In what should serve as a warning to many who follow after the mostly non-credentialed gurus who populate the New Age self-help industry, the once popular James Arthur Ray, a favorite of Oprah Winfrey, was sentenced to two years in prison for the grisly deaths of three people during a New Age sweat-lodge ceremony near Sedona, Arizona in October, 2009.
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n a new book that goes on sale today, author Walter Isaacson reveals more details about the late Apple founder Steve Jobs' decision to try to cure his pancreatic cancer with alternatives rather than receive the surgery that could have saved his life.
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MC asks:
"Do you know anything about Paula D’Arcy and the Gift of the Red Bird book.She is doing a retreat in my diocese and I just wanted to know if this is New Age."
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Don Lapre, best known for his infomercials selling "The Greatest Vitamin in the World" and facing a fraud trial that could land him in jail for 60 years, committed suicide two weeks ago in an Arizona jail cell.
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I received this post from a reader who quit Alcoholics Anonymous because he got so tired of all the Church-bashing at the meetings. But I'll let him tell you for himself . . .
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In the wake of the tragic death of Apple founder Steve Jobs from pancreatic cancer last week, questions are being raised about what role his use of alternatives rather than conventional medicine may have played in his early demise.
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AW writes:
"My sister is seeing a Maximized Living Doctor and is getting other members of the family in for 'adjustments.' Do you know anything about this philosophy and is there anything we should be concerned about as practicing Catholics?"
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DP writes:
"I have had myofascial release done on my neck and other parts of my body by physical therapists in the past. Not by massage therapists, but actual PT's. . . . Can you speak of this on your blog, under the name of myofascial release, so that people may be aware of how similar this practice is to craniosacral therapy, and how they have the potential to make one vulnerable to the occult?"
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PM writes: "
I have MS and have been to many physicians. A local chiropractor has a new therapy using tuning forks and life energy. I am a Catholic and am suspicious of some of these 'cures' that have been postulated. These tuning forks are said to redirect the energy in the body. Do you think this is for real?"
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PJ writes: "
Can you comment on Sally Fallon and The Weston Price Foundation and her book 'Nourishing Traditions?' I know many Catholic families embracing her philosophies for healthy eating, however some of it goes against current accepted nutritional advice."
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