Karla Mclaren - New Ager Turned Skeptic

Karla Mclaren has been a metaphysical teacher and self-help author for some time. One of the the books she has written that you may have heard of is Emotional Intelligence. She wrote an interesting piece for the Skeptical Inquirer about the latest twist in her personal journey to live in a truthful, authentic way. After years of self-examination, she is giving up her work in the metaphysical field. She has decided that she falls more into the "skeptic" camp than the typical "New Ager" camp.

I think it's important to be both skeptical AND spiritual. It's important to examine and study things thoroughly without simply taking something on "faith" if it is too outlandish of a concept.

Her piece makes it sound like she is pulling back from the spiritual wisdom she has studied all of her life, which is sad, but she does make some good points about how New Age types can be their own worst enemies because of lack of a consist vocabulary and intellectual rigor. Skeptics and New Agers really do speak different languages most of the time. Her article is a "coming out of the closet" piece - and her vantage point, of an "insider" in the world of the New Age, is very unique.

http://www.csicop.org/si/2004-05/new-age.html