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Of course I can bash this, because it's nonsense. Millions of people believe in Bigfoot too, but guess what, it's also mostly nonsense. This is a how-to article on doing rituals to "CLEAR OUR BAD HOME ENERGY." I think that pretty much falls under the patently-ridiculous file.

"Bad energy?" Ok, define that. What's bad energy? Oh wait, there's no such thing. If this article wasn't credulously banging the drum for the belief in empty mysticism, I wouldn't have a problem. If the article said "go through some psychological rituals to make yourself feel more comfortable in your home" I wouldn't have a problem, but it doesn't... it's outright buying into blather. And this is not a beliefs and mysticism blog. I wouldn't be complaining if this were on some Fung Shui site, or some belief centered blog, but this is a design blog, and as a designer, I'd rather not be associated with this kind of hokum.

As for psychology ( @ahleih ) one of my undergraduate degrees is in psychology, so yes, I'm familiar with rituals from a psychological standpoint. But be real, that's not what this article is about. It's about magical mystical force fields and incantations, basically.

Hey, you want to ring some bells to make yourself feel better about that awful, orange sofa you got on Craigslist, be my guest, but don't pass it off as some serious methodology for dealing with a spurious and vacuous topic like mystical energy fields.

I'll gladly, happily wear the jerk hat when it comes to pointing out that this kind of stuff makes absolutely no sense at all, especially on Apartment Therapy. But whatevs. As other psychological studies have shown, confrontation rarely changes minds.