Sorry to pull the thread back off the shaman topic. This is just another general one about generic new age. One thing I have noticed very prevalent in new age circles and practitioners is the heightened level of anxiety new age produces. The constant drumming into your head that everything is significant and has meaning or lessons encourages the development of obsessive thought. Just log onto
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There's a whole new level of resistance to coming back to reality from the new age crowd created surprisingly by JK Rowling. Adults are so enthralled with the idea of magic being real and being part of a secret society that new agers actually term those of us in the realms of reality "muggles". Used derogatorily to mean anyone not awakened to these new and special ideas. And so any
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Hi, I came out of the New Age mire about 3 years ago when I finally had, had enough of living in a depressed nightmare known as my mental state. New Ageism as bestowed upon me by the Angel cult headed by Virtue, led me into a series of irresponsible acts based on the premise that my intuition would "guide me". As I was newly "trained" psychic I would now have clarity about
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