I was listening today to a cbc interview with David Spangler (mp3)… who is apparently seen in Canada as being something of a person who has been very influential in respect to the New Age movement. I remember hanging out with some New Age groups of adults when I was in high school. It was kind of an unnerving experience to be around these people..

It seems to me that the new age movement is a group which is set up to field the confusion of intellectuals/nurturers who feel rebuffed by the world… and who cannot understand why they don’t get along with most people well. Obviously they seem to be attending to all the cares and worries of those who are deep thinking people who feel alienated from society… but they are giving these poor souls all the wrong advice. They are saying:

• “Don’t have any discipline in your life, or in your mind”
• “Go and daydream all you want to, and fritter your time away with flights of fancy”
• “Don’t trust your own logic - don’t be too firm in how you form your conclusions about the world, and certainly don’t be overbearing when you talk to people”
• “Care about people”

The last bit is of course really important, but without any solid foundation of reasoning, a thinker/nurturer isn’t going to get anywhere when he tries to excercise caring for others.

But it’s interesting that the group benefits from the input of all these very smart people.