The New Age Movement, Volume 4Reincarnation, auras, and energizing crystals -- surely these are the stuff of fairy tales, nothing more. People don't really speak to ancient Egyptian holy men, or listen seriously to Shirley MacLaine, for that matter -- do they? Drawing from a range of occult, pagan, and pseudo-scientific traditions, the New Age Movement is broad, diffuse, hard to nail down -- and insidiously dangerous. Its belief in the 'divinity of humanity, ' its emphasis on 'self-actualization, ' and its looking forward to a coming utopian 'new world' have tremendous appeal. But does it have the truth? |
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| Title | The New Age Movement, Volume 4 Issue 13 of Zondervan guide to cults & religious movements |
| Author | Ron Rhodes |
| Publisher | Harper Collins, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0310704316, 9780310704317 |
| Length | 94 pages |
| Subjects | › Religion / Comparative Religion Religion / General |
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