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New Age Dolphins – they sure do love their dolphins. Pseudoscience – Rather than simply present
This seems to trace back to John C. Lilly's their material as religious, New Agers often
Woo Wooism experiments in the 1960s with LSD and dolphins cloak their beliefs in the language of science,
in which he tried to foster human with constant ill-defined use of the terms
communication with dolphins by ingesting LSD "energy" and "vibration," as well as a heavy
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himself while in a tank with them. New Agers dose of quantum woo, being the most common
might be shocked and surprised to learn that abuses. As with medicine, New Agers often have
some dolphins feed on mammals, including sea active hostility to actual science or engineering
New Age Lingo: lions. Vicious rapey predators that pretend to be that works, and outright scorn for the peer
peaceful, loving and beautiful is not too bad a review process.
The fundamental guiding principle of the New metaphor for the New Age movement.
Pyramid Power – the belief that the pyramidal
Age, to the extent that there is one, is vitalism,
Entanglement - The true technical, and shape somehow acts like a lens to focus cosmic
as mentioned above – the idea that there is a
extremely advanced, meaning of this discovery energy. Some New Agers actually put their razor
physical universe and a spiritual realm, that are
is rejected by the New Age because its disciples under a plastic pyramid in the belief that this
separate but interact. Since the New Age is
haven't a hope of understanding it. They will sharpen the blade overnight.
essentially a grab bag of philosophies, it is
substitute a vague concept which they claim can
easiest to describe some of its components in a
list: explain many "observed" mysteries such as Quantum woo – New Agers, as a rule, really
remote viewing, telepathy, and ESP. See also like the "observer" principle of the orthodox
Alternative medicine – New Agers often show Quantum woo. Copenhagen interpretation of quantum
mechanics, and when they need a scientific-
active hostility to actual medicine that works,
Extrasensory perception – largely drawn from sounding Band-aid to impress the rubes,
preferring something with that personal touch
the Human Potential movement, many New "quantum" is a word that gets a lot of use. The
from someone woo-friendly.
Agers believe that, given enough training it is fact that Copenhagen is a drastic (and very old,
possible to see things that cannot be directly and primitive) oversimplification of a brutally
Anima mundi – believing that the whole world
observed (remote viewing or clairvoyance), to difficult subject, as well as the fact that it really
is alive... in some sense. Expect frequent overlap
with (if not complete containment in) read minds (telepathy), or to predict the future or doesn't make any sense in this context, didn't
pantheism. view the past (precognition and postcognition). stop Gary Zukav and Fritjof Capra from giving
Despite the efforts of a band of overly credulous embryonic New Agers just enough leeway to
scientists in the 1960s and 1970s (called make them look horribly foolish. They tend to
Astrology, Chinese astrology, and sham
"counterculture physicists" by Martin Gardner, think Deepak Chopra is a genius.
astronomy – In addition to the fevered
among others), no reliable evidence of psychic
ramblings of those who carry on a long-
phenomena has ever occurred. Reincarnation and past-life regression –
discredited form of using the stars and planets to
Loosely drawn from reincarnation doctrine in
predict the future, New Agers (who often
Fairies – Belief in fairies, faeries, furries,Do Hinduism and Buddhism, reincarnation is a
overlap with UFO fans) often ascribe special
significance to certain real or imagined features You Believe That? devas, angels, and other sorts common belief among New Agers, and the
in space (see Photon belt as an example of the of entities in this and other dimensions that can attempt to recover memories of past lives is a
latter). A popular New Age pastime is predicting be contacted for advice and healing. common practice. Observers have noted that
one's past life personalities were never janitors
doom and gloom every time planets, moons and
Frequency - New Agers have no idea of the or office clerks – kings, queens and famous
or stars seem to "line up."
meaning of this term, so they assign it to generals are very much in demand for past lives
everything. People, rocks, planets... The one of the New Ager. Now are the dead contactable
Channeling – the act of allowing your body and
thing they never talk about is what or are they leading new lives? During the 1980s,
mind to become a "host" for a higher spirit,
instrumentation they use to measure frequency. actress Shirley MacLaine promoted past-life
usually a long-dead spiritual guru. Usually
consists of bad acting and vague religious Healing – Various forms of "energy work," regression, leading to considerable ridicule.
platitudes, but "channeler" JZ Knight managed epitomized by the Barbara Brennan School of
to get a popular Hollywood movie made about Healing, and the use of Reiki are taught and used Sacred Geometry – Esoteric meanings and
to heal others of real and imaginary ailments. symbolism are attached to certain geometric
her and her character "Ramtha."
Crystals, aromatherapy, and sound therapy all forms and ratios, such as the Vesica
play a role in the desire by every New Ager to be piscis.Wikipedia's W.svg New Agers believe
Communication with the dead – At the same
a Christ-like healer. that such shapes offer insight to the inner
time one of the most popular and most widely
workings of the universe.
reviled New Age practices, there is a large
Healing – Various forms of "energy work,"
market for trying to reach loved ones who have
died. Mediums, practitioners of such feats as epitomized by the Barbara Brennan School of Scamming – While it is clear that a good
seances, tend to cater to the weaknesses of the Healing, and the use of Reiki are taught and used number of New Age practitioners actually
bereaved and desperate, and rationalists to heal others of real and imaginary ailments. believe the tripe they put out, many of them are
Crystals, aromatherapy, and sound therapy all no more sincere than a garden-variety
consider such people to be the most damaging
play a role in the desire by every New Ager to be televangelist and are in it only to take money
and blatantly thieving of the hucksters in the
a Christ-like healer. from gullible folks who want to believe that
movement, especially since the "dead" tend
there's Something Out There. They are,
overwhelmingly to talk in vague, feel-good
Indigo children – Apparently, impatient however, absolutely sincere about money.
babbling.
children will grow up to change the world for
Crystals – They love them, because they're the better. Shamanism – The need to be "someone special"
shiny and natural, and because New Agers are frequently manifests itself in the fashioning of a
obsessed with light. Light woo – Belief that staring into sun provides new identity, as a mystical healer who travels on
nutrition, light from the moon alters your mood, the astral plane to communicate with spirits and
that shining colored lights on people can cure the dead, modelled after the purported beliefs
Cultural appropriation – A form of cultural
them of various ailments, and other nonsense and rituals of traditional cultures in the Amazon,
imperialism in which items are removed from
ideas centered around light and natural sunlight. Siberia and the American West.
their wider cultural context. Usually this
Magical thinking, such as the currently-
invoives white middle class Westerners stealing
fashionable Law of Attraction. Exposing The Frauds
elements from cultures perceived to be primitive
Exposing The Hoaxes
and tribal, e.g. Native Americans or Ancient
Celts, or exotic, i.e. Asian, and completely Moral relativism – i.e. everything is equally Exposing The Paranormal
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