i must admit that first paragraph is oodles more interesting but it's totally fruity or is it nutty whatever the case it smacks of granola i hope you can take that with a sense of humor all i want is for the article to be specific and comprehensible bfi'm not talking about presenting lots of different points of view i'm just saying that to describe new age we can't use new age language because you get trapped in a circle of self reference i know that you may feel that traditional forms of language don't properly express the sense of new age but the trick is to start from a common foundation then build towards the vision not start from the vision the rapture of instant enlightenment can't shouldn't come from an encyclopedia rather it may complement and guide the experience thecunctator