Which Fundamentalists specifically? What exactly is Fundamentalism? What is New Age?
I'm not any particular denomination, but my strongest influences are the Assemblies of God and the Southern Baptists, both ofteh considered Fundamentalists. I see no conflict with my faith and what I study. NLP is the study and utilization of the structure of subjective experience, not a religion.
There are many Christians in NLP. Peter Lowe, the guy who has those large success seminars around the country with speakers like Zig Ziglar and Tom Hopkins, is an NLP practitioner (I don't know what level) and he passes out Billy Grahm pamphlets at his seminars. He also has several NLP audio courses, though to me they are a bit basic. Some of the most cutting-edge NLP development is from the Society of Neuro-Semantics, and many of them are Christian. Most of their material is advanced but they do have some books for beginners. My original trainer, one of the better trainers for teaching NLP for therapy, later became a Christian, which did surprise me. The second NLP practice group I formed was made up entirely of Christians of some sort. I did not intend to start a Christian organization, and during our meetings we only worked on NLP. All I did was post an ad for a practice group on two boards, and these people contacted me. None of use knew the others were Christians until a few weeks after we started. I do not see any real evidence for a conflict between Christianity and NLP.
There is, however, a common mistunderstanding of hypnosis, and it is not limited to Christians. The typical myths shown in TV, movies, and stories, the Svengali type stuff, causes many people, Christians and others, to think hypnosis is some sort of dangerous magical practice. Anyone actucally trained in it knows this is not the case.
