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  • Contrasting with Malick's new agey, Romantic reverie was the old age study of the holy word contained in Joseph Cedar's Talmud tragicomedy Footnote, probably my favourite film of the festival.

    Antisemitism, paedophilia, sex and talking beavers: Cannes film festival 2011 round-up§ 2011

  • Bonus points go to this episode for using underrated actors from three series I once watched with religious fervor — Rick Gonzalez from Reaper as the dealer, The X Files‘ Mitch Pileggi as Joe’s new, new-agey boss, and Central Park West‘s Tom Verica (yes, I said CPW … don’t judge) as the shady detective.

    'Medium' recap: A shade shady | EW.com 2009

  • There's a new-agey saying that "you have to believe it before you can see it."

    What I love about Russell T. Davies rabid1st 2009

  • This is an old notion, surfacing in the idea of the "worry jar", designed to hold scraps of paper detailing one's worries, thus putting them out of mind, but it suffers from unhelpful new agey associations.

    This column will change your life: Sealing off worries Oliver Burkeman 2010

  • Your retort appears to be an analogue of the new-agey "there is no absolute truth" cop-out.

    An Amazing First Century 2009

  • The idea that happiness is the state of needing nothing might sound "new agey" to some, but it's really as old-school a message as you'll find.

    Russell Simmons: SUPER RICH Russell Simmons 2011

  • January 20th, 2009 at 6: 32 pm angryoldfatman, olegt, if you mean linking consciousness with quantum physics is "new-agey" (implying that it's farfetched and unscientific), then you should know nullasalus has plenty of scientific support. olegt meant "nullasalus I don't like you grr" and little more.

    Book Review: Quantum Enigma 2009

  • January 20th, 2009 at 11: 05 am olegt, if you mean linking consciousness with quantum physics is "new-agey" (implying that it's farfetched and unscientific), then you should know nullasalus has plenty of scientific support.

    Book Review: Quantum Enigma 2009

  • The idea that happiness is the state of needing nothing might sound "new agey" to some, but it's really as old-school a message as you'll find.

    Russell Simmons: SUPER RICH Russell Simmons 2011

  • Your retort appears to be an analogue of the new-agey "there is no absolute truth" cop-out.

    An Amazing First Century 2009

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  • "If you’re familiar with animal totems, you could say that Bear is one of my totems, and his purpose is to stand guard whenever I’m in my creative cave. If that’s too new agey for you, then you could say this “bear�? persona takes over as my subconscious autopilot during creative periods."

    - My Experience of Creativity, Steve Palvina

    May 20, 2009

  • Actually, the word you want here is new agey, which means "relating to the New Age movement" (which was very popular in North America in the 1980s). "Agey" by itself doesn't make sense in this context.

    May 20, 2009

  • Thank you! Ive never really heard the word before.

    May 20, 2009