I do, I undo, I redo
Louise Bourgeois
"Where you stumble, there you shall find your treasure."
Joseph Campbell
In a dream you saw a way to survive and you were full of joy
Jenny Holzer
RA!SE PUBLICATION
RA!SE #9 - Algorithmic Possession
Reclaiming your life from the digital
With over 6 billion internet users globally spending an average 18 hours and 36 minutes weekly on digital networking platforms. Social Media is a significant contributor to mental health disorders such as Depression, Anxiety, ADHD, Body Dysmorphia, Self-Harm, and Suicide.
A typical online adult spends roughly 16 percent of waking hours scrolling social and video feeds. One of the central dangers of social media lies in how it is engineered to be addictive. Platforms use reward feedback loops to fuel dopamine addiction to keep users scrolling. Over time, what begins as habitual use can morph into compulsive behaviour as users find it difficult to cut back. Many researchers move their discussions towards the issue of spiritual degeneration, or a collapse of community and communion in the digital era.
With 100% of all profits from sales of this publication are donated to the mental health charity Mind (www.mind.org.uk)
Written and Illustrated by Transpersonal integrative psychotherapist and artist, Marita Fox.
Each issue comes with a hand written poem. Edition of 50 only.
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Research
- Presenter at the 2025 Dream Research Symposium organised by the DRI Centre for Dream Studies, July, 2025.
- Presenter at the INSS Conference 'Spirituality, Consciousness, Technology and Wellbeing : Implications for Research, Education and Practice', June, 2025
Through autoethnographic inquiry my recent research MA explored processes of transformation in a digital world, in particular looking at algorithmic influences and archetypal possession on social media.The painful paradox of social media is in the promise of connection. As humans we are communal by nature, however in this landscape one is left further isolated and alienated from spiritual connectivity. Findings revealed the role the transpersonal plays as disruptor in a culture bound to screens.
Marita Fox Psychotherapy, London UK
