A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions


From Abracadabra to Zombies


topical index: New (Dark) Age

alpha waves

altered states of consciousness

alphabiotics

angel therapy

animal quacker

aromatherapy

astral body

astral projection

astrology

astrotherapy

Atlantis

aura

aura therapy

automatic writing

Bach's flower therapy

Backster effect

bio-ching

bioharmonics

Castaneda, Carlos

coning

chakra

channeling

Consegrity

cosmobiology

craniosacral therapy

crystal power

druid

energy

enneagram

est

feng shui

Fritz,  Dr.

firewalking

holistic medicine

Indigo children

intuitive

Jean Houston and the Mystery School

joy touch

Kabalarian Philosophy

Knight, J.Z.

Landmark Forum

Large Group Awareness Training

law of attraction

ley lines

lucid dreaming

magnet therapy

manifesting

massage therapy

morphic resonance

naturopathy

numerology

New Age psychotherapies

New Thought

orgone energy

Ouija board

pagan

plant perception

pyramidiocy

reflexology

reiki

Rolfing

tachyons and takionics

tarot

tensegrity

therapeutic touch

Transcendental Meditation

trepanation

Wicca

Recommended Reading

Ankerberg, John and John Weldon. Encyclopedia of New Age Beliefs (Harvest House Publishers, Inc., 1996).

Gardner, Martin. The New Age: Notes of a Fringe Watcher (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1988).

Salerno, Steve. (2006). Sham: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless. Three Rivers Press.

Schick, Jr.,Theodore and Lewis Vaughn. How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age, (Mountain View, California: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1995).

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