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[[File:Chakras Image.png|400px|thumb|A depiction of the seven [[chakra]]s, a belief commonly held among New Age practitioners]] | |||
'''New Age''' is a range of spiritual or [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] practices and beliefs which rapidly grew in Western society during the early 1970s. Its highly eclectic and unsystematic structure makes a precise definition difficult. Although it is characterized as a religious movement, its adherents typically see it as unifying the Mind, Body, and Spirit, and rarely use the term "New Age" themselves. Scholars often call it the '''New Age movement''', although others contest this term and suggest it is better seen as a milieu or zeitgeist. | '''New Age''' is a range of spiritual or [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] practices and beliefs which rapidly grew in Western society during the early 1970s. Its highly eclectic and unsystematic structure makes a precise definition difficult. Although it is characterized as a religious movement, its adherents typically see it as unifying the Mind, Body, and Spirit, and rarely use the term "New Age" themselves. Scholars often call it the '''New Age movement''', although others contest this term and suggest it is better seen as a milieu or zeitgeist. | ||
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** [[Channeling]] | ** [[Channeling]] | ||
** [[Chakra]]s | ** [[Chakra]]s | ||
** [[Reincarnation]] | |||
** Astral projection | ** Astral projection | ||
* Cosmic phenomena | * Cosmic phenomena | ||
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** [[Crystal|Crystal healing]] | ** [[Crystal|Crystal healing]] | ||
** [[Yoga]] | ** [[Yoga]] | ||
** [[Enneagram of Personality]] | |||
** Alternative medicine | ** Alternative medicine | ||
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===1970s=== | ===1970s=== | ||
[[File:Jeane Dixon.jpg|400px|thumb|American psychic and astrology [[Jeane Dixon]], whose books helped spark interest in New Age beliefs]] | |||
In the latter part of the 1970s, the New Age expanded to cover a wide variety of alternative spiritual and religious beliefs and practices, not all of which explicitly held to the belief in the Age of Aquarius, but were nevertheless widely recognized as broadly similar in their search for "alternatives" to mainstream society. | In the latter part of the 1970s, the New Age expanded to cover a wide variety of alternative spiritual and religious beliefs and practices, not all of which explicitly held to the belief in the Age of Aquarius, but were nevertheless widely recognized as broadly similar in their search for "alternatives" to mainstream society. | ||
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Core works propagating New Age ideas published during this time included: | Core works propagating New Age ideas published during this time included: | ||
* | * [[Jeane Dixon]]'s ''The Call to Glory'' (1971) | ||
* [[Sybil Leek]]'s ''My Life in Astrology'' (1972) | |||
* Helen Schucman ''A Course in Miracles'' (1975) | * Helen Schucman ''A Course in Miracles'' (1975) | ||
* David Spangler ''Revelation: The Birth of a New Age'' (1977) | * David Spangler ''Revelation: The Birth of a New Age'' (1977) | ||