Spiritual Predators and Narcissists

 In the Pagan community, we seem to have more than our fair share of predators and narcissists.  I'll be posting my own essay soon, but in the meantime, here's a good article about the kind of people we really need to be avoiding:

What Is Spiritual Narcissism?

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