Astray Trailer
02/03/21 • 3 min
How far would you go for enlightenment? Westerners have long been drawn to the spiritual mystique of India. While many find what they’re looking for and return home, some vanish without a trace or even end up dead. Astray investigates those who pay the ultimate cost in search of spiritual awakening.
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How far would you go for enlightenment? Westerners have long been drawn to the spiritual mystique of India. While many find what they’re looking for and return home, some vanish without a trace or even end up dead. Astray investigates those who pay the ultimate cost in search of spiritual awakening.
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India Syndrome
1 Recommendations“India Syndrome,” a psychosis said to effect Westerners seeking spiritual enlightenment in India, is identified as the cause behind a suicide and a disappearance of two Westerners drawn to India, and led astray there.
India Syndrome Show Notes:
Scott Carney ~ Investigative Journalist, New York Times Bestselling Author and Anthropologist
Jessica Ravitz ~ Freelance journalist and former senior writer for CNN Digital.
Ryan Chambers, Missing in India Facebook Page ~ Access to Jock Chambers information is listed here. Please contact him with any information you might have on Ryan’s disappearance.
Astray Production Team:
School of Humans // iHeartRadio
Caroline Slaughter ~ Host, Writer, Producer
Ankita Anand ~ Producer
Gabbie Watts ~ Supervising Producer
Tunewelders - Sound Production
Jason Shannon ~ Composer
Harper Harris ~ Sound Design, Audio Mixer
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It's two thousand six and Emily, a twenty one year old American, is that a retreat center in India, immersed in a week long silent meditation. She climbs up to the roof of the retreat center. It's at four in the morning or so, and wraps a scarf under her face and jumps off the building to her death. I was shocked and confused when I heard this story. How can a spiritual practice like meditation make you do that?
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