IB asks: “I’m hearing a lot about the use of psychedelics in psychiatric therapy. Aren’t these substances illegal and is this therapy legit?”
Category Archives: New Age
Can Special Sound Frequencies Heal Your DNA?
TN asks: “Is it alright to use solfeggio tones to relax and for healing, if not, why not?”
Can Binaural Beats Relax Your Brain?
MD asks: “Is it true that ‘binaural beats’ can relax your brain?”
Why Are People Smoking Toad Venom?
Bufo alvarius toad
A new craze is taking hold among those who are looking for healing from anxiety and depression – smoking toad venom. Would you do it?
Is Ignatian Yoga Okay for Catholics?
We recently had a question about Ignatian Yoga, which is described as being an integration of Ignatian spirituality and yoga. Is this okay for Catholics?
How to Spot a Cult
How do you know if a particular group or motivational awareness program is connected to a cult? Check out the following warning signs and resources so that you can protect yourself – and your loved ones from falling victim to a cult.
Could You Be Swept Into a Cult?
Most people think it could never happen to them. They’re too educated, too savvy, too world-wise to be swept into a cult. But that’s not what the statistics show.
Akashic Records: A Work of Fiction
JK writes: “A friend of mine insists that there is such a thing as an Akashic Record of all of our thoughts, ideas and actions, and that it exists in a different dimension. Is this true?”
Church Teaching on New Age Healing Techniques
K writes: “Hoping you can point me in the direction of some good resources. I have some family members who are rather deeply involved with acupuncture, applied kinesiology and a chiropractor who practices both. My own personal discernment and the advice of my spiritual director is to avoid both, but my family is unwilling to listen to any possibility that these things might be bad. I know that you have spoken against these on your blog, and I have read Jesus Christ the Bearer of the Water of Life but was wondering if you could point me in the direction of some more specific Catholic resources about the link to these particular therapies and the New Age.”
Can Catholics Have Statues of Buddha in Their Home?
GM writes: “My mother and I got into a discussion about idolatry a few weeks ago. She seems to think that having pagan artwork in the home isn’t idolatry, and I can’t help but feel like it is, although the extent of it is a rendering of a buddha by my sister, and a couple buddha statues in opposite alcoves in our entryway. What is Church teaching regarding this?”
