New Age Religion and Western Culture Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought

Name: New Age Religion and Western Culture Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought
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ISBN: 9780791438541

ISBN-10: 0791438546

ISBN-13: 9780791438541

Edition: 1998 (Reprint)

Authors: Wouter J. Hanegraaff

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Book details

Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 11/20/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 594
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.958
Language: English

Wouter J. Hanegraaff is Professor of History ofHermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam, theNetherlands, and President of the European Society for the Study of WesternEsotericism.

Introduction	p. 1
Orientation: Major Trends in New Age Religion
Channeling	p. 23
Healing and Personal Growth	p. 42
New Age Science	p. 62
Neopaganism	p. 77
New Age in a Restricted and in a General Sense	p. 94
Exposition: The Varieties of New Age Experience
The Nature of Reality	p. 113
Meta-Empirical and Human Beings	p. 182
Matters of the Mind	p. 203
Death and Survival	p. 256
Good and Evil	p. 276
Visions of the Past	p. 302
The New Age	p. 331
Interpretation: New Age Religion and Traditional Esotericism
Towards a Historical Perspective on New Age Religion	p. 365
A Historical Framework	p. 384
The Mirror of Secular Thought	p. 411
Conclusions: The New Age Movement and the Nature of New Age Religion	p. 514
Primary New Age Sources (in alphabetical order)	p. 525
Bibliography	p. 531
Index of Subjects	p. 559
Index of Names	p. 571
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