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New Age
A term which became popular in the 1980s and is used to describe a nebulous, quasi-religious set of beliefs, encompassing a wide array of notions, such as spiritualism, astrology, mysticism, the occult, reincarnation, parapsychology, ecology and planetary awareness, as well as a commitment to complimentary medicine and the pseudoscientific applications of the 'healing powers' of crystals and pyramids.
New Age beliefs and practices are largely confined to the industrialized West, and the origins of the movement can be traced to the social and political unrest in the 1960s, dissatisfaction with obsessive materialism, the influence of Eastern religions, experimentation with psychedelic drugs, the development of humanistic psychology, and increased eco-consciousness.
Despite hostility from the popular media and the establishment, New Age ideas now permeate many areas of mainstream culture, notably in the areas of behavioral medicine, physics, psychology and even business.
See Astrology, Acutomancy, Agalmatomancy, Divination, Coscinomancy, Cleidomancy, Augur, Stoichomancy, Dowsing, Tarot, Heptameron, Demonology, Sortilege, Idolomancy, Demonomancy, Tephramancy, Anemoscopy, Eromancy, Austromancy, Chaomancy, Roadomancy, Capnomancy, Pyromancy, Meteormancy, Ceraunoscopy, Zoomancy, Casting Black Magic Spells, Commanding Spirits, The Tarot Store, The Chakra Store, Divination & Scrying Tools and Supplies, and The Pyramid Collection.
Sources: (1) Dictionary of the Occult, Caxton Publishing; (2) Randi, James, An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural, St. Martin's Griffin; (3) Glover, Elsa M., The Aquarian Age, Vantage Press; (4) White Deer of Autumn, The Native American Book of Knowledge, Beyond Words Publishing.
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Heavenly Images, Angels and Cherubs.
-- The Book Of Shadows CD-ROM.
-- The Totally New Complete Edgar Cayce Readings CD-ROM.
-- The URANTIA Book CD-ROM: The History of Earth.
-- Ultimate Divination 4 CD-ROM Set: Astrology, Tarot, Palmistry, I Ching.
-- Click HERE for more related software.
-- Click HERE for the best prices on top-selling software titles.
-- Ancient Belief Systems.
-- Ancient Mysteries: Astrology.
-- Astrology - Celestial Prophecies.
-- Magic, Mysticism, and Initiation DVD.
-- Mysticism and the Search for Religious Understanding.
-- Redemption and Mysticism: A Religion That Demands and a Religion That Bestows.
-- Tarot & Astrology DVD.
-- Transpersonal Conversations.
-- Click HERE for more related videos.
-- Click HERE for the best prices on top-selling DVD titles. | | | -- New Age Movement: Beliefs in Spiritual Forces .
-- New Age Movement: Christian Comparison .
-- New Age Movement: Healing and Wisdom .
-- New Age Movement: Historical Perspective .
-- New Age Movement: Spiritual Enlightenment .
-- New Age Movement: The New World Order and Symbolism .
-- Click HERE for more new age and alternative beliefs courses.
Suggested Art prints and Posters:
-- Click HERE for more related art prints and posters. | | | Suggested Books: -- A Course in Miracles: Combined Volume.
-- Age of Aquarius Astrology: A Learning Game & Divination System.
-- An Astrological Guide to Living in the Age of Aquarius.
-- Animal-Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small.
-- Art in the Age of Aquarius, 1955-1970.
-- Astrology in the Age of Aquarius.
-- Catholics and the New Age: How Good People Are Being Drawn into Jungian Psychology, the Enneagram, and the Age of Aquarius.
-- Cults and the Occult in the Age of Aquarius.
-- Divine Guidance: How to Have a Dialogue With God and Your Guardian Angels.
-- Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today.
-- Insights for the Age of Aquarius.
-- Magical Passes: The Practical Wisdom of the Shamans of Ancient Mexico.
-- New Names for the Age of Aquarius.
-- Only Love Is Real: A Story of Soulmates Reunited.
-- Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life.
-- Stars, Signs, and Salvation in the Age of Aquarius.
-- The Active Side of Infinity.
-- The Book of Five Rings.
-- The Jesus People; Old-time Religion in the Age of Aquarius.
-- The Nag Hammadi Library in English.
-- The Philadelphia Experiment: Project Invisibility.
-- The Seat of the Soul.
-- The Templar Tradition in the Age of Aquarius.
-- The Urantia Book.
-- Turn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties and the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius.
-- Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth As a Spiritual Tool.
-- Click HERE for more Age of Aquarius related books.
-- Click HERE for more New Age related books.
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