This list of New Age topics is provided as an overview of and topical guide to New Age. New Age is a form of Western esotericism which includes a range of spiritual or religious practices and beliefs which grew rapidly in Western society during the early 1970s.[1]
Movement
[edit]Predecessors
[edit]Influences
[edit]Influencers
[edit]- Buckminster Fuller (Architecture)
- Anagarika Govinda (Buddhism)
- George Harrison (Gurus)
- Julian Jaynes (Bicameral mentality)
- Timothy Leary (LSD)
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (Hinduism)
- Neem Karoli Baba (Bhakti yoga)
- Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Neo-sannyasa)
- D. T. Suzuki (Zen Buddhism)
- Chögyam Trungpa (Shambhala Training)
- Tarthang Tulku (Tibetan Buddhism)
- Yogi Bhajan (Kundalini yoga)
Proponents
[edit]- José Argüelles
- Richard Bach
- Guy Ballard
- James Herbert Brennan
- Rhonda Byrne
- Eileen Caddy
- Fritjof Capra
- Lee Carroll
- Carlos Castaneda
- Deepak Chopra
- Paulo Coelho
- Benjamin Creme
- Marilyn Ferguson
- Shakti Gawain
- Linda Goodman
- Alex Grey
- Stanislav Grof
- Willis Harman
- Michael Harner
- Andrew Harvey
- Louise Hay
- Corinne Heline
- Oscar Ichazo
- David Icke
- John C. Lilly
- Max Freedom Long
- Shirley MacLaine
- Caroline Myss
- Claudio Naranjo
- Leonard Orr
- Ram Dass
- James Redfield
- Jane Roberts
- Walter Russell
- Mark Satin
- Rupert Sheldrake
- David Spangler
- Eckhart Tolle
- Neale Donald Walsch
- Ken Wilber
- Stuart Wilde
- Marianne Williamson
Astrology
[edit]Consciousness
[edit]Cultural movements
[edit]Earth mysteries
[edit]Holistic health
[edit]Practices
[edit]Political movements
[edit]Psychology topics
[edit]Special abilities
[edit]Spirituality
[edit]Terrestrial and extraterrestrial life
[edit]See also
[edit]- Aleister Crowley bibliography
- Fundamental Fysiks Group – Quantum mysticism organization
- Hair (musical) – 1960s counterculture rock musical
- Hippie § Spirituality and religion – 1960s counterculture beliefs
- Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability – Demographic defining a particular market segment
- List of images on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- List of psychedelic literature
- Scholarly approaches to mysticism
References
[edit]- ^ Hanegraaff, Wouter (1996). New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought. Leiden: Brill. p. 522. ISBN 978-9004106956.
Further reading
[edit]- Kemp, Daren; Lewis, James R., eds. (2007). Handbook of New Age. Boston: Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-90-04-15355-4.
- Melton, J. Gordon; Clark, Jerome; Kelly, Aidan A. (1990). New Age Encyclopedia. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Inc. ISBN 978-0810371590. ISSN 1047-2746.