In rereading this thread, I'm saddened that so few seem to have read the article Wolfgang posted. Here's what it's about:

A woman who worked in the New Age 'healing' industry became convinced that the rationalist point of view isn't as perverse and wrong headed as she had thought for so long. At about the same time, she began to lose faith in what she was doing. When she announced this to her community, she lost her livelihood and generated a lot of ill will for herself. This was more or less what she expected. Today she's trying to form some synthesis of New Age spirituality and scientific effectiveness. I have serious doubts about any spirituality, but I don't doubt this woman's sincerity or basic goodness. At least, not very much.