magisterfaust
fresh meat
Why do people insist on calling it "New Age", when the practices go back. thousands of years. Holistic medicine, spiritual exploration, mystisicm, etc... STOP CALLING IT NEW AGE.
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New Age is NOT New Age
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They've repackaged pantheism and Hinduism as "New Age", it's true. You've copped that. Well done!
McBell
Unbound
Please give a specific example.
I hope he does too, but I have one: very obviously, Neo-paganism is a repackaging or "sexing up" of multifarious polytheistic concepts, including goddess-worship, dating back to the beginning of recorded history. Wouldn't you agree?
McBell
Unbound
Even neo-paganism is an umbrella term for many of the newly created religions.
Which is exactly why I am hoping for a few specific "new-age" religions be presented.
Wicca was started in the early 1950s.
Then you have all the religions that claim the title Wicca that have little to nothing to do with wicca.
doppelganger
Through the Looking Glass
It's new to me. But if it upsets you so, I'll refer to it as "pre-owned" if that helps.
Francine
Well-Known Member
In 1976 Manuel Gottsching, lead guitarist for Ash Ra Tempel, went solo and put out a classic LP of electronic music called "New Age of Earth" which was first soundtrack for earth muffins smoking pot and staring at their lava lamps to be called "new age music", which today is dominated by the likes of Yawn-i. The religious stuff jumped into the same bin with the tunes.
Amazon.com: New Age of Earth: Music: Ashra
Azakel
Liebe ist für alle da
The practices may go way back but the way most people practice don't.
New Age
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New Age is the term commonly used to designate the broad movement of late 20th century and contemporary Western culture, characterized by an eclectic and individual approach to spiritual exploration and references the supposed coming astrological Age of Aquarius. Self-spirituality, New spirituality, and Mind-body-spirit are other names sometimes used for the movement. [1][2][3] New Age is a term which includes diverse individuals, including some who graft additional beliefs onto a traditional religious affiliation. [3] Individuals who hold any of its beliefs may not identify with the name, and the name may be applied as a label by outsiders to anyone they consider inclined towards its world view. The New Age movement includes elements of older spiritual and religious traditions from both East and West, many of which have been melded with ideas from modern science, particularly psychology and ecology. New Age ideas could be described as drawing inspiration from all the major world religions with influences from Spiritualism, Buddhism, Hermeticism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Shamanism, Mayanism, Ceremonial magic, Sufism, Taoism, New Thought, Wiccan and Neo-Paganism being especially strong. From this collection of influences have come a wide-ranging literature on spirituality, new musical styles and crafts—most visible in speciality shops and New Age fairs and festivals[4][5]
New Age - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Age
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see New Age (disambiguation).
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New Age is the term commonly used to designate the broad movement of late 20th century and contemporary Western culture, characterized by an eclectic and individual approach to spiritual exploration and references the supposed coming astrological Age of Aquarius. Self-spirituality, New spirituality, and Mind-body-spirit are other names sometimes used for the movement. [1][2][3] New Age is a term which includes diverse individuals, including some who graft additional beliefs onto a traditional religious affiliation. [3] Individuals who hold any of its beliefs may not identify with the name, and the name may be applied as a label by outsiders to anyone they consider inclined towards its world view. The New Age movement includes elements of older spiritual and religious traditions from both East and West, many of which have been melded with ideas from modern science, particularly psychology and ecology. New Age ideas could be described as drawing inspiration from all the major world religions with influences from Spiritualism, Buddhism, Hermeticism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Shamanism, Mayanism, Ceremonial magic, Sufism, Taoism, New Thought, Wiccan and Neo-Paganism being especially strong. From this collection of influences have come a wide-ranging literature on spirituality, new musical styles and crafts—most visible in speciality shops and New Age fairs and festivals[4][5]
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Mike182
Flaming Queer
if that is what you think then you have simply missed the whole point of the movement.
i feel like i am about to write an essay, which i don't really want to do right now... ok, to just give out one example to support your claim, North American Indian Religions. these indigenous religions are an inspiration to the New Age, and many spokes people from these religions have accused the New Age of cultural theft. i can't remember how far North American Indian Religions date back off hand, but certainly 2000+ years.
so why is what the New Age Movement offers in any way "new", when most of what they have to offer is recycled material? i think that is the question you were getting at, which by the way, you could have done in a much more tactful and respectful manor.
well, in an attempt to avoid witting an essay, i will give a short answer. the "new" refers to the end of organised religion, it has nothing to do with the age of the beliefs and practices involved. to justify this point, many of the beliefs and practices of New Agers differ greatly, though there are similarities it is very individualistic. the most prominent underlying feature however is that the individual "turned away from organised religion to find their inner self", and many within the movement would extend that to say "more people need to turn away from organised religion". if they did, we would see a spiritual revolution, and it would certainly be "new" in the West after 1800 years of organised religion.
kai
ragamuffin
yes i hope theres an example of some kind of surviving prechristian religion based on some thing "old age"
blackout
Violet.
Right. It's "New Age". Not "New Religion".
Just don't come to me with a New World Order.
Orders of any kind I'm not particulary fond of.
Guitar's Cry
Disciple of Pan
The name also represents the idea of a transition from the old ways to a new era.
"This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, the Age of Aquarius!" - The Fifth Dimension
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"This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, the Age of Aquarius!" - The Fifth Dimension
Astrological age - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mike182
Flaming Queer
you need not fear, such a concept is pretty much the worst nightmare of most New Agers
blackout
Violet.
New Era is a good way to put it I think.
Mike182
Flaming Queer
i have never been one for astrology, it confused me to no end, but the Age of Aquarius is very similar to Crowley's Age of Horus.
McBell
Unbound
One of the problems with many new agers is that they make up their own little religion, like mating Aphrodite with Shiva, and then claim that because they use old gods that their 'religion' is as old as the gods they used.
On A Side Note...
The example I used above is what one of my neighbors did.
He also included this Wiccan Rede and he uses what he calls the Sevenfold Law, which is nothing but the Threefold Law only seven times the return.
On A Side Note...
The example I used above is what one of my neighbors did.
He also included this Wiccan Rede and he uses what he calls the Sevenfold Law, which is nothing but the Threefold Law only seven times the return.
Gentoo
The Feisty Penguin
That actually doesn't bother me as much as it may other people. As an eclectic myself, I meld some odd cultures together, but it works just fantastically for me.
I know/knew a guy who's patron was Athena yet he called himself a druid, it certainly raised an eyebrow from me, but I was not about to tell him that he couldn't do it. As I like to say, there's very little that is outside of the realm of possibilities.
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