Hey, what's up? It's Gustavo Ariano.

We're playing some of the times as great as hits from the past year while we get ready for 2022, and this one's from July. It's a bit weird.

Take it away, past Gustavo.

The Great Awakening. We are one.

Body autonomy.

Accept the sun. These phrases, are they from the world of QAnon or New Age?

Increasingly in California's vast health, wellness, and spiritual communities, they're from both. In fact, the intersection between the two worlds is becoming such a thing that the phenomenon has a new nickname, Wu'anon, and it's coming to a yoga studio near you.

It's difficult to quantify how deeply QAnon has penetrated the metaphysical world,

but the effects are tangible, broken friendships and business partnerships,

lingering sadness and frustration,

and a growing number of spiritualists who are speaking out.

The United States During the pandemic, friends and colleagues have watched with alarm,

as wellness influencers have embraced the far-right conspiracy theories and sprayed them across social media.

Psychics, quantum magicians, and so many more.

All spouting corrosive talking points wrapped in the language of Namaste.

My colleague, Laura J. Nelson, has covered this development for The Times.

Welcome to the Times, Laura.

Thanks for having me.

So California has attracted health and spirituality thought leaders from nearly the beginning of the state, and those people

in turn have influenced the rest of the United States, and the present-day influencers have even

well, more influence than ever. So what's the New Age community in California looking like right

now? Well, it's big, it's popular, and it's really lucrative.

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