Episode 2 - Dr Everton de Oliveira Maraldi: Possession, Dissociation, and More

International Association for the Psychology of Religion Podcast

In the second episode of the IAPR podcast, host Dr Sarah Charles interviews Dr Everton de Oliveira Maraldi about his work on the psychology of mediumship, possession, and dissociation
Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:27 About Everton
5:21 Psychology's WEIRD approach to mediumship and spiritism
11:40 Everton's cross-cultural work and potential for new ideas
14:00 The role of embodied cognition in possession and mediumship
19:10 Cross-cultural consistency of diagnosis of dissociation
20:30 Trauma, dissociation, and depersonalisation
25:05 Meta-psychological discussion, measurement, bias in interpretation, and demand characteristics
31:20 How to avoid methodological issues, and deception
37:50 The assumed link between spirituality and dissociation
44:45 Future work in the era, and the role of including both qualitative and quantitative work
57:00 The importance of dialogue with the humanities
1:03:20 Conclusion and closing remarks
Everton's email: everton.nom(a)gmail.com
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1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. About Everton (00:01:27)

3. Psychology's WEIRD approach to mediumship (00:05:21)

4. Everton's cross-cultural work (00:11:40)

5. The role of embodied cognition in possession (00:14:00)

6. Cross-cultural (in)consistency (00:19:10)

7. Trauma, dissociation, and depersonalisation (00:20:30)

8. Meta-psychological discussion (00:25:05)

9. How to avoid methodological issues (00:31:20)

10. The link between spirituality and dissociation (00:37:50)

11. Future work in the area (00:44:45)

12. The importance of interdisciplinary dialogue (00:57:00)