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Collected Item: “Michael J. Ingleby Oral History, 2022/03/14”

Title

Michael J. Ingleby

Who conducted the interview? List all names, separated by comma.

Kit Heintzman

Who was interviewed? List all names, separated by commas.

Michael J. Ingleby

Email Address(es) for all interviewers. Separated by comma.

kheintzman@gmail.com

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your oral history. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#afterlife, #bipartisanism, #business, #church, #community, #Christianity, #empowerment, #Enlightenment, #faith, #ghosts, #goddess, #grief, #holistic, #loss, #mandates, #masking, #metaphysics, #Pagan, #religion, #SaltLakeCity, #shadowwork, #spirit, #spirituality, #storefront, #therapy, #trauma, #Utah, #vaccination, #vigil, #war, #witch, #witchcraft

What is the format of your recording?

Video

In what ZIP code is the primary residence of the interviewee? (enter 5-digit ZIP code; for example, 00544 or 94305)? In what city/town/village does the interviewee live? In what country does the interviewee live? All comma-separated.

Salt Lake City, Utah

What is the gender of the interviewee? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their gender in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a gender identity to interviewees.*

I identify as male. My pronouns are he/him.

What is the age of the interviewee?

35 to 44

How does the interviewee describe their race or ethnicity? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their race/ethnicity in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a racial or ethnic identity to interviewees.*

My ethnicity is Romani/Mixed Ethnicity.

Describe the oral history.

ome of the things we discussed include:
People seeking out spirituality during crisis; growing spiritual community
Individual needs around spirituality and empowerment
Alternative spiritualities and religion
Closing down the store for lockdowns and safety
Pagan Pride
Witnessing greed, witnessing a lot of sharing of resources
Online vigils, chants and invocations, energy and intent
Social media
How offering spiritual support isn’t the same as offering therapy
People coming out of religious affiliations with religious trauma and coming to look for spirituality
Shadow work, triggers, coping/survival strategies, integration
Folk and indigenous practices
Turning to the divine feminine to restore balance in patriarchal culture
Connecting with spirits, death as a process of transition
Political division
Global inequities in the experience of COVID-19
Russia, Putin, and Ukraine
Staying educated and turning to a breadth of sources for safety precautions
Getting vaccinated, minor sacrifices and discomfort
How the population density of Salt Lake City impacted supply access
Progress for social movements: BLM, indigenous communities, LGBTQ+ communities
Protecting time and boundary setting

Other cultural references include: Facebook, Instagram, Carl Jung, Trump, polio, the Holocaust

See also:
https://www.catncauldron.com

On what date did you record this oral history?

2022-03-14T12:10
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