New Age
Monday November 3, 2008
New Age:
Marilyn Ferguson, the author of the 1980 bestseller “The Aquarian Conspiracy” and a galvanizing influence on participants in scores of alternative groups that coalesced as the New Age movement, died Oct. 19 at her home in Banning.Ferguson was embraced as a beacon. Her book became “the most commonly accepted statement of Movement ideals and goals,” wrote J. Gordon Melton in the New Age Encyclopedia.
Wednesday January 23, 2008
New Age: Meditation, crystal therapy, self-help books – think they’re making you happier? Think again. A Brisbane academic has found a strong link between new-age spirituality and poor mental health in young people.
Thursday August 9, 2007
New Age: Known as “Darwin’s rottweiler”, Prof Richard Dawkins caused a furore with a stinging attack on religion. Now the evolutionary biologist has turned his wrath on “new age” alternative therapies, describing them as based on “irrational superstition”.
Tuesday May 1, 2007
New Age: More than a mere sales gimmick, spirituality tours are taken very seriously by their participants, who are commonly pantheistic, choosing to believe in truths of every religion rather than just one. They also invoke the whole panoply of New Age beliefs, finding power in crystals, aromatherapy and, of course, pyramids.
Saturday March 3, 2007
New Age: In weeks of frustration and anger, not knowing if her son would live or die, she was ready to ditch the whole idea that there was a loving God who cared what happened on earth. Then came the angels…
Tuesday January 30, 2007
New Age • The Secret: It’s absolutely possible for everyone to have these things and more — at least that’s what the teachers say in The Secret.
Thursday December 28, 2006
Cafeteria Religion • New Age • Religion Trends • Religious Retailing: Across the US, and increasing number of spiritual bookstores cater to people who are starting to question their true purpose in life without the restrictions of a specific religion.
Tuesday December 19, 2006
Findhorn Foundation • New Age: The foundation, home to 400 people, is one of the UK’s largest alternative spiritual communities.
Tuesday September 26, 2006
New Age: Marianne Williamson, one of the Oprah Friends who will be chattering on the talk show hostess’ new XM Radio channel, will broadcast her show from Detroit.
Monday September 18, 2006
New Age: A Spiritualist School in Westbrook Offers a Metaphysical Menu That Includes Massages, Marriages and Helping People Connect With Their Higher Selves.
Wednesday January 18, 2006
New Age: New college of mystical studies -- from astrology to potions -- is for adults only
Monday September 26, 2005
New Age: A Christian group says a stress-reduction classes for students at a Raleigh elementary school promoted "New Age" beliefs and were school-sponsored religious activities that violated the First Amendment.
Wednesday September 21, 2005
New Age: Even by the standards of the alternative therapies said to be used by Cherie Blair, submitting her husband's toenail clippings to a health guru's pendulum is taking her alleged New Age obsession to a higher level.
Monday May 16, 2005
New Age: The year's most unexpected indie hit in American cinemas - a film about quantum physics - is about to open here. But how are ordinary mortals to judge its assertions about the nature of matter, mind, and the universe? We asked some of Britain's best scientific brains to give us their verdicts.
Wednesday April 20, 2005
New Age: In a rapid change of heart, a local Episcopal priest is abandoning Druid spirituality - a decision made one day after it was reported that he had renounced his Episcopal ordination and become the founding priest of a Druid group.
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