And another thing - you are still twisting my words. This time you said that Docters are attracted to the SUBJECT of illness. I repeat, I said that Docters are NOT attracted to illness itself. (Bone cancer! My favourite! How are you darling - spreading nicely?)

If you look back in the thread a bit, you'll see that it was you who were twisting my words. All I said was that without illnesses there would be no doctors. And you proceeded to attack me and my motivations for saying that. I stand by what I said. Without illnesses, there would be no doctors.

You are making judgements about how others experience their reality when you accuse people who experience the energetic qualities of minerals as "gilding the lily". This is a value judgement about someone else's experience. It's just not any of your business. And if some people enjoy reading the books that are written on the subject of Ley Lines, as long as they don't force you to buy the books, it's not any of your business. Just as it's none of my business whether or not people enjoy reading romance novels (even though I can't stand the things), as long as they don't force me to buy them or read them. And if people enjoy discussing these kinds of things in threads, as long as nobody is forcing you to read them, there's no reason you should feel a need to set everyone straight about where they're going wrong. To do so is just arrogant boorishness.

I won't quibble with you about the fact that there are many people who call themselves "New Agers", or that the term "New Age" is one that is used commercially to target certain people in order to sell certain kinds of products. However, it's a very big mistake to place everyone who may share some of the experiences or beliefs as the people who call themselves New Agers into the same category with them. I do experience energy as a physical sensation, but I do not consider myself a New Ager. BTW. there are some people who put Paganism into the same category as New Agers. These kinds of generalizations serve no one.