Lost soul office

Categories: london-life

Tags: spiritual gobbledegook

Date: 11 February 2008 19:56:13

Every month a glossy free local magazine comes through our door, giving information on local events and of course packed with advertising. In this month's issue there is an advert for 'Crystal and Spiritual Healing' which promises to 're-balance the auric field.. helping you to achieve your highest potential in physical, emotional and spiritual health'. Among the list of benefits predicted are 'inner child healing' (but I don't have an inner child, he came out 13 years ago and at 55 I don't plan to have another), 'distant healing' (presumably you don't even have to turn up for that one) and my favourite, 'soul retrieval'. Presumably if you happen to have accidentally misplaced your soul, they will trace it for you.

Whatever happened to the secular society we were all supposed to be heading for?