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#dungeonsanddragons #dnd #criticalrole What does science say about dungeons and dragons? is it dangerous for your mental health? Is D&D a religion or a cult? Academic review and research studies on the Psychology and Religious elements in dungeons and dragons. RECOMMENDED READINGS Dangerous Games by Laycock https://amzn.to/3YrACEU Invented Religions by Cusack https://amzn.to/3ROfjeV D&D Player’s Handbook https://amzn.to/3l9kvh8 Player's Handbook Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition with DND Dice and Complete Printable Kit https://amzn.to/3Y72Yob D&D Dungeon Master’s Guide https://amzn.to/3X3zhmQ D&D Monster Manual https://amzn.to/3X9LaaG MY SET UP Canon 90D camera https://amzn.to/3ZtfT4W Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 https://amzn.to/3XwOP36 Teleprompter https://amzn.to/3ZE4KhK Shure SM7B Microphone https://amzn.to/3CMz3ZX Microphone stand https://amzn.to/3QJbgzY lights https://amzn.to/3w3VAxr REFERENCES Adams, A. 2013. Needs Met Through Role-Playing Games: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Dungeons & Dragons. Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research. 12(1). Blackmon, W.D. 1994. Dungeons and Dragons: The Use of a Fantasy Game in the Psychotherapeutic Treatment of a Young Adult. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 48(4), pp.624–632. DeRenard, L.A. and Kline, L.M. 1990. Alienation and the Game Dungeons and Dragons. Psychological Reports. 66(3_suppl), pp.1219–1222. Laycock, J.P. 2015. Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds. University of California Press. Perlini-Pfister, F. 2012. Philosophers with Clubs: Negotiating Cosmology and Worldviews in Dungeons & Dragons In: P. Bornet and M. Burger, eds. Religions in Play: Games, Rituals, and Virtual Worlds. Zürich: Theologischer Verlag Zürich, pp.275–294. Rameshkumar, R. and Bailey, P. 2020. Storytelling with Dialogue: A Critical Role Dungeons and Dragons Dataset In: Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics [Online]. Online: Association for Computational Linguistics, pp.5121–5134. [Accessed 31 January 2023]. Available from: https://aclanthology.org/2020.acl-main.459. Simón, A. 1987. Emotional stability pertaining to the game of Dungeons & Dragons. Psychology in the Schools. 24(4), pp.329–332. 0:00 Introduction: Dungeons and Dragons 01:04 D&D Beginning and early reaction 01:47 Is D&D dangerous? 04:15 The religious side of D&D 05:33 The Gods 07:47 The Alignment ethical system 10:27 Other Worlds 12:20 Mircea Eliade - theory of the sacred 14:25 Support Angela’s Symposium BECOME MY PATRON! https://www.patreon.com/angelapuca ONE-OFF DONATIONS https://paypal.me/angelasymposium JOIN MEMBERSHIPS https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPSbip_LX2AxbGeAQfLp-Ig/join FOLLOW ME: Facebook (Angela's Symposium), Instagram (angela_symposium), Twitter (@angelapuca11), TikTok (Angela's Symposium). Music by Erose MusicBand. Check them out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja2mMNC5ybc