woo-woo Wallace

The thing about going down this eco route, is that it brings you into contact with a very special group of people - 'The New Agers'. You've probably met someone with new age ideas: Crystals, divination, bio-dynamics, bags of sage, tarot, the royal family are lizards..all the stuff that Mystic Meg and co. flog out of shitty stalls or dingy little shops full of purple scarves covered in more sequins than Shirl Bassey would no what do with.

It's hard being in their company. Initially because there is no reasoning with them: the whole thing is a done deal and anyone that doesn't 'believe' is just missing the real trick. It smacks of the sort of nonsense that the Jehovas come out with. Then later you start to look at their wide-eyed beard stroking and you realise that these people need these beliefs and really it's no worse than the nutters that think some outspoken Jewish guy could produce loaves and fishes from the ether. Finally for just a few minutes as you sit there in the heady stench of potpourri and patchouli, you think to yourself '..well maybe there is a chance that the intense light of Jupiter could promote better seed growth', a nano-second elapses and you shake free of the intense wizards stare and ask 'where's the evidence for this?' and the room gets smaller.

Unfortunately the new agers are also a strong voice in the Eco/sustainability movement and it's really their voice that confuses the message that those of us with a degree of critical thinking, are trying to communicate. Happily Gem stumbled upon Graham Strouts' blog HERE I would urge you to read this article and the subsequent comments if only because it's highly amusing. It does also help to show that there are rational voices, pleading for clarity and reason within the eco-movement.