Under a “Spirituality” tag are posts discussing quantum mechanics and consciousness; gnosticism; and the statement that “belief creates reality” —all common ideas in new age spirituality. The link ...

What is New Age Spirituality? To understand the movement, we need to explore four historical streams that combined in the 1960s and 70s: Western Esotericism, New Thought, the 60s Counterculture ...

New Age spirituality feeds your ego by teaching that there is no right, no wrong, no objective truth—just a landscape of experiences that your soul goes through.

By 2020, during extended periods of COVID lockdown, this kind of spiritual seeking seemed to be flourishing. It was particularly visible on social media, where people sold tarot cards and crystals.

3. Ask who they believe Jesus Christ to be. New Age believers regard Jesus as one of many spiritual leaders who have achieved the highest level of spiritual consciousness, along with Buddha and ...

A significant subset of the genre focuses on New Age spiritual practices. Some popular practitioners of today's New Age spirituality blatantly call on the “other” world for guidance.

Dees explains an eclectic set of practices emerged with the New Age movement, which drew from earlier spiritualist ideas (e.g., seances, hypnotism,) eastern religions, old European pagan traditions ...

In the mid-1990s, Quebec was shaken by tragic events centered around the Order of the Solar Temple, a group that blended New Age spirituality and survivalism.The group’s leaders promised a ...

While many new-age spiritual retreats such as the one I went on in Costa Rica cater primarily to women—as well as like-minded offerings such as the La Luna Retreats in Spain and the upcoming ...