New Age Spirituality

Madame H.P. Blavatsky, 1831-1891

New Age Spirituality

New Age Spirituality displays the growth of a variety of new psychological, holistic and NeoPagan
traditions to counter what people found lacking in their own traditional religions. Magick and divination is often a part of new age religion as well as channeling, crystals, meditation, and holistic health practices. Examples include the revitalizing of UFOlogy, Astrology, Channeling, Hinduism, Gnostic traditions, NeoPaganism, Shamanism, Spiritism, Mysticism, and Theosophy.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/newage.htm
http://www.sullivan-county.com/nf0/nov_2000/new_age_rel.htm

New Age Enlightenment Examples:

A New Psychology: Scientology

Psychology & Hinduism: Deepak Chopra

Magick: The Golden Dawn

http://www.golden-dawn.
com/temple/index.jsp?l=eng

http://www.hermetic
goldendawn.org/index.shtml

Aleister Crowley's group:
http://www.thelemic
goldendawn.org/

Mysticism: Rosicrucians
http://religiousmovements.
lib.virginia.edu/nrms/amorc.html
http://www.rosicrucian.com/
zineen/magen501.htm

Dr. Hulda Clark's natureopathy: fraudulent cancer cures
http://www.healthwatcher.net
/Quackerywatch/Hulda_Clark/

More Controversial Groups

David Brandt Berg originator of the
Children of God, now known as the Family
http://religiousmovements.lib
.virginia.edu/nrms/Family.html

Helen Schucman

Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love
http://marianne.com/book/index.htm
Based on Helen Schucman's: A Course in Miracles
http://religiousmovements.lib
.virginia.edu/nrms/course.html

Jim Jones and Jonestown, Guyana
http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/
nrms/Jonestwn.html

Sun Myung Moon & the Unification Church

David Koresh and the Branch Davidians

Mass Suicide among the Solar Temple members
A neo-templar group influenced by Rosicrucian ideas

Goths
http://www.religioustolerance.org/goth.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth

Offerings to La Santa Muerte, a growing group in Mexico since the 1960's echoes ancient Aztec ideas

Aliens and UFOs
http://www.ufology.org.uk/
http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/ufos.html

Applewhite and Heavens Gate

Rael and the Raeliens
http://religiousmovements.lib.
virginia.edu/nrms/rael.html

Unarious Academy of Science and the Pleiadeans

The Arrival
Unarius Academy of Science and the Pleiadeans
http://religiousmovements.l
ib.virginia.edu/nrms/unarius.html

Aetherius Society of George King

Psychics/Spiritism/Channeling

Psychic Edgar Cayce

From the early 1900's Cayce gave "readings" on the future, health, and god

http://www.
are-cayce.com/

http://religious
movements.lib.
virginia.edu/
nrms/cayc.html

Psychics such as Sylvia Brown and others comfort people about the afterlife, putting their own spin on religion, often adding reincarnation to Christian beliefs

Ramtha on enlightenment Another look at Ramtha

J.Z. Knight channeling ancient male sage Ramtha
http://religiousmovements.lib
virginia.edu/nrms/Ramtha.html
http://skepdic.com/channel.html

Religious Movements Page--Group Profiles:
http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/profiles/listalpha.htm

To find anti-cult information:
Rick Ross Institute for the Study of Destructive Cults, Controversial Groups and Movements
http://www.rickross.com/links.html

Reading

"Read on dear friends, learn to understand and accept those who are different than you, and live a noble life."
--p.nielson