This comprehensive, indexed volume includes short, one-page listings of pertinent facts about a particular movement, its founder, how it claims to work, scientific evaluations done, and its potential dangers. Some topics covered are angels, visualization, shamanism, hypnosis, new age medicine and martial arts.
Summary: a guide to the beliefs, concepts, terms, people, and organizations that make up the New Age movement.
Encyclopedia of New Religions and Alternative Spiritual Beliefs
In this remarkable reference work, Constance Victoria Briggs, author of the popular The Encyclopedia of Angels, offers a stimulating and inspiring review of the thoughts of hundreds of scholars, religious authorities, mystics, writers, ...
The Encyclopedia of Religious and Spiritual Development is the first reference work to focus on the developmental process of religion and spirituality across the human life span.
"Brief synopses of more than 30 influential groups, including the Integral Yoga Institute, Tibetan Buddhism, and the Human Potential movement, are also covered. Each major group is contrasted with traditional...
FOUNDER : Marcus Garvey , a black movement leader in the early 1900s , who stressed black pride , unity , and independence . Garvey urged blacks to accept Ethiopia as their promised land and to recognize their identity with the ...
This is perhaps not surprising given that New Age is usually understood as a contemporary social movement, rather than a national or ethnic religious tradition. Yet again, despite the early pointer given in Perspectives with its section ...
... 369–75 Selling God (Moore), 223 Seth, 184, 412, 413, 580–85 The Seven Bodies of Man (Gold), 121 The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success (Chopra), 229, 419 Shakti Handbook (Gold), 120 Shakti! the Spiritual Science of DNA, 116, 118, 125, ...
The New Age Encyclopedia
Provides information on various spiritual practices, traditions, and teachings.