Interview with Irini Hara

A wide-ranging conversation exploring community formation, transcendence, and self-leadership:

• The spectrum between mystery-focused and answer-focused religious traditions
• How transcendence serves as a collective response to uncertainty and survival
• Institutional abuse, rigid hierarchies, and power dynamics in religious contexts
• Self-leadership through Internal Family Systems and the distinction between blended and unblended states

About Irini Hara: Irini has a keen interest in religious studies and the work of Mircea Eliade, his writings inspired her youth years and motivated to search for a spiritual practice for herself later in adult life, that she found in shamanism. She blends several methods and approaches as therapist, educator, writer, Magdalene priestess and space holder of transformational processes of exploration and healing. Her professional website is https://www.palomablanca.ro/ and you can also access her writings on Substack: https://substack.com/@irinihara.