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A chat on 4chan
human
The new age movement is a scam to sell snake oil. 


All of it is recycled eastern, western native, and worldwide dhamanistic beliefs that are mixed and matched to make a fun little story to sell a narrative and ultimately sell cheap crystals for way way more than they are worth. 

I used to be in the crystal trade business. I did a shit ton of shows at rhe tucson and Hong Kong gem shows every year as well as a few around the US.

I could buy 1kg of low grade selenite for like $100 and parcel it out to make about 50-100 pieces. Sold each one individually anywhere from $10-200 depending on the sizes and esthetics. 

Its all a scam. Just a way for people to shell low grade shit to gullible idiots.

Useful idiots as they say.
gpt
Fundamentally, these.
It's just a workable business model to sell dumbasses hope of being more 'attuned' to something. Hilariously, UFO conventions work the same way.