[306] In particular, the movement's commercial elements have caused problems given that they often conflict with its general economically-egalitarian ethos; as York highlighted, "a tension exists in New Age between socialistic egalitarianism and capitalistic private enterprise". (1998). [213] Closely connected to this is the shamanic consciousness current, which argues that the shaman was a specialist in altered states of consciousness and seeks to adopt and imitate traditional shamanic techniques as a form of personal healing and growth. [347] In early 2019, Williamson announced her candidacy for the Democratic Party nomination for president of the United States in the 2020 United States presidential election. The Occult and Illuminati/New World Order Researcher Jordan Maxwell says that the phrase "the dawn of a new day" is a code in the illuminati for the beginning of the totalitarian new world order (world wide facism). However, it does all depend on your birth chart and how strong Aquarius, Uranus, the Sun and planets aspecting them are. [65] Although not common throughout the counterculture, usage of the terms New Age and Age of Aquarius – used in reference to a coming era – were found within it,[66] for instance appearing on adverts for the Woodstock festival of 1969,[67] and in the lyrics of "Aquarius", the opening song of the 1967 musical Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. [120], Australian scholar Paul J. Farrelly, in his 2017 doctoral dissertation at Australian National University, argued that, while the New Age may become less popular in the West, it is actually booming in Taiwan, where it is regarded as something comparatively new and is being exported from Taiwan to Mainland China, while it is more or less tolerated by the authorities. The New Age political movement became visible in the 1970s, peaked in the 1980s, and continued into the 1990s. [150] In contrast, some New Agers emphasise the idea of a universal inter-relatedness that is not always emanating from a single source. [196], There are also differences in how this new age is envisioned. The first of these was the Human Potential Movement, which argues that contemporary Western society suppresses much human potential, and accordingly professes to offer a path through which individuals can access those parts of themselves that they have alienated and suppressed, thus enabling them to reach their full potential and live a meaningful life. [239] A belief in reincarnation is very common, where it often viewed as being part of an individual's progressive spiritual evolution toward realisation of their own divinity. [90] Marilyn Ferguson's 1982 book The Aquarian Conspiracy has also been regarded as a landmark work in the development of the New Age, promoting the idea that a new era was emerging. [131] Generally believing that there is no one true way to pursue spirituality,[132] New Agers develop their own worldview "by combining bits and pieces to form their own individual mix",[133] seeking what Drury called "a spirituality without borders or confining dogmas". [147] A fourth trait is the characterisation of divinity as a "life force", the essence of which is creativity, while a fifth is the concept that divinity consists of love. He noted that as this happened, the meaning of the term New Age changed; whereas it had once referred specifically to a coming era, at this point it came to be used in a wider sense to refer to a variety of spiritual activities and practices. Sunrise; Dawning of a New Age; A Hero's Lament; Emain Macha Band line-up. Check it out on my YouTube channel, Julianne Victoria. [250] The fact that most individuals engaging in New Age activity do not describe themselves as "New Agers" renders it difficult to determine the total number of practitioners. Thanks! [290], Bruce argued that in seeking to "denying the validity of externally imposed controls and privileging the divine within", the New Age sought to dismantle pre-existing social order, but that it failed to present anything adequate in its place. "Politics: Building an International Platform". [43] The term had thus become a recurring motif in the esoteric spirituality milieu. It also represents dreaminess, delusion, illusion, and elusiveness. ‘A new age was dawning, and I was riding the crest of it.’ ‘A new age has dawned, and the Holy Spirit has been poured out in a new way.’ ‘Intellectuals, and even Christians, hail a new age as if it had really dawned universally.’ Often, the definition given actually reflects the background of the scholar giving the definition. Dawning of a New Age is the second demo by the Northern Irish Celtic metal band Waylander, released on cassette in 1996. Saturn and Jupiter are about to move into futuristic air sign Aquarius for the majority of 2021, which means big things for our collective future. Theologically, the New Age typically adopts a belief in a holistic form of divinity that imbues all of the universe, including human beings themselves. [77], All of these groups created the backdrop from which the New Age movement emerged. THE NEW AGE starring Shirley MacLaine, faith healers, channelers, space travelers, and crystals galore". [368] Most published criticism of the New Age has been produced by Christians, particularly those on the religion's fundamentalist wing. Many scholars of the subject refer to it as the New Age movement, although others contest this term and suggest that it is better seen as a milieu or zeitgeist. A number of mid-twentieth century influences, such as the UFO religions of the 1950s, the counterculture of the 1960s, and the Human Potential Movement, also exerted a strong influence on the early development of the New Age. [285][286] The New Age movement has been centered around rebuilding a sense of community to counter social disintegration; this has been attempted through the formation of intentional communities, where individuals come together to live and work in a communal lifestyle. These movements might have remained marginal, had it not been for the explosion of the counterculture in the 1960s and early 1970s. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. [289] Criticising mainstream Western education as counterproductive to the ethos of the movement, many New Age groups have established their own schools for the education of children, although in other cases such groups have sought to introduce New Age spiritual techniques into pre-existing establishments. [115] Hammer himself stated that "the New Age movement may be on the wane, but the wider New Age religiosity... shows no sign of disappearing". "The New Age Movement: The Politics of Transcendence". It also represents dreaminess, delusion, illusion, and elusiveness. How perfect for today’s New Moon, a powerful one to be open to receive insights! [252] Between 2000 and 2002, Heelas and Woodhead conducted research into the New Age in the English town of Kendal, Cumbria; they found 600 people actively attended New Age activities on a weekly basis, representing 1.6% of the town's population. Link in IG Bio or directly here: https://youtu.be/WgVMwGk8J54. [104] A variety of these books were best sellers, with the Seth book series for instance selling over a million copies. [387] Many Pagans have expressed criticism of the high fees charged by New Age teachers, something not typically present in the Pagan movement,[388] with some Pagans pronouncing the word "newage" to rhyme with "sewage". [281], Scholars have noted several New Age political groups. Neptune rules the sign of Pisces and opens the doors to transcendental and mystical experience, but we can also easily get lost in deception and pseudo-realities.” With illusions, addictions, and deceptions, fears tend to control people and Truth and Love become hidden. Given the retrograde motion, we are entering into the last quarter of the Age of Pisces, or the dawning of the Age of Aquarius. [222] Moreover, a number of prominent influences on New Age, such as David Bohm and Ilya Prigogine, had backgrounds as professional scientists. (idiomatic) A new beginning; a fresh start; an important, promising turning point. The New Age movement typically views the material universe as a meaningful illusion, which humans should try to use constructively rather than focus on escaping into other spiritual realms. Aquarius represents humanitarian efforts, clearer communication, and expansiveness. [3] The scholars Steven J. Sutcliffe and Ingvild Sælid Gilhus have even suggested that it remains "among the most disputed of categories in the study of religion". [112] In 1994, the scholar of religion Gordon J. Melton presented a conference paper in which he argued that, given that he knew of nobody describing their practices as "New Age" anymore, the New Age had died. By the early twenty-first century... [the New Age phenomenon] has an almost entirely white, middle-class demography largely made up of professional, managerial, arts, and entrepreneurial occupations. It advocated a change in consciousness – in "basic underlying assumptions" – in order to come to grips with global crises. [162] There is thus a widespread belief that reality is engaged in an ongoing process of evolution; rather than Darwinian evolution, this is typically seen as either a teleological evolution which assumes a process headed to a specific goal or an open-ended, creative evolution. Sutcliffe, therefore, expressed the view that while the term New Age had originally been an "apocalyptic emblem", it would only be later that it became "a tag or codeword for a 'spiritual' idiom". [214], Hanegraaff identified the second main healing current in the New Age movement as being holistic health. In Woolpert, Stephen; Slaton, Christa Daryl; and Schwerin, Edward W., eds. There is thus a strong emphasis on the spiritual authority of the self. [136] York suggested that this eclecticism stemmed from the New Age's origins within late modern capitalism, with New Agers subscribing to a belief in a free market of spiritual ideas as a parallel to a free market in economics. As we are entering into the last part of the Age of Pisces, we are already beginning to sense the influences of the coming age, hence the dawning of the Age of Aquarius. A variety of small movements arose, revolving around revealed messages from beings in space and presenting a synthesis of post-Theosophical and other esoteric doctrines. Free exchange A new age of suburbanisation could be dawning. Lipnack, Jessica; Stamps, Jeffrey (1982). Our personal choices will lead us down one path or the other. [186] Hanegraaff stated that New Age perceptions of history were "extremely sketchy" in their use of description,[186] reflecting little interest in historiography and conflating history with myth. [117] Its diffusion into the mainstream may have been influenced by the adoption of New Age concepts by high-profile figures: U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan consulted an astrologer, British Princess Diana visited spirit mediums, and Norwegian Princess Märtha Louise established a school devoted to communicating with angels. Hobson, G. "The Rise of the White Shaman as a New Version of Cultural Imperialism." [248] Rather than reincarnation, another afterlife belief found among New Agers holds that an individual's soul returns to a "universal energy" on bodily death. [207] Hence, New Age therapies seek to heal "illness" as a general concept that includes physical, mental, and spiritual aspects; in doing so it critiques mainstream Western medicine for simply attempting to cure disease, and thus has an affinity with most forms of traditional medicine. An Interview with Paul Farrely", Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans, Tulli Papyrus (possibly 15th century B.C. [360] That same year, Wouter Hanegraaff published New Age Religion and Western Culture, a historical analysis of New Age texts;[361] Hammer later described it as having "a well-deserved reputation as the standard reference work on the New Age". 3 verb If something is dawning, it is beginning to develop or come into existence. The Astrological Meaning of the Ages of Pisces and Aquarius. [281], MacKian suggested that this phenomenon was "an inherently social mode of spirituality", one which cultivated a sense of belonging among its participants and encouraged relations both with other humans and with non-human, otherworldly spirit entities. [333] Hanegraaff noted another California-based group, the Institute of Noetic Sciences, headed by the author Willis Harman. [49], The counterculture of the 1960s had rapidly declined by the start of the 1970s, in large part due to the collapse of the commune movement,[83] but it would be many former members of the counter-culture and hippie subculture who subsequently became early adherents of the New Age movement. [226], Despite New Agers' appeals to science, most of the academic and scientific establishments dismiss "New Age science" as pseudo-science, or at best existing in part on the fringes of genuine scientific research. [359] In 1996, Paul Heelas published a sociological study of the movement in Britain, being the first to discuss its relationship with business. [102] Core works in the propagating New Age ideas included Jane Roberts's Seth series, published from 1972 onward,[89] Helen Schucman's 1975 publication A Course in Miracles,[103] and James Redfield's 1993 work The Celestine Prophecy. [48], As a form of Western esotericism,[49] the New Age has antecedents that stretch back to southern Europe in Late Antiquity. Butler, Jenny and Maria Tighe, "Holistic Health and New Age in the British Isles". The Age of Pisces explains a lot! Z. Knight (Ramtha), Neale Donald Walsch (Conversations with God) (note that Walsch denies being a "channeler" and his books make it obvious that he is not one, though the text emerged through a dialogue with a deeper part of himself in a process comparable to automatic writing) contributed to the movement's growth. Dawning of a New Age is the second demo by the folk metal band Waylander, released on cassette in 1996. [407], Other political thinkers and activists saw New Age politics less positively. [324] Corinne McLaughlin argued that politics need not connote endless power struggles, that a new "spiritual politics" could attempt to synthesize opposing views on issues into higher levels of understanding. ... that would mean a lightweight vehicle capable of traveling 150 miles between charges. [416], A criticism of New Age often made by leftists is that its focus on individualism deflects participants from engaging in socio-political activism. [283], Online connections were one of the ways that interested individuals met new contacts and established networks. Americans’ pursuit of leafiness contains hints of a transformative shift. Ely, John (1998). [355] This was followed by Michael York's sociological study in 1995 and Richard Kyle's U.S.-focused work in 1995. Read your yearly horoscope for 2021 to find out more about how the new Age of Aquarius will affect your zodiac sign. As we are entering into the last part of the Age of Pisces, we are already beginning to sense the influences of the coming age, hence the dawning of the Age of Aquarius. [377], — Religious studies scholar Sarah Pike[106], An issue of academic debate has been regarding the connection between the New Age and Modern Paganism, sometimes termed "Neo-paganism". Tough love". George P Mann. [271] He believed that many individuals had been "culturally primed for what the New Age has to offer",[272] with the New Age attracting "expressive" people who were already comfortable with the ideals and outlooks of the movement's self-spirituality focus. [24] Heelas highlighted the range of attempts to establish the number of New Age participants in the U.S. during this period, noting that estimates ranged from 20,000 to 6 million; he believed that the higher ranges of these estimates were greatly inflated by, for instance, an erroneous assumption that all Americans who believed in reincarnation were part of the New Age. Swedenborg's attempt to unite science and religion and his prediction of a coming era in particular have been cited as ways that he prefigured the New Age. [208] Its focus of self-spirituality has led to the emphasis of self-healing,[209] although also present are ideas on healing both others and the Earth itself. [198] Other New Agers adopt a fully utopian vision, believing that the world will be wholly transformed into an "Age of Light", with humans evolving into totally spiritual beings and experiencing unlimited love, bliss, and happiness. York's third group, the spiritual camp, represents a middle ground between these two camps that focuses largely on individual development. [185] New Age literature often posits that the ancient period of spiritual wisdom gave way to an age of spiritual decline, sometimes termed the Age of Pisces. He added that most New Agers "soundly rejected" the agenda of former Republican President Ronald Reagan. [182] It adopts this concept from Theosophy, although often presents it in a looser and more eclectic way than is found in Theosophical teaching. 144, 147–48. [183] New Age literature often claims that humanity once lived in an age of spiritual wisdom. Though there are various calculations and views on when the Age of Aquarius begins the consensus is that the Age of Aquarius will begin about 2600 CE. [291] Heelas, however, cautioned that Bruce had arrived at this conclusion based on "flimsy evidence",[292] and Aldred argued that only a minority of New Agers participate in community-focused activities; instead, she claimed, the majority of New Agers participate mainly through the purchase of books and products targeted at the New Age market, positioning New Age as a primarily consumerist and commercial movement. [121][better source needed], The New Age places strong emphasis on the idea that the individual and their own experiences are the primary source of authority on spiritual matters. See more. [268], Heelas added that within the baby boomers, the movement had nevertheless attracted a diverse clientele. [247] Some practitioners espouse the idea of a "soul group" or "soul family", a group of connected souls who reincarnate together as family of friendship units. Well written, Julie You always distill information and present it so beautifully I’m admiring that. [128] The concept of "personal growth" is also greatly emphasised among New Agers,[129] while Heelas noted that "for participants spirituality is life-itself". [6] According to Hammer, this New Age was a "fluid and fuzzy cultic milieu". One of the few things on which all scholars agree concerning New Age is that it is difficult to define. [417] This perspective regards New Age as a manifestation of consumerism that promotes elitism and indulgence by allowing wealthier people to affirm their socio-economic status through consuming New Age products and therapies. [392][293][398], — Scholar of cultural studies Andrew Ross, 1991[399], Toward the end of the 20th century, some social and political analysts and activists were arguing that the New Age political perspective had something to offer mainstream society. Typically viewing human history as being divided into a series of distinct ages, a common New Age belief is that whereas once humanity lived in an age of great technological advancement and spiritual wisdom, it has entered a period of spiritual degeneracy, which will be remedied through the establishment of a coming Age of Aquarius, from which the milieu gets its name. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. [309] The genre's relaxing nature resulted in it becoming popular within New Age circles,[309] with some forms of the genre having a specifically New Age orientation. [265] Comparatively few were either young or elderly. During what is called the Great Year or the Precession of the Equinoxes, our sun journeys across the backdrop of the stars in the sky, completing its precession of the equinoxes through all of the twelve zodiac constellations in about 25,772 years. [278] MacKian instead suggested that involvement could be seen as being layered like an onion; at the core are "consultative" practitioners who devote their life to New Age practices, around that are "serious" practitioners who still invest considerable effort into New Age activities, and on the periphery are "non-practitioner consumers", individuals affected by the general dissemination of New Age ideas but who do not devote themselves more fully to them. [205][206] The general New Age ethos is that health is the natural state for the human being and that illness is a disruption of that natural balance. [23], While acknowledging that New Age was a problematic term, the scholar of religion James R. Lewis stated that it remained a useful etic category for scholars to use because "There exists no comparable term which covers all aspects of the movement. Here I will explain, from a Western Astrology view and without getting too technical, the astronomical and astrological meaning of the dawning of the Age of Aquarius. [389][clarification needed] Despite their antipathy toward the New Age movement, some Pagans have themselves been accused of cultural appropriation, as adumbrated in the following section. Finance & economics May 8th 2021 edition. This is the age of the "New Age", an increase in spirituality, self-awareness, personal growth, and soul searching. [357] Having been influenced by the U.S. anti-cult movement, much of it was also largely negative and critical of New Age groups. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. [174] Hanegraaff described channeling as a form of "articulated revelation",[175] and identified four forms: trance channeling, automatisms, clairaudient channeling, and open channeling. [386] Many Pagans have sought to distance themselves from the New Age movement, even using "New Age" as an insult within their community, while conversely many involved in the New Age have expressed criticism of Paganism for emphasizing the material world over the spiritual. The reason for the ready incorporation of such disparate sources was a similar goal of exploring an individualized and largely non-Christian religiosity. [248], — Religious studies scholar Steven J. Sutcliffe[249], In the mid-1990s, the New Age was found primarily in the United States and Canada, Western Europe, and Australia and New Zealand. [72] Esalen and similar personal growth centers had developed links to humanistic psychology, and from this, the human potential movement emerged, strongly influenced the New Age. [89] Supplementing these books were videos, audiotapes, compact discs and websites. [371] The most successful such publication was Frank E. Peretti's 1986 novel This Present Darkness, which sold over a million copies; it depicted the New Age as being in league with feminism and secular education as part of a conspiracy to overthrow Christianity. [418] New Agers who do engage in socio-political activism have also been criticized. [324] In Capra's view, the West needs to develop an organic and ecological "systems view" of reality in order to successfully address its social and political issues. [414] Another academic, Dana L. Cloud, wrote a lengthy critique of New Age politics as a political ideology;[415] she faulted it for not being opposed to the capitalist system, or to liberal individualism. [373][374] According to the Vatican, euphoric states attained through New Age practices should not be confused with prayer or viewed as signs of God's presence. [263] Heelas and Woodhead found that of the active Kendal New Agers, 57% had a university or college degree. [400][401][402] In 1987, some political scientists launched the "Section on Ecological and Transformational Politics" of the American Political Science Association,[403] and an academic book prepared by three of them stated that the "transformational politics" concept was meant to subsume such terms as new age and new paradigm. [114] He also noted that within this milieu it was not being replaced by any alternative and that as such a sense of collective identity was being lost. [52] Another early influence was the late 18th and early 19th century German physician and hypnotist Franz Mesmer, who claimed the existence of a force known as "animal magnetism" running through the human body. [32] Hanegraaff regarded the New Age as a form of "popular culture criticism", in that it represented a reaction against the dominant Western values of Judeo-Christian religion and rationalism,[33] adding that "New Age religion formulates such criticism not at random, but falls back on" the ideas of earlier Western esoteric groups. "[5] Similarly, the historian of religion Olav Hammer termed it "a common denominator for a variety of quite divergent contemporary popular practices and beliefs" that have emerged since the late 1970s and are "largely united by historical links, a shared discourse and an air de famille". This can be checked by a google search. It is my understanding also, that’s what December 2012 was all about, an awakening and ascension. [240] In New Age literature, the reality of reincarnation is usually treated as self-evident, with no explanation as to why practitioners embrace this afterlife belief over others,[241] although New Agers endorse it in the belief that it ensures cosmic justice. Thanks for stopping by and leading me here , Pingback: Blogging For Peace: How To Meditate For Deep Relaxation! Oh well! [277] Heelas argued that those involved could be divided into three broad groups; the first comprised those who were completely dedicated to it and its ideals, often working in professions that furthered those goals. [181], New Age thought typically envisions the world as developing through cosmological cycles that can be identified astrologically. maybe my next life. [319] The New Ager Mark Satin for instance spoke of "New Age politics" as a politically radical "third force" that was "neither left nor right". [273] It could be particularly appealing because the New Age suited the needs of the individual, whereas traditional religious options that are available primarily catered for the needs of a community. (now chiefly poetic) Dawn. [262], The majority of New Agers are from the middle and upper-middle classes of Western society. The Weekly Tarot Reading guides us to be present with the process! [31], — Scholar of esotericism Wouter Hanegraaff, 1996[11], The New Age is also a form of Western esotericism. noun. We should see a return to the American tradition of welcoming immigrants. [200], There are various beliefs within the milieu as to how this new age will come about, but most emphasise the idea that it will be established through human agency; others assert that it will be established with the aid of non-human forces such as spirits or extraterrestrials. [92], 1971 witnessed the foundation of est by Werner H. Erhard, a transformational training course that became a prominent part of the early movement. [234] It also typically criticises the blaming and judging of others for their actions, believing that if an individual adopts these negative attitudes it harms their own spiritual evolution. All manifestations of this movement are characterized by a popular western culture criticism expressed in terms of a secularized esotericism. Working Group on Indigenous Populations, accepted by the UN General Assembly. [215] It emphasises the idea that the human individual is a holistic, interdependent relationship between mind, body, and spirit, and that healing is a process in which an individual becomes whole by integrating with the powers of the universe. [245] Prominent New Age writers like Shakti Gawain and Louise Hay therefore express the view that humans are responsible for the events that happen to them during their life, an idea that many New Agers regard as empowering. 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