New Age movement (Topical Term)
- Aquarian Age movement
- Broader heading: Cults
- Broader heading: Social movements
- Occultism
Work cat.: Vissell, B. Models of love, c1987.
Ency. Am. relig., Vol. II: pp. 87-247 (Psychic and New Age family; also, Aquarian Age, passim (see Index))
Lindsey, R. "Spiritual concepts drawing a different breed of adherent," Monday Sept. 29, 1986 : NY Times, pp. A1 and B12. (New Age movement)
Melton, J. Encyclopedic handbook of cults in America, c1986: pp. 107-121 ("The New Age Movement")
Hennepin (New Age)
Time, January 19, 1987 ("New Age" thinking; New Age faith)
Here are entered works on a group of post-1970 cults and organizations influenced by Eastern and Native American religions, occult beliefs and practices, mysticism, etc. and employing techniques, such as meditation, to enhance consciousness and develop human potential.