tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44916361899001089892011-07-30T08:04:09.261-07:00Guru SoupSlush written by self-styled experts, mavens and spiritual masters is clogging best-seller lists everywhere. I call it Guru Soup, and I just can't take it anymore. I'm a print publishing insider in need of two aspirin and a good lie down. This is my rant.GuruSoupnoreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491636189900108989.post-24229596992128623152010-06-15T09:03:00.000-07:002010-06-15T09:03:34.836-07:00Self-help guru Wayne Dyer sued for stealing from Tao bookSelf-help guru Wayne Dyer sued for stealing from Tao bookGuruSoupnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491636189900108989.post-65507348361117295452010-06-12T07:28:00.000-07:002010-06-12T07:28:47.305-07:00A 26-foot-tall Anubis Statue Installed at Denver International AirportA 26-foot-tall Anubis Statue Installed at Denver International AirportAnubis, Opener of the Ways, is getting around. I think it's odd that the jackal-headed Egyptian diety is being used as a marketing tool. He certainly is an attention-grabber, but the irony of installing Anubis, whom the Egyptians believed assisted the dead on their journey through the Underworld, at an airport is a little tooGuruSoupnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491636189900108989.post-46652067789951228342010-06-11T07:12:00.000-07:002010-06-11T07:12:03.310-07:00Cynical Cynical moiRead on Twitter this week that those emissaries of light, the folks at The Secret, are about to release a new book - the Spiritual Lessons of the Avatar.
It's as though, like our friends with Chicken Soup for the Americal Idol Soul, they have sat in a brainstorming meeting asking 'what's the most popular thing in pop culture at the moment, and how can we make a buck from it by tying it into The GuruSoupnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491636189900108989.post-9333629210162184392010-06-11T06:38:00.000-07:002010-06-11T07:09:40.362-07:00New Age Garbage by Andrew P of Zero PointAndrew P wrote this cracker of an article for Energy Grid online magazine.
GuruSoupnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491636189900108989.post-81193740341275400582010-03-07T06:37:00.000-08:002010-03-07T06:40:45.789-08:00I kid you not.GuruSoupnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491636189900108989.post-55810358471412330902010-03-06T07:44:00.000-08:002010-03-06T10:38:38.155-08:00Guru Soup 1: The Secret by Rhonda ByrnePardon me for asking, but...If The Secret by Rhonda Byrne has sold so many millions of copies worldwide, why do people keep buying the book? I mean, wouldn't the Secret be out by now?Apart from the proliferation of Vision Boards (in which Oprah Winfrey seems particularly over-represented), people are slightly shame-faced when asked what, if anything, they learned from this book. Not one reader GuruSoupnoreply@blogger.com1