New Age: To me, it's nothing but watered down Hinduism.
Konkokyo: A new form of Shintoism that believes in a Universal Parent-God as the supreme Kami, and that doing good works is embodying the kami on Earth. At death, we continue the cycle of Earth's constant renewal.
Reiki: Japanese art form of healing moving the energy in the body that may be 'stuck'.
Sahaj Yoga: Some form of meditation by a female guru. The group is purported to be controlling.
3HO: The Happy, Healthy and Holy Organisation. Sikhs who believe in Kundalini Yoga. Many choose Sikhism, but add 'Khalsa' at the end of their names. They also wear white to represent purity. Founded by Yogi Bhajan.
Course in Miracles: I actually have the book. Channellings of an agnostic Jewish woman who apparently received a message from Jesus Christ and made into book form. Apparently motivational.
New Thought: New Thought is an older movement in Christianity, based on the idea that sin, sickness, ailments and maladies come from having the wrong consciousness, and that true Reality, of which is represented as God, and having the correct perception that everything is Good, Mercy, Love, God, etc. brings about healing, health, and happiness. Unity School of Christianity and Christian Science are two better known factions of this philosophy.
Urantia: Another book based on someone's channelling, that describes an alternative view of the world's religions, of God, and of Jesus, and speaks of a future world. Groups of study have evolved around the study of this book.
Hoodoo: This is not really a new religious movement, but part of voudoun religion brought about by the African slaves in the Americas.
Swedenborgianism: Swedenborg founded a Christian Denomination with his teachings that were apparently very different to mainstream Christianity. I believe he had a binitarian view of the Christian Divinity: both Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ are simultaneously one God.
Umbanda: Another new African religion like Santeria, Cadomble, and Voudoun, based on the contact with the gods and performing sacrifices to them. One can be possessed by the gods, and also have their guidance and help in daily life.
Jews for Jesus: This is an organisation of Christian origin and a twist on Messianic Judaism (Jewish Christianity).
Nation of Islam: Founded by Malcom X, who believed that God (Allah) was the Black people, and ALLAH meant Arm, Leg, Leg, Arm, Head (representative of the human body). Considered a Black Power cult by many and not a true understanding of Islam, they also believe that only a select few will understand the truth, as opposed to the majority.
Scientology: A philosophy considered part of a cult organisation of pseudoscience. The belief that sicknesses, diseases, etc. are caused by subtle impressions (called engrams) of anger, violence, and other disunifying actions. The goal is to make the human being a clear, to be cleared of these mental engrams through their therapies called Dianetics.
Unification Church: A Christian cult that believed that Jesus Christ's mission was incarnated into a man named Sun Myung Moon and his wife, and that marriage was an eternal principle of God restored through him and his church.
Osho: considered a cult by some, Osho was a guru whose philosophy emphasised anarchy and sexual freedom.
Sathya Sai Organization: considered a cult by some, Sathya Sai Baba claimed to be an incarnation of all the religions' ideals of virtue and Godhead, and performed miracles. He did find many hospitals and schools, and has a large following who worship him as God.
Self-Realization Fellowship: Founded on the philosophy of Paramahamsa Yogananda, who was a guru and an eclectic Hindu. He merged different religious beliefs and gods and amalgamated them into his Hindu practice, of which his followers also do. The main practice of the Self-Realisation Fellowship is kriya-yoga.
Ramakrishna Movement: Founded on the philosophy of Paramahansa Ramakrishna, considered a saint and guru. And intellectual, eclectic, and having tasted different religious practices, he considered them all leading to the One God, and his philosophy emphasises karma-yoga.
Arya Samaj: Movement founded by Dayanand Saraswati, who seeked to puristically abolish what he considered anti-Vedic practices, such as casteism, suppression of women, and idol worship. He believed that the Vedic 'gods' were different qualities of the One Invisible God, and that proper worship is only through meditation (sandhya) and fire sacrifices (agnihotra, havana).
Spiritism: Based on the belief that spirits can be communicated with and can enter the body.
Bahmo Samaj: Rammohan Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj, and sought to find a pure religion based on rationality and reason. No Scripture is the Truth, no religion is completely true, and God is one and indescribable, incomprehensible, and irreproachable.
Swaminarayan: Based on a Vaishnava acharya, Swaminarayan made Vaishnavism accessible to the poor and outcaste. Considered an incarnation of God, Swaminarayanis are known for their big, ornate temples and a high percentage of Gujarati adherents.
