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Religious thought, faith and ritual-oriented orientations, which provide the opportunity to find qualified answers to a person's search for meaning, have become an integral part of his everyday life. In the secularized world, the search for a person in question has brought up the phenomenon of new religious movements. Man needs modern sacred guides to fill his spiritual emptiness and the search for meaning. New religious movements that are engaged in activities for this purpose are spreading all over the world with syncretic and eclectic formation. Mystical experiences such as astrology, yoga, reiki, the subconscious, quantum and bioenergy, which represent the metaphysical aspect of new religious movements and gained visibility in the early 1970’s, show that religion and spirituality are intertwined. The expansion of the sphere of influence of these movements in Internet-based social networks and especially in social media every day leads to the use of digital platforms for religious purposes and the digitalization of religion. Online religious rituals performed on social networks healing, techniques for strengthening the energy field, the flower of life and frequencies, such as practices such as attracting individuals in search of it. This study focuses on the application of body healing with the flower of life, which is fed by East Asian traditions and has recently gained popularity within the scope of complementary treatment techniques on digital platforms. The study is examined in three categories (religious binding, eye and world conception, fluid consumption) as healing with the flower of life, money school, golden age healing jewelry with special coding from 548 posts on the Instagram account ‘Ferhan Sezer Golden Age Healing Techniques’, ‘FS Life Flower Healing’, a digital religious socialization platform. Although the vast majority of the submissions are text-based, the research is being examined in the three-month period from July 31, 2021 to October 31. The shares made from the Instagram account are focused on religious discourses and online rituals with discourse analysis, which is a qualitative research technique.