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ELI5: New Age Healing

What's the deal with power crystals, gurus, pyramids, sweat lodges, and ESP? It all reeks of BS to me, but loads of people buy in to this stuff. What draws people to this stuff?
gpt
Did you see Dumbo the movie?  You know how Dumbo needs to hold the feather in order to fly, but at the end realizes that he doesn't?  New Age Healing paraphenelia (crystals and other stuff) are just Dumbo feathers, and the new-agers haven't figured out they don't make any real difference at all.