This article discusses the different concepts of therapeutic practices that emerge from the diffuse notions of "holistic cure" and "energy", characteristics of what are referred to as alternative or "New Age" therapies. Two unique and contrasting therapeutic experiences are analyzed, expressing the differentiation within what I designate as the "alternative therapy network". The cases presented here are indicative of the difficulties in establishing a rigid demarcation between different alternative therapies, thus highlighting the possible areas for links between "New Age" and local therapeutic religious culture.
Religion; New Age movement; alternative therapies