A New Age has dawned on us, or so its proponents claim. It is a time of spiritual growth, expanding one's consciousness, and being one step closer to the Supreme Being.
Unfortunately, what most people don't know is that there is nothing new about the New Age. The word itself was coined in 1897 by a bunch of cranks called Theosophists whose leader, Helena Petrova Blavatsky, was exposed as a fraud.
Today's New Age movement is nothing more than a resurgence of old occult practices which is being passed off as "ancient wisdom" and has been skillfully packaged to suit modem man. Speaking about this great deception in "Astrology: Do the Heavens Rule Our Destiny?" John Ankerberg and John Weldon said:
"Today, occult knowledge has been redefined as divine revelation; contact with the spirit world has been redefined as contact with benevolent spirits (saints/angels); and the use of occult powers has been redefined as the use of divine power. Nonetheless, for those willing to examine the evidence surrounding occult phenomena, neither the genuinely supernatural nor the truly evil nature of the occult can be denied."
But the greatest harm that the New Age movement does to its followers is in the realm of healing. Many occult practices of the New Age make use of various healing techniques which have no scientific basis.
Indeed, the New Age has become a breeding ground for quacks who want to make money from this fad at the expense of the public. While most New Age healing techniques will simply hurt your wallet, many can harm and divert sick people from seeking a physician's help.
To protect consumers from this deadly nonsense, this series will explore some New Age practices which you should be skeptical of:
Chiropractic is a system of healing developed by an Iowa grocer named Daniel David Palmer who was jailed for the illegal practice of medicine in 1906. Palmer believed that all diseases were caused by spinal misalignments which chiropractors refer to as "subluxations." By pressing on the back with their hands, chiropractors claim they can adjust the vertebrae and cure disease.
While correct manipulative therapy can help relieve certain types of pain and musculoskeletal problems, the chiropractic subluxalion has never been shown to cure disease. In fact, such a technique can break backs and necks - which is what many people have experienced at the hands of chiropractors.
Another problem is that back pain can be caused by a variety of diseases like arthritis, kidney disorders or tumors which chiropractors aren't trained to diagnose or treat. This makes it dangerous to consult them.
"There is no evidence that chiropractic works in the systemic diseases it is claimed effective against, nor are there theoretical reasons why it should. The whole edifice of chiropractic pathology is based on the 100-year-old wild guess of a person completely untrained in the science of physiology, anatomy and medicine. It makes no sense to manipulate the spine as a treatment for allergies, heart disease, visual problems, cancer, or any of the scores of disorders chiropractors have been known to treat," according to Kurt Butler of the Quackery Action Council of Hawaii and Dr. Lynn Rayner of the John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, in "The Best Medicine." (Next: More fraudulent New Age practices.)
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Sharon Bell is an avid health and fitness enthusiast and published author. Many of her insightful articles can be found at the premier online news magazine http://www.HealthLinesNews.com
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