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Dispelling Wetiko

Breaking the Curse of Evil

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 The mind-virus behind human self-destruction has a name: wetiko. See it clearly, and it starts to lose power.

You see it everywhere: smart people making destructive choices. Companies poisoning their own customers. Nations pouring trillions into war while their people suffer. Social media built to connect us driving us apart. We’re the one species that knowingly degrades its own habitat at scale.

Why do we keep acting against our own survival?

From Indigenous North American traditions comes the term wetiko—a life-eating compulsion that turns us against one another and the living world. Whether you approach it as metaphor, psychology, or spirituality, the effects are real—and they propagate through what we don’t see.

In Dispelling Wetiko, Paul Levy brings this insight into dialogue with Jungian psychology, framing wetiko as a mind-parasite that exploits our blind spots. Drawing on teachings shared in public sources, depth psychology, and his own harrowing encounters, Levy describes wetiko as “ME disease”—Malignant Egophrenia—a pathological self-centering that mistakes the ego for the whole. Like a vampire that can’t see its reflection, it hides in the very way we perceive reality.

The crucial insight: the moment we recognize wetiko, it begins to lose power. The cure isn’t waging war on evil or waiting for others to wake up; it starts by noticing how our attention and reactions feed the very patterns we oppose—and then withdrawing that food.

Dispelling Wetiko offers a clear diagnosis and a practical path back to sanity—personally and collectively. Americas Ethics & Morality Indigenous Peoples Philosophy Social Sciences Spirituality United States Native American Paranormal Shamanism
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I read this on the way back from from Peru after spending a week with the indigenous people of the Amazon. Paul Helps shine the light on the darkness that we must address!

A real truth about the human condition

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This is a very strange and thought-provoking book. I'm not sure what to make of the thesis, perhaps it is nonsense but a lot of it made sense to me and would certainly help explain some things I have seen in my life. At any rate it gets you thinking and noticing things you hadn't noticed before, so totally worth the listen. Personally I had a very strong negative reaction to the narration, make of that what you will.

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Everyone must read this book. Paul literally changed my life and has helped me step into my creative power. Truly awakening.

Life changing MUST READ

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A must for anyone serious about navigating today's world within & without from a holistic, real perspective.

Amazing & excellent.

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I couldn’t listen to the narrator, which for me is unusual; the author’s insistence on constantly repeating his own name for the weitiko every few sentences became grating and was completely unnecessary….. this is sad as I am convinced that there is an important message contained within this book.

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