New Age is NOT New Age (ritual, theist, pagan, spiritual)

[kai]

Originally Posted by Mestemia

Please give a specific example.

yes i hope theres an example of some kind of surviving prechristian religion based on some thing "old age"

[UltraViolet]

Originally Posted by Mike182

well, in an attempt to avoid witting an essay, i will give a short answer. the "new" refers to the end of organised religion, it has nothing to do with the age of the beliefs and practices involved. to justify this point, many of the beliefs and practices of New Agers differ greatly, though there are similarities it is very individualistic. the most prominent underlying feature however is that the individual "turned away from organised religion to find their inner self", and many within the movement would extend that to say "more people need to turn away from organised religion". if they did, we would see a spiritual revolution, and it would certainly be "new" in the West after 1800 years of organised religion.

Right. It's "New Age". Not "New Religion".

Just don't come to me with a New World Order.
Orders of any kind I'm not particulary fond of.

[Guitar's Cry]

The name also represents the idea of a transition from the old ways to a new era.

"This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, the Age of Aquarius!" - The Fifth Dimension

Astrological age - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Mike182]

Originally Posted by UltraViolet

Right. It's "New Age". Not "New Religion".

Just don't come to me with a New World Order.
Orders of any kind I'm not particulary fond of.

you need not fear, such a concept is pretty much the worst nightmare of most New Agers

[UltraViolet]

Originally Posted by Guitar's Cry

The name also represents the idea of a transition from the old ways to a new era.

"This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, the Age of Aquarius!" - The Fifth Dimension

Astrological age - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

New Era is a good way to put it I think.

[Mike182]

Originally Posted by Guitar's Cry

The name also represents the idea of a transition from the old ways to a new era.

"This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, the Age of Aquarius!" - The Fifth Dimension

Astrological age - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

i have never been one for astrology, it confused me to no end, but the Age of Aquarius is very similar to Crowley's Age of Horus.

[Mike182]

just a thought, do we have any actual New Agers on the forum? i know that i'm certainly not a New Ager...

[UltraViolet]

Dunno WHAT I am.
If I say I'm "nothing"...
will I disappear?

Still I seriously do think a New (more organic) kind of Age is well in "order".
Don't you?

Did I say that?!

[Mestemia]

One of the problems with many new agers is that they make up their own little religion, like mating Aphrodite with Shiva, and then claim that because they use old gods that their 'religion' is as old as the gods they used.

On A Side Note...
The example I used above is what one of my neighbors did.
He also included this Wiccan Rede and he uses what he calls the Sevenfold Law, which is nothing but the Threefold Law only seven times the return.

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by Mestemia

One of the problems with many new agers is that they make up their own little religion, like mating Aphrodite with Shiva</