One of our readers sent an e-mail describing a bad experience she had with BodyTalk – a kind of “therapy” that can supposedly locate broken energy circuits in the body and resynchronize them by “tapping” the patient on the top of the head. We felt this e-mail would serve as a warning to anyone who is considering this kind of therapy.
Author Archives: Susan Brinkmann
The Problems with Pokemon
Photo courtesy of Wikicommons Media, Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0 DEED)
NH asks: “Just how problematic is Pokemon?
Can a Magnet Really Cure What Ails You?
SH writes: “I am interested in knowing if magnet therapy is new age? Such as wearing a magnet braclet or using magents. Also what about magentic hematite jewelry? Thank you for your help.”
Internal Unrest at Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood, St. Paul, MN (Image courtesy of Wikicommons images, Fibonacci Blue CC BY 2.0)
More than a year after the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade, the rank and file inside Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) have been left worried and uncertain after the company laid off workers and is talking about restructuring “to better serve” those most in need in post-Roe America.
The Evil Eye
BP writes: “My cousin has an evil eye in his house. It is occult and can be dangerous, right?”
Pam Grout: Repackaging the Law of Attraction
TD writes: “I am concerned because someone I know has recommended this book [by Pam Grout entitled E-Squared: 9 Do-it-Yourself Energy Experiments that Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality] to me and even the image on the cover scares me. Have you heard of this woman?”
Who Was Maria Montessori?
Rumors have abounded for many years that Maria Montessor, the founder of the Montessori method of education, was a theosophist. In truth, she did have an association with theosophists while interned in India during World War II, but this was at the end of her life and after her teaching methods and schools were already well established.
Courageous Mother Chooses Baby’s Life Over Her Own
A 30-year-old Michigan mother with inoperable cancer made the courageous decision to keep the child doctors wanted her to abort and is now facing a battle for her life.
Christian vs. New Age “Thought Control”
Did you ever notice how many New Age self-help books and seminars are based on changing the way we think? They accomplish this through all kinds of mind control techniques such as guided imagery, visualization, blanking the mind, etc.
What’s Wrong with “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”?
Stephen Covey (1932-2012)
MG writes: “I am looking for information on The Seven Habits program. My children go to a Catholic school that has incorporated the program into the counciling program. I have been trying to find out more about The Seven Habits program because of what I will call a “gut” feeling. I do not what to go to the school before I have more information to back up my uneasy feelings. Is the program ok and if not where can I look to get more information?”
