Ancestral trauma #7 – The end of time 5 January 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Ancestral trauma , No Comments The climate change that happened from around 4000 BC—documented in the Bible as The Fall—shattered Neolithic human physiology. It created homo patriarchus, patriarchal man, hell-bent on conquest and the stockpiling of surplus to […]
Ancestral trauma #6 – Fear of the desert and desertification 3 January 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Ancestral trauma , No Comments As soon as the Toyota Landcruiser’s heavy tyres crunched onto the gravel road, I felt it in the pit of my stomach. Fear. It was only a few miles off-road to […]
Beyond ancestral trauma lies ancestral rage 18 November 2022 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Ancestral trauma , No Comments I have written extensively about ancestral trauma—the deep-seated, many-generations old traumas that we all carry a distant memory of from the dawn of patriarchy. I’ve also written about the inevitable consequences of clearing trauma—experiencing rage […]
Ancestral trauma #5 – Zero emotional and sexual growth 18 February 2021 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Ancestral trauma , Sexuality , No Comments In What is ancestral trauma? I describe the key psychological wounds that humanity suffered as a result of the drought, desertification and famine that gave rise to patriarchy. Here I […]
Trauma exists as a series of ripples 15 February 2021 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Ancestral trauma , Generational trauma , Mother wound , No Comments In mid-2018 I wrote a blog titled The 3 layers of trauma – ancestral, generational, current-life, in which I ascribed all trauma to one of these categories. Fast […]
We have no language for pre-verbal trauma 11 December 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Ancestral trauma , Generational trauma , No Comments I have long wondered why some people talk about their issues while others don’t. I’ve often mistaken ‘can’t talk’ for ‘don’t want to talk’. More recently I’ve started to explore the […]
The 3 layers of trauma – ancestral, generational, current-life 18 May 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Ancestral trauma , Generational trauma , Mother wound , No Comments NOTE: This article has been superceded by Trauma exists as a series of ripples When we set out to bring the contents of our unconscious to […]
Ancestral trauma #4 – Slave mentality 19 April 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Ancestral trauma , No Comments In What is ancestral trauma? I describe the key psychological wounds that humanity suffered as a result of the drought, desertification and famine that gave rise to patriarchy. Here I want to focus on the […]
Ancestral traumas express themselves through porn 3 June 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Ancestral trauma , Pornography , No Comments In What is ancestral trauma?, I wrote how traumas that occurred thousands of years ago yet remain embedded as genetic memories in our collective unconscious. As we go deep into our healing journey, […]
Ancestral trauma #3 – Victimizer-victim dynamic 21 May 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Ancestral trauma , No Comments In What is ancestral trauma? I describe the key psychological wounds that humanity suffered as a result of the drought, desertification and famine that gave rise to patriarchy. Here I want to focus on the […]