CZ writes:
"A woman who used to minister at our local Catholic retreat house recently died. Her obit talks about having spent the last ten years in teaching “the New Cosmology.” What is that? Just from the sound of it, I am sure it is not in accord with Catholicism and church teaching."
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MP writes:
"I need some advice about 'foot detox.' I think it is snake oil but can’t convince my daughter it is a hoax."
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AD writes:
"Can you tell me about The Five Agreements? I have found out the author is a nagual shaman and it originates with the Toltic religion and culture. To me this is very New Age and someone close to me is encouraging me to buy into this."
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As all regular readers of this blog know, we get many questions about children's books in which the characters use sorcery in one way or another. In an effort to help Christian parents learn how to discern whether or not this content is suitable for their children, I would like to post insights from Michael O'Brien's book,
Harry Potter and the Paganization of Culture (
www.studioobrien.com) which I hope you'll find useful.
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CS asks: "What can you tell us about herbs and plants that are supposed to help certain ailments, like fish oils, omega 3's and things like that?"
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Susan left this comment on our blog:
"I’ve been reading these posts for a while and I’m wondering how vulnerable, sick people who realize they need help are going to get the help they need when health care and self-help have become a minefield of New Age practices/products. . .
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Witch bottles
(Photo courtesy of Wikicommons, Malcolm Lidbury, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED)
Beach goers are reporting on a series of eerie finds that have been washing up along the Gulf coast of Texas recently – glass bottles containing strange objects that are supposedly used by witches to trap malevolent spirits.
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Author Rick Riordan (Photo courtesy of Wikicommons Images, Rhodendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED)
JG writes: "My daughter has asked to read The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan. Do you know anything about the author or book series? I appreciate your feedback."
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Entrance to the Ramtha School of Enlightenment, Yelm, Washington (Photo courtesy of Wikicommons Images, Richard David Ramsey, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED)
BL asks: "What do you know about a woman named J.Z. Knight who claims to channel a 35,000 year old spiritual entity named Ramtha?"
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JB asks:
“Somebody just told me about Life wave patches that are supposed to help with pain and other problems that haven’t been helped with traditional medicine. I don’t know if these are legit – they talk about scientific studies, but I am afraid they fall under New Age medicine practices. Can you tell me what you think of this?”
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