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Conspirituality

How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat

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Conspirituality

By: Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker
Narrated by: Matthew Remski
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 Conspirituality takes a deep dive into the troubling phenomenon of influencers who have curdled New Age spirituality and wellness with the politics of paranoia—peddling vaccine misinformation, tales of child trafficking, and wild conspiracy theories.

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, a disturbing social media trend emerged: a large number of yoga instructors and alt-health influencers were posting stories about a secretive global cabal bent on controlling the world’s population with a genocidal vaccine. Instagram feeds that had been serving up green smoothie recipes and Mary Oliver poems became firehoses of Fox News links, memes from 4chan, and prophecies of global transformation.

Since May 2020, Derek Beres, Matthew Remski and Julian Walker have used their Conspirituality podcast to expose countless facets of the intersection of alt-health practitioners with far-right conspiracy trolls. Now this expansive and revelatory book unpacks the follies, frauds, cons and cults that dominate the New Age and wellness spheres and betray the trust of people who seek genuine relief in this uncertain age.

With analytical rigor and irreverent humor, Conspirituality offers an antidote to our times, helping readers recognize wellness grifts, engage with loved ones who've fallen under the influence, and counter lies and distortions with insight and empathy.
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A great book, a must read to look through and understand the shitshow that has been the 'wellness' spaces in the last 3 years.

Absolutely Brilliant!

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This fantastically written and superbly researched book both educates and inspires, its intelligent and soulful.

Please read, everyone should!

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I benefited immensely from this book and its insights. As someone in an evangelical Christian setting, those around me are not immune from similar spiritual deception. A good listen!

Fantastic insight into conspiracy theorists and new age grifting

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I grew up with parents deep into all things new age conspirituality; course in miracles, Sathya Sai Baba, channeling, aliens, fluoride conspiracy, the I AM, the indigo children, the book series Masters of the Far East was their bible. My Mum and Dad met in the Christian Science Church which they left but only to find even more buzzard ideas. I was labelled a star seed from birth and told I was special, here to stabilise the earths vibration so more people can ascend. They dragged me around from one group to another, most preached love and acceptance, yet even as a child I could see the hypocrisy, the arrogance, fear, racism and so much control. The child sexual abuse in these communities was rife yet no-one seemed to really do anything about it. My parents least of all.

I believed all the crazy stories as a child, but then I just stopped, and sometimes I wonder if I ever really did believe them.

As an adult, for the last 25 years I have watched people circle around the same ideas over and over. Watched friends convert, communities like my beloved queer community get seduced by astrology and visiting psychics and watched them be oblivious to the slow creep of superiority as it swept through them diminishing their courage and curiosity and making them blind to the real oppression and suffering all around.

Over the last decade I have felt more and more alone, and have wondered if I am crazy. I could feel the ‘wrongness’ but was always shut down, dismissed and pushed out of communities for not confirming their ideas.

And then, I found this book.
Smart, clear, well researched, academic, this book dives into all the things I have always felt, but didn’t have the education to back up. I have always seen the ideas for what they are and so many times I tried to explain to others why their ideas were racist, or supporting patriarchy and other oppressions; but I never had the fancy language. Didn’t really know how to back myself. I have felt mad.

Even with all the meticulously researched and beautifully written words in this book, I don’t think I will ever really be listened to by those in my community who are now deep into conspiruality.
But, I am grateful to these authors for helping me feel less alone and a little less insane. Thank you.

This book has helped me feel less mad

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This book is a fantastic continuation of the incredible work and output of the Conspirituality podcast guys. The podcast has helped me recover from some misinformed and poisonous ideas that had taken hold in my mind from my forrays in the yoga and wellness world, and I will forever be thankful for it's existence. I loved reading this book. It is engaging, funny, very well researched, compassionate and pulls no punches in its honesty. I think this book and the podcast are a public service and that the world is better for DB, MR & JW's contributions.

A public service and a must read!!

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