Newageomania

A neurocentric version of newagefication, where New Age beliefs are explained as brain dysfunctions (dopamine, serotonin, faulty heuristics). Newageomania reduces complex spiritual systems to neural noise, ignoring the intellectual content, social function, and personal meaning. It is popular in neuromania blogs and reductionist atheist forums. Critics argue it is a form of intellectual laziness: instead of engaging with ideas, one diagnoses the believer as brain‑damaged. It is the ultimate ad hominem: you are not wrong, you are sick.

Newageomania Example: “The newageomaniac said ‘your belief in chakras is just your anterior cingulate misfiring.’ He offered no argument, only a pseudo‑neurological dismissal.”

Newageomania by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal June 5, 2026