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Honestly: Marianne Williamson on America’s ‘Dark Psychic Force’
Honestly: Marianne Williamson on America’s ‘Dark Psychic Force’
Marianne Williamson greets people in Des Moines, Iowa. (Scott Olson via Getty Images)
By Bari Weiss
05.31.22 — Culture and Ideas
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Honestly: Marianne Williamson on America’s ‘Dark Psychic Force’

When Marianne Williamson stood on the presidential debate stage in 2020 and spoke about the “dark psychic force” unleashed in America, she became an instant meme. But these days—with our epidemic of loneliness and addiction, rising crime and violence like the kind we just witnessed in Uvalde, Texas—can anyone deny the existence of this darkness?

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Bari Weiss
Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press and host of the podcast Honestly. From 2017 to 2020 Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet magazine.
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