New Age Religion and Western Culture
Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought
Biographical note
Wouter J. Hanegraaff is Professor of the History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam.
Readership
Those with a specific interest in the New Age movement, contemporary "alternative" religiosity in general, and the history of western esotericism; also, those with a general interest in the academic study of religions and the western history of ideas since the Renaissance.
Reviews
'This is a formidable book…It is an indispensable manual for all those studying the New Age phenomenon…an interesting, informative, illuminating and accurate depiction of New Age thought and practices.'
John A. Saliba, Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, 2000.
'This is a must for all students of religion...'
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, Ambrix, 2002.
John A. Saliba, Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, 2000.
'This is a must for all students of religion...'
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, Ambrix, 2002.
Table of contents
Part 1: Orientation: Major Trends in New Age Religion.
Preliminary Demarcation of the Field - Channeling - Healing and Personal Growth - New Age Science - Neopaganism - New Age in a Restricted and in a General Sense.
Part 2: Exposition: The Varieties of New Age Experience.
The Nature of Reality - Meta-Empirical and Human Beings - Matters of the Mind - Death and Survival - Good and Evil - Visions of the Past - The New Age.
Part 3: Interpretation: New Age Religion and Traditional Esotericism.
Towards a Historical Perspective on New Age Religion - A Historical Framework - The Mirror of Secular Thought - Conclusions: The New Age Movement and the Nature of New Age Religion.
Preliminary Demarcation of the Field - Channeling - Healing and Personal Growth - New Age Science - Neopaganism - New Age in a Restricted and in a General Sense.
Part 2: Exposition: The Varieties of New Age Experience.
The Nature of Reality - Meta-Empirical and Human Beings - Matters of the Mind - Death and Survival - Good and Evil - Visions of the Past - The New Age.
Part 3: Interpretation: New Age Religion and Traditional Esotericism.
Towards a Historical Perspective on New Age Religion - A Historical Framework - The Mirror of Secular Thought - Conclusions: The New Age Movement and the Nature of New Age Religion.
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