Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The #Instawitches of Instagram are claiming two new members as of November 7, the date when yoga instructor Hilaria Baldwin, wife of Alec Baldwin, and jewelry designer Michelle Campbell Mason who claims to be a Salem Witch descendant, will launch their new podcast, “Witches Anonymous.”
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CF writes: “I just saw a Facebook quote from a friend that was quoting something from Bhangra. Do you know what this is? When I looked it up on Google, it basically said it was an Asian dance.”
A new report by a pro-abortion group named #WeCount found that the number of abortions dropped dramatically since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade.
LL writes: “Is it a sin to have your tea leaves read?”
RQ asks: “With so much fraud in the field of psychics, and no proof that psychic powers exist, why do people continue to believe in them?”
GM writes: “I just wanted to check if Zumba is New Age or not.”
RM asks: “Can you tell me what you know and think about “Peace Circles”? Everything I am finding looks to be a very feminist-based program (and not of the true feminism that John Paul II promoted). When reading what I have found (by googling “peace circles”), some of it sounds on the “up and up”. Who doesn’t want peace? But the program is being incorporated in my daughter’s high school French III class with no connection to French at all. We have met with the teacher and administration about our dislikes of the use of this in the classroom, and met head to head with much opposition. Every one of them lauded the use of Peace Circles. Our daughter has not been comfortable with the use of the peace circle especially because of the use of the lit candle, rain stick, rock and ‘talking piece’. Your insight into this matter is greatly appreciated.”
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PW writes: “Could you please tell me if the Tens Machine is any way a New Age modality? I have severe chronic pain, and it has been suggested that I use this, but I have felt instinctively that it is New Age and I thought I once saw you wrote or said something about this.”
The following case histories highlight the main reasons why consumers need to be very careful when choosing a hypnotherapist.
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A Christian cake designer from Bakersfield, California was awarded a major First Amendment victory when a Superior Court decided she had the right to refuse to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding because it violated her sincerely held religious beliefs.
