In Search of the New Age

In Search of the New Age – Christopher S. Kilham

Can the New Age laugh at itself? You’ll find out as Felix Bliss and his editorial team guide us through the lighter side of the New Age, taking an irreverant look at its personalities, its products and services, its culture, and its trips.

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Chris Kilham has been involved in the field of holistic health as a writer, lecturer, and entrepreneur since 1970. He is the author of The Five Tibetans and The Whole Food Bible, as well as the founder of Medicine Hunter Inc., which specializes in the research and development of plant medicines. He lives in Massachusetts. The illustrator, Robert Engman, is the creative director of Mind Over Media (MOM), an advertising and marketing company, and lives in Western Massachusetts.

Review

From Publishers Weekly
Intended to be a funny, irreverent guide to the products, services, activities, philosophies and personalities of New Age culture, Kilham’s work elicits a few smiles and an occasional giggle, but mostly groans. The author of Stalking the Wild Orgasm has a brand of humor that tends to be heavy-handed (“Beyond Firewalking: Huna Lava Surfing,” “Hypocrite’s Health Spa,” “Tibetan Boozism: Out on a Binge”), scatological (“Reverend Flung Dung Loon and the Loonies,” “Crystal Enemas: Light Up the Darkness!,” “Sacred Feces”) and sophomoric (a list of herbal products includes Long Dong Wow, a restorative for men, the diuretic Pee Man Cok and Toe Jamm Goo, a salve for athlete’s foot). Many of his targets are dated (“Wormer Airhead and the Airhead Seminar Training AST,” “I’m O.K. but You’re Not”), and he misses the mark entirely on others (“acupuncher” as delivered by Dr. Sugar Ray Chang is a “blinding fast roundhouse to the temple . . . especially good for anesthesia”). Illustrated.