Xiaorong

This is true. If you know the history of Daoism then you can see the New Age-ness there, too. It has all the right qualifications: charismatic leaders, divine revelations, extensive borrowings from other traditions, etc. And not just the original foundations of Daoism but later developments and revelations as well. It may well be the quintessential New Age project. With many successes to show for it.

One thing that struck me about the article was that the author, Greer, the Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America, would generally be seen by most people as part of the New Age movement. By defining the current state of New Age so narrowly (=you create your own reality), he deftly places himself outside the movement. Then, as a right-seeing authority, he proceeds to skewer it. Other than that sleight of hand, his remarks are mixed. Most of what I enjoy most about Greer's writings are his historical insights as he's done lots of research into the New Age--however you wish to define it.

Are you making some distinction between knowledge and "gnowledge" or is this just a typo? I kinda hope it's the former because that might actually be interesting. The rest of your posts in this thread, while they contain an admirable sentiment about femininity, are essentially baseless from a Taoism perspective. Did you come to Taoism from another tradition? X

Wanted to say hello and that I'm very intrigued by your site. I can't wait to start looking around and chatting. Thx!