In this podcast: What is trauma? The link between trauma and psychological dissociation as a defence mechanism. Symptoms of trauma & alienation and its causes in personal and collective psychology. Encountering trauma in meditation practice. The history of studying trauma in psychology. The connections between dissociation and a strong feeling of 'I' or self. Deep trauma as somatic or 'in the body'. Trauma, healing and working through the energetic body. Discussing the metaphysics of mind & body. A separation of mind and body: a minority view in human history. Returning the human to the spiritual sphere.