the spiritual path we choose, we inevitably encounter our own shadow, those unconscious aspects of ourselves that we suppress or deny, or the shadows of our teachers and their secret desires about money, s