Sid
04-19-2007, 04:18 PM
The hippies of the '60's have gone underground and found a new home in the NewAge movement.
To the illumined Freemason, rediscovering “the lost Word” is to possess the divine self, or Christ-state. It is to wield “the key of the phenomena of nature,” also a classic witchcraft definition. Today’s new-age mystic attains to Christ-, cosmos-, or group- consciousness by becoming one with the universe, hence one with God.
New Age counterfeits leaven the loaf with a prescription once advanced by Harvard-trained Dr. Timothy Leary, best known for his misguided mantra, “turn on; tune in; drop out.” More often than not in bygone days, this was accompanied by chemically-induced altered states of consciousness. For many, yoga has become today’s “drug of choice.”
Sadly, it has become increasingly fashionable to accept that the “old age” defined by antiquated Judeo-Christian dogma must give way to a new, enlightened age promising full flowering of human potential, worldwide collaboration and, yes, world peace.[/FONT]
This touchy-feely brand of nouveau spirituality effectively hooks the curious, lured to what New Age Aquarians reference as “the inner force,” but what the Bible calls “seducing spirits.”
Cosmic Yuppies in an Age of 'Exuberant Religiosity' (http://www.newswithviews.com/Rae/debra17.htm)
To the illumined Freemason, rediscovering “the lost Word” is to possess the divine self, or Christ-state. It is to wield “the key of the phenomena of nature,” also a classic witchcraft definition. Today’s new-age mystic attains to Christ-, cosmos-, or group- consciousness by becoming one with the universe, hence one with God.
New Age counterfeits leaven the loaf with a prescription once advanced by Harvard-trained Dr. Timothy Leary, best known for his misguided mantra, “turn on; tune in; drop out.” More often than not in bygone days, this was accompanied by chemically-induced altered states of consciousness. For many, yoga has become today’s “drug of choice.”
Sadly, it has become increasingly fashionable to accept that the “old age” defined by antiquated Judeo-Christian dogma must give way to a new, enlightened age promising full flowering of human potential, worldwide collaboration and, yes, world peace.[/FONT]
This touchy-feely brand of nouveau spirituality effectively hooks the curious, lured to what New Age Aquarians reference as “the inner force,” but what the Bible calls “seducing spirits.”
Cosmic Yuppies in an Age of 'Exuberant Religiosity' (http://www.newswithviews.com/Rae/debra17.htm)