Paul J. Leslie, EdD, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Aiken, South Carolina. He is professor of psychology at Aiken College. He is author of The Art of Creating a Magical Session: Key Elements for Transformative Psychotherapy, Low Country Shamanism: An Exploration of the Magical and Healing Practices of the Coastal Carolinas and Georgia, Potential Not Pathology: Helping Your Clients Transform Using Ericksonian Psychotherapy, and Shadows in the Session: The Presence of the Anomalous in Psychotherapy.
In this interview, rebooted from 2019, he shares his investigations of hoodoo or conjure practitioners in the Carolinas and Georgia. His perspective is not that of a practitioner, but rather that of a sympathetic psychotherapist interested in understanding the prevalent, yet hidden, culture he found himself surrounded by in South Carolina. He traces the origin of hoodoo to the African cultures of the slaves brought to America. He shares stories of several colorful figures and offers a variety of details regarding hoodoo conjure practices.
New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He is Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science.
(Recorded on December 17, 2019)
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LINKS TO BOOKS BY PAUL J. LESLIE
Low Country Shamanism: An Exploration of the Magical and Healing Practices of the Coastal Carolinas and Georgia, by Paul J. Leslie – https://amzn.to/47OzZND
Shadows in the Session: The Presence of the Anomalous in Psychotherapy, by Paul J. Leslie – https://amzn.to/3JArETJ
The Art of Creating a Magical Session: Key Elements for Transformative Psychotherapy 1st Edition, by Paul J. Leslie – https://amzn.to/3HtxZzS
Perceptions and Possibilities: Strategic and Solution-Oriented Approaches to Working with Depression, by Paul J. Leslie – https://amzn.to/3UNiHsB
The Year of Living Magically: Practical Ways to Create a Life of Spirit, Wonder and Connection, by Paul J. Leslie – https://amzn.to/3JwPhN7
Transforming Themes: Creative Perspectives on Therapeutic Interaction, by Paul J. Leslie – https://amzn.to/4mB8pIs
Unlimited Resources: Simple and Easy Ways to Find, Access, and Utilize Client Strengths and Resources to Facilitate Change, by Paul J. Leslie (Author) – https://amzn.to/4lN2nmK
