Price spends about a chapter talking about the history of Buddhism in order to properly classify certain streams of new age thought. Price is appreciative of certain lines of eastern thought, including some in Hinduism and Buddhism, but as a form of psychological insight rather than spiritual or religious practice.

For what it’s worth, I found the book to be quite good. But it is not a casual debunking of new age beliefs. He spends the majority of the book explaining the nature of each new age or new thought work and connecting it to its antecedents. He will often spend more time ferreting out something useful from the line of thought than he spends criticizing the work. It’s not always an easy read.

If you’re curious, he’s tackling Hindusim right now in his Bible Geek podcast ($2 a show).