New Age MOVEMENT

History

• 19th Century: Helena Blavatsky announced a coming New Age
• Annie Besant coming the coming of a Messiah in the laste 20th century
• The Universal Foundation emerged in the 1960s
• Predicted that a an apocalyptic event was going to take place in 1967
• In 1970, David Spangler developed the ideas of the New Age Movement

SECTS/SCHISMS

•    Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment
•    UFO New Age Movement
•    The Church Universal and Triumphant
•    Schools of Healing Techniques

What is the New Age movement?

• Collection of theologies
• Roots from the Middle East
• Became popular in the 1970s

Principal beliefs

• Man is a central divine being
• There will be a New Age of Enlightenment
• Universal acceptance and tolerance

Beliefs contINUEd

•     Pantheism
•     Reincarnation
•     Millennialism
•     Evolutionary Godhood

important Figures

• Emma Curtis Hopkins
• Andrew J Davis
• H.P. Blavatsky
• Henry S. Olcott
• Shirley MacLaine and Deepak Chopra

HOLY TEXTS
- No holy books or central scriptures
- Helen Schucman's
A Course in Miracles

gEOGRAPHICAL POPULATION OF FOLLLOWERS

• Over 3 500 000 followers
• New Age has grown exponentially
• One of the most significant religious phenomena
• Followed mainly in the US and Western countries

CONFLICTS
1) Oppose Christians Teachings of Salvation
2) Claim Christians are 'close minded'

in the media

• The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
• New Age Concept of "The Law of Attraction"
• Followed by many New Age Gurus 

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