Slavoj Žižek, Rupert Sheldrake, Sophie-Grace Chappell, John Vervaeke, Michael Shermer, Nick Lane, Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes and Lisa Miller confront spiritualism, it’s ideologies and it’s toxic traits. Is spirituality problematic or beneficial?

00:00 Introduction
00:50 What is the current state of spirituality? | John Vervaeke
03:35 Is spirituality problematic? | Sophie-Grace Chappel, Slavoj Žižek
11:20 Is spirituality innate? | Lisa Miller, Rupert Sheldrake
19:00 Are there spiritual alternatives? | Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes, Nick Lane, Michael Shermer

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