AB writes: “I was watching a show on Discovery the other day and they had a commercial about a new website called, Keen.com, where people can go to connect with a psychic, tarot card reader, astrologer, etc. What do you know about this site?”
Author Archives: Susan Brinkmann
Bishop Barres Warns Catholics About Mediums
A few months ago, Bishop John O. Barres of the Diocese of Rockville Center wrote a compassionate but firm letter to his flock warning them about the dangers of visiting mediums to contact their dead.
Dreamwork
ST asks: “What is so New Age about dreamwork? Doesn’t the Bible contain several stories about people, such as St. Joseph, who received important messages in their dreams?”
The Magic Tree House
JM writes: “I am writing about books widely available at school and ‘Scholastic’ called “The Magic Tree House” series by Mary Pope Osborne. Could this series be considered (occult)? My daughter read them a few years ago and she advises me now not to let her sister read them.”
What’s Wrong With Pokemon?
NH asks: “Does Pokemon hold the same occult problems as Bakugan and similar games?”
The Tarnished Star of the Long Island Medium
RM writes: “I used to love the Long Island Medium show because Teresa Caputo seems so real, but my friends say she’s a phony who uses typical tricks to fool the audience into thinking she’s connecting with their deceased loved ones. Is this true?”
What Does Your Aura Say About You?
MK writes: “My friends are really getting into aura reading and swear that it gives really accurate information about a person’s temperament and inner feelings. Is this true, and is it okay to have your aura read?”
Can Laughter Yoga Bring About World Peace?
FC writes: “What do you know about Laughter Yoga? The teachers at our Catholic School were planning on a session with the children and then incorporate it into the curriculum. When the pastor found out, he had the principal cancel it, Praise the Lord. We have been on the site for it and knew it was pagan but we need something we can give to the teachers who went to a training session for Laughter Yoga.”
Is Biospiritual Focusing Okay for Catholics
We recently had a caller on EWTN’s Wacky Wednesday radio show who said a local Catholic retreat center was offering biospiritual focusing. She wondered if this was a New Age practice and if it was something that belongs in a Catholic retreat facility.
If Buddhism Isn’t a Religion, Can Catholics Practice It?
PC writes: “Over the weekend I had a conversation with a few people (felt like a firing squad really) where they were saying it is perfectly fine for a Catholic to also be a Buddhist. Their argument was that Buddhism is not a religion but a philosophy for interior peace and nothing is contradictory to what Jesus said and did (to me Galatians 5:22-23 debunks this issue as God sends the Holy Spirit that gives us everything; therefore, Jesus is truly the “all in all”). The lengthy part of the argument was to say that Buddhism gives the peace that Christianity does not. Of course I argued the opposite to all of this but did not make a dent. Do you know of any good resources that I can look at?”
