Dallas Public Library

The encyclopedic sourcebook of New Age religions, edited by James R. Lewis

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

The encyclopedic sourcebook of New Age religions

bibliographyencyclopedias

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edited by James R. Lewis

pt. I. Historical influences. Esotericism and the New Age / Christoph Bochinger -- Theosophy and the theosophical societies : an overview / James A. Santucci -- Rudolf Steiner, esoteric Christianity, and the New Age Movement / Roger E. Olson -- Paradigms of new thought promote the New Age / Gail Harley -- New Age groups and religions. Edgar Cayce and reincarnation : past-life readings as religious symbology / J. Gordon Melton -- A colony of seekers : Findhorn in the 1990s / Steven Sutcliffe -- All that glitters : crazy wisdom and entrepreneurialism in the spiritual schools of E.J. Gold / Susan J. Palmer -- Kashi : a meeting of East and West in a "New Age" community / J. Gordon Melton -- "Our terrestrial journey is coming to an end" : the last voyage of the Solar Temple / Jean-François Mayer -- Marketing Lazaris : a rational choice theory of channeling / Elijah Siegler -- Damanhur : a magical community in Italy / Massimo Introvigne -- British Buddhism and the New Age / Denise Cush -- The success of A course in miracles in the world of material culture / Kelly T. Pollock -- The Aquarian Foundation / James A. Santucci -- The "I AM" activity / J. Gordon Melton -- Children of the Church Universal and Triumphant / Gary Shepherd and Lawrence LillistonChristianity and the New Age. A Christian response to the New Age / John A. Saliba -- Christ consciousness and the cosmic Christ / Gillian Paschkes-Bell -- The Christaquarians? : a sociology of Christians in the New Age / Daren Kemp -- Spiritual commodification and sociological issues. Heading in the spiritual marketplace : consumers, courses, and credentialism / Marion Bowmen -- Appropriating the didgeridoo and the sweat lodge : New Age baddies and indigenous victims? / Christina Welch -- New Age commodification and appropriation of spirituality / Michael York -- New Age or how to commune? / Anna E. Kubiak -- The web of New Age spiritualities / Dominic Corrywright -- Contradictions of the New Age / Olav Hammer -- Diversity in spiritualities : keeping New Age at bay / Adam Possamaï -- pt. II. Theosophy. Theosophical teachings as to nature and man (from The key to theosophy) / H.P. Blavatsky -- The "theosophical mahatmas" (form The key to theosophy) / H.P. Blavatsky -- On the mysteries of reincarnation (From The key to theosophy) / H.P. Blavatsky -- "Christianized theosophy. The Bible and wisdom (lecture) / Rudolf Steiner -- Christ and the coming New Age (from The destiny of the nations) / Alice Bailey -- The great invocation / Alice BaileySpiritualism/New thoughts. Declaration of principles / National Spiritualist Association of Churches -- The statement of being / Emma Curtis Hopkins -- Lesson one / Ernest Holmes -- The Asian influence. The force centers (from The Chakras) / Charles W. Leadbetter -- [Hinduism] / Swami Vivekananda -- Smokey the Bear Sutra / Gary Snyder -- Other forerunners. The life of Saint Issa / Nicholas Notovitch -- Author's introduction (from The Seth material) / Jane Roberts -- 1987. Open letter to 144,000 rainbow humans / Jose Arguelles -- New Age harmonies : a strange mix of spirituality and superstition is sweeping across the country / Otto Friedrich -- New Age concepts. The hundredth monkey revisited / Elaine Myers -- The meaning of Gaia / David Spangler -- Material from select contemporary groups. Some expressions of Christian belief / Adrian B. Smith -- How the journey begins / John Roger Hinkins -- Overview of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment / Greg Simmons -- Damanhur

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