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Splits: healing from fundamentalism.

By Clay, Phyllis L.
Publication: ReVision
Date: Monday, September 22 2003

I was wondering about the religious right ... how do they experience the splits?" Asked gently from across the room, it was an innocent enough question. But for me, the question brought up undeveloped parts of myself which I had denied or from which I had dissociated. The question served to transform my awareness of myself, my history, my present, and the identity I will carry into the future.

"I was wondering about the religious right ... how do they experience the splits?"

Immediately, a swarm of splits flew through my awareness, splits I experienced in my