If you have been to an exercise class—or a yoga studio—or a home goods store, anytime in the past year; indeed, if you’ve ever scrolled an Instagram or TikTok feed, you’ve probably come across the ubiquitous spiritualized language of energy. You may have witnessed a college roommate’s commitment to ridding herself of those who emit “toxic energy”; or a high school friend’s celebration of “positive energy.” You may have been encouraged, in spin class or on an exercise mat, to “channel your energy” or feel those of the people around you. You may even have been encouraged to “manifest”: to channel your psychic energy in the service of bringing health or wealth into your life, in an update of the once-ascendant self-help phenomenon known as The Law of Attraction or The Secret.
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